It's time to start digging up those Squirrelled Nuts!!!!

westv

I'm sure I heard somewhere that 90% of French drivers never wash their cars.

Roger175

westv said:

I'm sure I heard somewhere that 90% of French drivers never wash their cars.

100% of my sons (x3) never wash their cars either!!

L9XSS

trevjl said:

For instance I drive a 14 year old car, I have no interest in getting a better/faster/posher car, it doesn't bother me at all that friends/relatives/colleagues have better/newer cars

I'll tump you !! mines 15 years old and I have only had it 2 years. It gets me from A to B, don't care if I leave it unlocked or parked under a tree to get covered in mess or scratched by a bush. As mentioned on another post, I have recently bought an 1/8 of a racehorse, much to the scoff of some of my friends and family. I go on to mention that I have never coughed up £20K+ for a new car and never would. Most expensive car ever was £2700 on a Ford Granada in 1987 !!

One persons value is another persons extravagance.

I think I win, mine is 15 years and 1 month......Volvo V70, had it 5 years, got off the PCP merry go round with nearly new expensive cars and targeted mortgage and SIPP. Best decision I made, I’ve had the Volvo for 5 years and it’s sublime.

michaels

L9XSS said:

trevjl said:

For instance I drive a 14 year old car, I have no interest in getting a better/faster/posher car, it doesn't bother me at all that friends/relatives/colleagues have better/newer cars

I'll tump you !! mines 15 years old and I have only had it 2 years. It gets me from A to B, don't care if I leave it unlocked or parked under a tree to get covered in mess or scratched by a bush. As mentioned on another post, I have recently bought an 1/8 of a racehorse, much to the scoff of some of my friends and family. I go on to mention that I have never coughed up £20K+ for a new car and never would. Most expensive car ever was £2700 on a Ford Granada in 1987 !!

One persons value is another persons extravagance.

I think I win, mine is 15 years and 1 month......Volvo V70, had it 5 years, got off the PCP merry go round with nearly new expensive cars and targeted mortgage and SIPP. Best decision I made, I’ve had the Volvo for 5 years and it’s sublime.

Our car is 05 (volvo xc90) so 18 years old but we barely use it as we also have an April 15 'short range' ev that does 90% of our miles which we think of as the 'new' car

ex-pat_scot

michaels said:

L9XSS said:

trevjl said:

For instance I drive a 14 year old car, I have no interest in getting a better/faster/posher car, it doesn't bother me at all that friends/relatives/colleagues have better/newer cars

I'll tump you !! mines 15 years old and I have only had it 2 years. It gets me from A to B, don't care if I leave it unlocked or parked under a tree to get covered in mess or scratched by a bush. As mentioned on another post, I have recently bought an 1/8 of a racehorse, much to the scoff of some of my friends and family. I go on to mention that I have never coughed up £20K+ for a new car and never would. Most expensive car ever was £2700 on a Ford Granada in 1987 !!

One persons value is another persons extravagance.

I think I win, mine is 15 years and 1 month......Volvo V70, had it 5 years, got off the PCP merry go round with nearly new expensive cars and targeted mortgage and SIPP. Best decision I made, I’ve had the Volvo for 5 years and it’s sublime.

Our car is 05 (volvo xc90) so 18 years old but we barely use it as we also have an April 15 'short range' ev that does 90% of our miles which we think of as the 'new' car

I'm increasingly thinking that this is the way to go. 
Large obsolete / nil value family wagon for the rare times we need to take lots of people / kit.
Most of our driving is the endless parental taxi runs with the last of the children. A smallish EV would be perfect - top up overnight, need about 100m usable range, not too much space, and small size is good for the narrow lanes here in the moors.

Ours are newer - 2015 family car with c150,000 miles and 2015 small one with half the mileage. Not EV though

Pensions_matter_2

Just sold out VW Touran which was 12 years old, as new rules wont allow diesels into certain areas where we live. Would have kept it for another 12 years, if not for that, though conscious it was not environmentally friendly.

