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A Ditherer's Diary (again)
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Ouch! £5k for a ten year old car!
Dedicated Debt Free Wanabee 🤓
Proud member of the Tilly Tidies since 1st Jan 2022
2022 -Jan £26.52, Feb £27.40, Mar £156.27, Apr £TBC0 -
Love an automatic, both of ours are. If I have to drive the kids cars (manual) I sit there looking blank for a while.LTotal Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
Lucielle's Daring Debt Free Journey
DFD Before we Die!!!! Long Haul Supporter #1241 -
@lucielle I always say it's like driving a bumper car 😂 MrM has a manual which I can drive but it's too much clutch work that does me in.Credit Cards NOV 2019 £33,220.42 Sept 2023 £19,951.00 Tilly Tidy 20223/COLOR] Sept £43.71 Here's my diary: A Ditherer's Diary Again1
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I've literally never driven an automatic. I know the theory, but I'd most definitely need someone to go through the practical side with me if I ever had to!🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her1 -
I was very anti them until I got my first one and was still a bit meh about it. The salesman said you'll never go back to a manual, I did give him a withering look. He was right though.
LTotal Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
Lucielle's Daring Debt Free Journey
DFD Before we Die!!!! Long Haul Supporter #1242 -
@EssexHebridean it's literally start and stop. They're excellent for hill starts too as don't roll back, no finding the biting point.Credit Cards NOV 2019 £33,220.42 Sept 2023 £19,951.00 Tilly Tidy 20223/COLOR] Sept £43.71 Here's my diary: A Ditherer's Diary Again2
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@EssexHebridean it's literally start and stop. They're excellent for hill starts too as don't roll back, no finding the biting point.Credit Cards NOV 2019 £33,220.42 Sept 2023 £19,951.00 Tilly Tidy 20223/COLOR] Sept £43.71 Here's my diary: A Ditherer's Diary Again0
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The thing is, when you're used to driving a car with a clutch hill starts/clutch use are just (pun incoming!) automatic aren't they - I don't even think about it any more. I get the advantage of them for people who for whatever reason struggle with the use of a clutch, but I don't think it's for me until I'm forced that way once we're all electric. My Mum had one briefly because she thought as she got older it might be a better bet - she actually welcomed it getting written off in the end because it gave her an excuse to replace with a manual again!
🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
Got to admit apart from occasion crutch foot I do enjoy the manual aspect of driving. I am looking forward to the day when we can buy an electric car though as new tech excites us and NM talking about her car being like a bumper car just gives me more to be excited about.Dedicated Debt Free Wanabee 🤓
Proud member of the Tilly Tidies since 1st Jan 2022
2022 -Jan £26.52, Feb £27.40, Mar £156.27, Apr £TBC1 -
It's a bit like parallel parking. Do it enough and it's second nature. I only went automatic because of the pain I'd suffer in my toes. No more high heels either. Now that is something I miss.Credit Cards NOV 2019 £33,220.42 Sept 2023 £19,951.00 Tilly Tidy 20223/COLOR] Sept £43.71 Here's my diary: A Ditherer's Diary Again1
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