What did you do today?
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Re: What did you do today?
Wasted my time playing with the van again today....New relay made no difference to the electrical gremlins, despite removing the old one displaying a brief improvement. Seems like some kind of earthing fault within the cluster, going to start with some switch cleaner and move on from there. I'm not very good with electrics - give me a circuit tester and I will come up with three completely incorrect and unrelated diagnoses....
Pissed off at the £30 relay but I at least have a spare for the next time it hasn't packed up.....
Pissed off at the £30 relay but I at least have a spare for the next time it hasn't packed up.....
There's a great long bar in Rock & Roll heaven.......
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Exactly that. He never goes out and doesn't drink or smoke.mercrocker wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:58 pm
If anything like me probably pissing it up the wall having a bloody good time. My cars never got any better no matter how much I earned......
He does spend all his time in his massive garage. His new hobby is mopping cars and vans etc. It's very impressive the before and after pics and vids. I think he might have ocd.
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I made my choices long ago. I'm happy with 'em....!
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I inherited 5 figures last year, I still drive my Hilux Surf every day.mercrocker wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:58 pm
If anything like me probably pissing it up the wall having a bloody good time. My cars never got any better no matter how much I earned......
Granted, a few cars came and went while I was busy spending it all but, I stuck with my old faithful Surf.
The Mrs has a modern car now which I quite like but barely drive. All my day to day stuff is done in the Hilux, longer journeys, I generally take the Granvia, it doesn't vibrate at speed like the Hilux and is a better seating position.
If I want to go somewhere local, quickly, I take the Octavia, use the DSG gearbox and have fun doing it.
Seats are far too bucket like for long distance for me though, I'd rather take one of the old Toyotas.
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Re: What did you do today?
I'm suffering the opposite problem. I can't get borrowing I can more than afford, because the SYSTEM.LynehamHerc wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 6:01 pmNot in our case. We had an endowment rather than repayment mortgage, which was pretty common then. We had a stabilised rate of 16% on which the monthly repayments were calculated so every year 3% was added onto our debt, not insignificant on a six figure mortgage.Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:31 pmWhilst inflation on payments tough at the time, does it not also inflate the debt pile away?LynehamHerc wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 4:14 pm Inflation was far higher, we were paying about 19% on the mortgage on our new house.
The icing on the cake financially was my missus got pregnant a few months after we moved in so two salaries effectively became one and a bit. Then the First Gulf War kicked off and having a house with oil fired central heating and a similar AGA didn't help.
I'll stop now as it's developing into a parody of the Four Yorkshireman sketch except this is true.
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The common reply to this is to find a good mortgage broker as no doubt you've got nowhere with estate agents. I know that you could get foreign currency mortgages from some UK ones a few years ago, maybe try a UK broker? They will probably be a lot more lenient regarding affordability as well.
I'm sorry that I can't help any more at the moment as it's quite a few years since I had a mortgage.
Just ask if there's anything you think I might be able to help on apart from selling my gold bullion, that's sacrosanct.
I'm sorry that I can't help any more at the moment as it's quite a few years since I had a mortgage.
Just ask if there's anything you think I might be able to help on apart from selling my gold bullion, that's sacrosanct.
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Re: What did you do today?
But not your bank, you are giving out interest free loans.
Can I have one?
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Yes, what boiler do you require. We need to get rid of that scarily inefficient aga for a start.