Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73092
Best way. Sadly between Dog Gens.
20th Jan 2020 2:37 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14429
DSL wrote:
Ah, the joys of not having any sprogs.
Mmm...
School fees and two school trips for 14yo daughter - Iceland for Geography and New York for Drama £9k
Discovery service and repairs - £1400
Daughter's car insurance - £1240
Daughter's Uni allowance for term - £2600
Amex bill from pre Christmas trip to Stockholm with wife and kids to see Avicii tribute - £6300
Conclusion, its cheaper to run a Discovery than kids D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
20th Jan 2020 3:34 pm
Gazellio
Member Since: 08 Jan 2011
Location: Chilterns
Posts: 4130
I have two teenage boys, a large dog & a wife with a Partnership Card.......
20th Jan 2020 3:35 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6270
Navigator wrote:
J77 wrote:
£465 for VED
£414 for insurance
£425 for service
Which is less painfull - having all the big expense in same month, or spreading it out through the year?
To be fair this year is the exception as the Velars service is every 2 years. I prefer it in one month, as I stash cash away at the end of each month so by the time January comes everything is paid for.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
20th Jan 2020 6:04 pm
Rescue01
Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 2519
The wife had her credit cards pinched a while back she came home and told me and i logged on to check if anything was happening!! Just then we got a call from the card company saying they had noticed some unusual activity on the cards and asked did i want to cancel them to which i replied no.
I got off the phone and the wife asked why i didn't cancel them to which i replied its ok i checked online and they are spending less than you!!!!!Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
20th Jan 2020 7:37 pm
GLYNNE
Member Since: 06 Oct 2006
Location: KENT
Posts: 4695
Did anybody receive their Lego yet?
10th Feb 2020 9:41 pm
Batfink
Member Since: 31 May 2017
Location: Isle of Sheppey
Posts: 1522
Got mine last week. Not what I expected tbh. They sent the smaller one. Messaged several times and just got the usual sorry out of stock,Do you want $3 refund? Told them to shove it. Have built it though.
And to cheer myself up from the lack of time it took me to build it just ordered the new Defender. Managed to find one in dark green instead of the light green most of them are 👍
Will get some pics up when it is built.2006 TdV6 HSE.
10th Feb 2020 9:49 pm
Charliecloud
Member Since: 31 Jul 2014
Location: Tonbridge
Posts: 980
pjm-84 wrote:
No kids but two dogs.
And a very thirsty V8
11th Feb 2020 11:32 am
Charliecloud
Member Since: 31 Jul 2014
Location: Tonbridge
Posts: 980
Moo wrote:
DSL wrote:
Ah, the joys of not having any sprogs.
Mmm...
School fees and two school trips for 14yo daughter - Iceland for Geography and New York for Drama £9k
What ! Don't the schools care about the planet Greta will be cross
11th Feb 2020 11:36 am
Someone-Gone
Member Since: 21 Dec 2015
Location: Gone
Posts: 5117
I fund the kids Help to buy ISAs. Might get rid of hem quicker if I play my cards right.
Today, I’ve managed to get scolded over putting too much money in and got a cheque for this over amount back. Never been chastised for paying too much money into a bank.
11th Feb 2020 12:21 pm
mse
Member Since: 27 Jun 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 2704
Seems each month is competing to be the more expensive month here too...still more month left in this pay
Car
House renovation
Kid stuff
House renovation
Breaking things
Did i mention house renovation
Its not a week if £1000 over budget isnt spent
Its getting silly - ill be a lot happier when the credit card is back to 0...unfortunately i fear thats 3 months awayMike
11th Feb 2020 11:48 pm
Batfink
Member Since: 31 May 2017
Location: Isle of Sheppey
Posts: 1522
11.5hrs in and up to this stage.
2006 TdV6 HSE.
23rd Feb 2020 9:51 pm
Ali1971
Member Since: 13 Jun 2016
Location: Dalgety Bay
Posts: 817
Moo wrote:
DSL wrote:
Ah, the joys of not having any sprogs.
Mmm...
School fees and two school trips for 14yo daughter - Iceland for Geography and New York for Drama £9k
Discovery service and repairs - £1400
Daughter's car insurance - £1240
Daughter's Uni allowance for term - £2600
Amex bill from pre Christmas trip to Stockholm with wife and kids to see Avicii tribute - £6300
Conclusion, its cheaper to run a Discovery than kids
Pass the defibrillater
29th Feb 2020 11:53 pm
Ali1971
Member Since: 13 Jun 2016
Location: Dalgety Bay
Posts: 817
The Dundonian wrote:
Yes, this month I dumped the Halls of Residence on the Visa, but I’ll pay it off at the end of the month.
Students! If it ended there I’d be fine, but no, his mother mother took him round the shops for food and clothes this weekend. She even paid for his designer drink! Think the bill was nearly £700. He could survive a nuclear holocaust on the amount she got him. I don’t even argue now.
Oh we have one of those ! Looking at it as an investment, for I pray that his nautical studies pay off and the Mrs and I will get some heavily discounted holidays on cruise ships
29th Feb 2020 11:57 pm
Someone-Gone
Member Since: 21 Dec 2015
Location: Gone
Posts: 5117
You’re lucky! The best I can hope for is he becomes financially independent. His sister is joining him on the gravy train next year.
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Sadly between Dog Gens. 
Greta will be cross 
