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  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,387 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Your car bills are huge, are you running a vintage Roller or something? :eek:

    Happy birthday plops :D
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    Discovery three. It was cam belts and a new boot catch.
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,261 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Cam belts, in the plural? Thought there was only 1?
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    My car has two cam belts and a drive belt. According to land rover the BODY should be removed to replace it.

    WHODESIGNSACARWHEREROUTINEMAINTENANCEREQUIRESTHAT?!

    Sorry. Too much coffee.
  • earthgirl
    earthgirl Posts: 3,762 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    That sounds crazy! Sorry to hear about your car bill.
    You sound so energetic - wish I could borrow some energy!
    15/5/12 Paid off Mortgage 1 (£220k) Bought Dream House:www: Dec 13 - Mortage 2 -£116,508. 15/7/18 Mortgage Free Again :j

    Progress not Perfection
  • misscousinitt
    misscousinitt Posts: 3,655 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee!
    :eek: to the car bill.

    MCI
    Mortgage Free x 1 03.11.2012 - House rented out Feb 2016
    Mortgage No 2: £82, 595.61 (31.08.2019)
    OP's to Date £8500
    Renovation Fund:£511.39;
    Nectar Points Balance: approx £30 (31.08.2019)
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    Yep. Been to bright lights big actual city today. 11 hours working plus an hour and a half travelling.

    Oof!
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    RIP Gareth Thomas.♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    smallholdingsister wrote: »
    RIP Gareth Thomas.♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥
    From me too.

    I met him once, at a British National Science Fiction Convention. He was lovely.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Secret_Saving_Squirrel
    Secret_Saving_Squirrel Posts: 4,138 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Hello SHS,

    Just wanted to pop in and say hello. Have a lovely weekend,

    Squirrel
    Paid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
    Still thrifty though, after all these years:D
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