Looks like a common theme - MSErs keeping old cars for as long as 😊

chile_paul2

ex-pat_scot said:

I'm increasingly thinking that this is the way to go. 
Large obsolete / nil value family wagon for the rare times we need to take lots of people / kit.
Most of our driving is the endless parental taxi runs with the last of the children. A smallish EV would be perfect - top up overnight, need about 100m usable range, not too much space, and small size is good for the narrow lanes here in the moors.

Ours are newer - 2015 family car with c150,000 miles and 2015 small one with half the mileage. Not EV though

It's what we do. Now 6 year old VW Passat Estate which will not be replaced by a newer model is used for the couple of times per year family holiday plus ocassional trips to the tip / allotment / large Swedish furniture store and then a 2015 Nissan Leaf (70 miles range at best) which does the vast majority of the day to day work.

Increasingly thinking about selling the Passat and then using a hire car for the family holidays - would save a lot on insurance, tax, maintenance etc. It's just the loss of convenience around those ocassional odd trips we'd lose out on, but is that really worth the cost?

Ganga

eastcorkram said:

Ganga said:

arnoldy said:

Sea_Shell said:

DH hit the jackpot with me 😎😎🏅

Spending money on "stuff" really doesn't float my boat.

Also one thing I really notice now is how money "burns a hole in people's pocket". It has to be spent. And quickly. Even if the savings and pensions position is looking a bit shaky for them. 

#1 way of spending the money that's burning in the pocket seems to be "eating out". Even if nowadays its £20-25 for a Steak, £7 for prawn cocktail, £20 for cheap wine and tip on top. For food that you could cook infinitely better yourself. for a tiny fraction of cost.

#2 way of getting rid of ££s is holidays, even with todays high prices.

Each to their own though, personally I would prefer a country walk with flask and picnic

We are in our 70,s and enjoy our time in the sunshine ,we cannot take it with us so spend what we can afford on 3 or 4 holidays a year.

There's a classic example of  two ends of the scale
We're in our 60s, both still working, with a joint income of around 85k , and we don't really do holidays. We've done two weekend city breaks in the last 20 odd years. Can't imagine we'll do holidays in retirement either. 

Whilst i fully understand that your money is your business  , what are you going to do with it? are you hoping to be the richest people in the graveyard 

With reference to old cars mine is a 54 plate Astra so coming up to 19 years old ,luck has it that we have a good mechanic ( ME ) who can keep it on the road for little cost.

trevjl

With reference to old cars mine is a 54 plate Astra so coming up to 19 years old ,luck has it that we have a good mechanic ( ME ) who can keep it on the road for little cost.

Exactly what I had before my 15 year old AND would still have it if I wasn't rear ended

michaels

chile_paul2 said:

ex-pat_scot said:

I'm increasingly thinking that this is the way to go. 
Large obsolete / nil value family wagon for the rare times we need to take lots of people / kit.
Most of our driving is the endless parental taxi runs with the last of the children. A smallish EV would be perfect - top up overnight, need about 100m usable range, not too much space, and small size is good for the narrow lanes here in the moors.

Ours are newer - 2015 family car with c150,000 miles and 2015 small one with half the mileage. Not EV though

It's what we do. Now 6 year old VW Passat Estate which will not be replaced by a newer model is used for the couple of times per year family holiday plus ocassional trips to the tip / allotment / large Swedish furniture store and then a 2015 Nissan Leaf (70 miles range at best) which does the vast majority of the day to day work.

Increasingly thinking about selling the Passat and then using a hire car for the family holidays - would save a lot on insurance, tax, maintenance etc. It's just the loss of convenience around those occasional odd trips we'd lose out on, but is that really worth the cost?

Because our volvo is 'pre depreciated' we worked out it is cheaper to keep it and use it for the holiday, long trips, big item trips and the few occasions we need 2 cars than to hire/uber.  A six year old car that is still depreciating and the maths would probably go the other way.  We use bymiles insurance where you pay a lower fixed fee and then 3-4p per mile for any you actually drive (PM me if you would like a referral as I get some free miles if you use my link)

We get 70 at worst out of our leaf but do drive it very carefully to do so - can get 90+ in the summer slip streaming lorries...