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On Friday, 31 January 2020 15:36:09 UTC, MrCheerful wrote:
On 31/01/2020 14:11, Mike Collins wrote: On Friday, 31 January 2020 11:47:22 UTC, Bod wrote: On 31/01/2020 11:35, Paul Cummins wrote: In article , (Bod) wrote: she saved between £2,000 and £2,500 Wow, is that all? . To most people that's quite a lot of money. Are you a millionaire? How much do Mrs and Mr Josephine average spend on a car per year including depreciation? 2k on depreciation at least (assuming a modern car) When calculating it is a fair guide that it will lose 10 percent a year over ten years. Plus the cost of its finance or loss of interest. plus deneral running costs. When you point out all of this to people they generally put their hands over their ears. Sounds about right. I have a 09 Ford Focus auto bought for 7K in 2012, I estimate it's trade in value at £0 but it should be good for another 5 years at least. Cars are domestic appliances as far as I am concerned. If like me you run old cars and maintain them yourself the calcs are very different. One of mine has gained 30k in value over the last ten years and has had zero additional costs. The others have lost nothing except running costs. Good for you, I leave it to the professionals. If it's easy to fix it will be cheap, if it is complicated I couldn't fix it myself. |
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‘Going a whole year travelling only by foot or cycling taught me to live a simpler life’
On 31/01/2020 07:26, Bod wrote:
Mieke Evans, from London, completed an epic challenge to go an entire year without using any form of transport other than her bike. That’s 365 days with no buses, Ubers, tubes, trains, planes or boats. Well, almost. Â*She does admit that she had to fly to attend a friend’s wedding in Carcassonne, France, because she didn’t have enough annual leave to get there by bike – but she cycled to and from Stanstead Airport. Other than that, Mieke’s every movement was powered by her own legs. And she says the challenge not only overhauled her mindset about life but also improved her health and saved her a tonne of money. Â*She predicts that by going almost an entire year spending no money on motorised transport she saved between £2,000 and £2,500. So it was good news for the planet and her bank balance. https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/30/going...0/?ito=cbshare In what way did her abstinence from using public transport or various forms of taxis and quasi-taxis save even a drop of fuel? Have a little think before you attempt an answer. PS: How does one predict the past? |
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On 31/01/2020 11:47, Bod wrote:
On 31/01/2020 11:35, Paul Cummins wrote: In article , (Bod) wrote: she saved between £2,000 and £2,500 Wow, is that all? . To most people that's quite a lot of money. Are you a millionaire? To most people it's less than they are prepared to spend on transport in order to simplify and enhance their lives. |
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On 31/01/2020 14:11, Mike Collins wrote:
On Friday, 31 January 2020 11:47:22 UTC, Bod wrote: On 31/01/2020 11:35, Paul Cummins wrote: In article , (Bod) wrote: she saved between £2,000 and £2,500 Wow, is that all? . To most people that's quite a lot of money. Are you a millionaire? How much do Mrs and Mr Josephine average spend on a car per year including depreciation? And that is the to-the-point question. £2,000 to £2500 a year will probably be pretty close to the annual average spend on fuel alone for an average 12,000 a year driver. |
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On 05/02/2020 02:26, JNugent wrote:
On 31/01/2020 11:47, Bod wrote: On 31/01/2020 11:35, Paul Cummins wrote: In article , (Bod) wrote: she saved between £2,000 and £2,500 Wow, is that all? . To most people that's quite a lot of money. Are you a millionaire? To most people it's less than they are prepared to spend on transport in order to simplify and enhance their lives. You didn't answer my question. -- Bod |
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On 05/02/2020 07:48, Bod wrote:
On 05/02/2020 02:26, JNugent wrote: On 31/01/2020 11:47, Bod wrote: On 31/01/2020 11:35, Paul Cummins wrote: In article , (Bod) wrote: she saved between £2,000 and £2,500 Wow, is that all? . To most people that's quite a lot of money. Are you a millionaire? To most people it's less than they are prepared to spend on transport in order to simplify and enhance their lives. You didn't answer my question. You don't identify the question in question, but neither of them (whether "Wow, is that all? or "Are you a millionaire?") was aimed at me. Neither does the answer to either of them (assuming I were prepared to give an answer to the second) affect the truth of my contribution above. To be clear: to most people of average income or above in the UK, £2,000 to £2,500 per annum is less than or equal to the amount they are prepared to spend annually on transport in order to simplify and enhance the their lives and that/those of their families. |
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‘Going a whole year travelling only by foot or cycling taught me to live a simpler life’
On Friday, January 31, 2020 at 11:33:08 AM UTC, Simon Mason wrote:
On Friday, January 31, 2020 at 7:26:46 AM UTC, Bod wrote: Mieke Evans, from London, completed an epic challenge to go an entire year without using any form of transport other than her bike. That’s 365 days with no buses, Ubers, tubes, trains, planes or boats. Well, almost.. She does admit that she had to fly to attend a friend’s wedding in Carcassonne, France, because she didn’t have enough annual leave to get there by bike – but she cycled to and from Stanstead Airport. Other than that, Mieke’s every movement was powered by her own legs. And she says the challenge not only overhauled her mindset about life but also improved her health and saved her a tonne of money. She predicts that by going almost an entire year spending no money on motorised transport she saved between £2,000 and £2,500. So it was good news for the planet and her bank balance. https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/30/going...0/?ito=cbshare -- Bod I saved £1200 a year cycling to work. That was just on fuel - not tyres/brakes etc. |
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On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:38:17 +0000
Bod wrote: On 31/01/2020 12:05, Kerr-Mudd,John wrote: On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:47:21 GMT, Bod wrote: [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] Oh no; we've got Cummins in here; any minute this NG will be full of trolls and haters; ah, whatever. A known troll then? No, but there are a couple of loons who like to stalk him. |
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