My mortgage clobbering post

Frith

The car is 23.

Skint_yet_Again

Is it beyond repair? I’m hoping to get 23 years out of my car. It’s only 13 years old

Frith

Yes. It needs a new ABS sensor, which has corroded so would need a whole new hub (£700). Also a new clutch, as I'm the only person who can drive it. New exhaust, new bearing for either the alternator or water pump (can't tell where the whine 8a coming from). Steering is less responsive and probably needs some welding for the MOT.

Drivers door is broken so I've had to climb across the car for 6 months.

Someone ran into the side of it in 2022, so I just hammered it straight but it looked awful. In one of the storms, one of my garage skylights was weighed down by a brick and the skylight blew away and the brick landed in thd middle of the bonnet.

Swapped it today!

Skint_yet_Again

Well done on the swop. Hope the newer car lasts as long and you have better luck with it. It must be nice to be able to open the driver door and step out ☺️

Frith

Bank account has £763.

Luckily, that is as bad as it gets, after both sons' birthdays, new tiling, a replacement car plus a weekend booked next week to watch our football team away.

I have money waiting in Quidco and have just opened a savings account with 7% interest and a standing order of £50 per month.

The only thing I'd like to pay for now is a boiler service and to get the gas pipes cut off from where they run downstairs to where there used to be a gas hob (from a caravan!) and a gas poker for the open fire.

I had a free sewing machine and bench and table legs from the man opposite and my brother's friend has got the sewing machine working (1960s). I can now get the Ebay curtains to the correct length.

There is one more payment! After our cat died in May, aged 20, we are getting a new cat from a charity when we get back from our holiday.

beanielou

So lovely you are getting another cat. My best boy was also 20 & I got a rescue after 6 weeks. The house was just so empty without them.