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I'm STILL having to pay my Student Loans back *sniff*
Posted Apr 16, 2003
It's been a while since I last wrote anything, mainly because nothing's really happened. Apart from me getting the Seat Arosa diesel mentioned above, mostly for financial reasons.
As I am still paying the government for the privilege of having gone to university, I still have to watch the pennies, so I indulged in a post-Christmas "Arrrgh! Where has all my money gone?!?!?" and did a proper look at my finances with the aid of my ever-financially-sensible bloke (he does have some uses!).
To cut a long story short, I emerged from the shock and decided to buy something smaller before I got bankrupted. Hence the Seat Arosa.
Yes, it's tiny. Yes, the boot holds no more than a snotty hanky. Yes, it's girly. Yes, it has the acceleration of ... err ... something not that quick. But it's half (yes, really) the running costs of the Saab, and I can park it with ease, and zip round town like a nutter. Bigger cars have tried to intimidate me, but fortunately I'm kamikaze enough to aim at them and make them back down first ;o)
Of course, the money I'm saving every month is going into a car fund ... although I think first I need a garage fund so I have somewhere to put the car when I buy it.
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I'm STILL having to pay my Student Loans back *sniff*
Posted Apr 16, 2003
It's been a while since I last wrote anything, mainly because nothing's really happened. Apart from me getting the Seat Arosa diesel mentioned above, mostly for financial reasons.
As I am still paying the government for the privilege of having gone to university, I still have to watch the pennies, so I indulged in a post-Christmas "Arrrgh! Where has all my money gone?!?!?" and did a proper look at my finances with the aid of my ever-financially-sensible bloke (he does have some uses!).
To cut a long story short, I emerged from the shock and decided to buy something smaller before I got bankrupted. Hence the Seat Arosa.
Yes, it's tiny. Yes, the boot holds no more than a snotty hanky. Yes, it's girly. Yes, it has the acceleration of …err…something not that quick. But it's half (yes, really) the running costs of the Saab, and I can park it with ease, and zip round town like a nutter. Bigger cars have tried to intimidate me, but fortunately I'm kamikaze enough to aim at them and make them back down first ;o)
Of course, the money I'm saving every month is going into a car fund…although I think first I need a garage fund so I have somewhere to put the car when I buy it.
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False Economies
Posted Oct 15, 2002
Have at last finished moving. This was a not too lengthy process, which involved a Transit Hi Top Long Wheelbase and Dave driving it as I am too young and inexperienced to drive something large and dangerous. Though it has been said that anything I'm behind the wheel of is dangerous!
The move to my parents is to SAVE money, so imagine my shock and surprise when, ringing up to swap over my insurance, I'm told that the grand total of my insurance is now £2180........for a standard Saab 900. I appear to have moved to a war zone!
I swallowed my pride (bit difficult, especially in large chunks) and went for a test drive in a Ford Ka (small, budget 'no-frills' hatch). Perhaps the tinniest, smallest, cheapest thing I have ever been in. All in all, NOT what I could see myself driving for a long period of time. And the insurance was still £1300!
Perhaps I've been framed for some speeding tickets or something? Or someone has sneaked a turbocharger into my car (I wish)?
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False Economies
Posted Oct 15, 2002
Have at last finished moving. This was a not too lengthy process, which involved a Transit Hi Top Long Wheelbase and Dave driving it as I am too young and inexperienced to drive something large and dangerous. Though it has been said that anything I'm behind the wheel of is dangerous!
The move to my parents is to SAVE money, so imagine my shock and surprise when, ringing up to swap over my insurance, I'm told that the grand total of my insurance is now £2180........for a standard Saab 900. I appear to have moved to a war zone!
I swallowed my pride (bit difficult, especially in large chunks) and went for a test drive in a Ford Ka (small, budget 'no-frills' hatch). Perhaps the tinniest, smallest, cheapest thing I have ever been in. All in all, NOT what I could see myself driving for a long period of time. And the insurance was still £1300!
Perhaps I've been framed for some speeding tickets or something? Or someone has sneaked a turbocharger into my car (I wish)?
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Latest reply: Oct 15, 2002
We're on the move......AGAIN
Posted Oct 8, 2002
Yes, planet Rains is moving yet again. This will be the 4th address I've lived at this year, so I'm considering saving up and buying a VW Camper van. OK, I'll lose any credibility I have with my friends, but at least moving around will be easy and I'll be able to say the word "dude" without fear of reprisal.
Back in January I shared a house in Warwick, but one of the other occupants was buying a flat, so we all moved out, and I went to share with another mate in Kenilworth from February till June. Then I decided I'd rather try and live on my own for a bit in a village called Napton.....
Meanwhile, my parents, who are even more vulnerable to this sort of wanderlust than me, decided they'd had enough of the countryside and were going to move from Cumbria to Coventry in September....
So, the plan was born that at the age of 23 I was going to - wait for it - move back in with my parents in October! After 5 years living away from home, the odds are against me being able to put up with this (or my parents, seeing as they have enjoyed their freedom from me by spending longer hours in the pub).
The ground rules have been set and are quite fair; as long as they know where I'll be I don't have a curfew, and I can even bring my boyfriend back as well. Plus when you consider all my bills will be paid, I get fed, my clothes will get washed and ironed and we even get satellite, makes £130 a month board an absolute bargain!
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Rains - Wondering where time's going and why it's in so much of a hurry!
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