LATEST MOAN FROM YOU AND ME 2018

Went for a walk yesterday afternoon, as always, to see an old shetland pony (40 years old) and give it some food (ok by owner) well, we were being watch by 2 persons on a quad bike in the next field we walked back home and they followed, drove past us slowly then 100 yards down the road they stoped and made phone calls, we walked past them and they were dogging us up, when we pased them they turned around and went back to the fields/woods where they came from
They thought we was Hunt Sabs, :rasp:

Well, you can't go for a nice walk now in your local area

 

Well to say it's just passed its MOT again since we've had it..that's not bad

 

Hi @"M" we all have our own phrases in life

 

Nothing wrong with an old car as long as it goes.

My last three cars were new, all Hondas, I've kept each for progressively longer periods, as my annual mileage went down. The first for three years, a red LSI (we called "Gloria" because the first three letters of the reg. were GLO). Then there was "Bruce" a CRV (because he was spruce green) he was with us for seven years. We've now got "Rhonda the Honda" another CRV and she'll be thirteen in April. It's the oldest car I've ever had. With 52,000 miles on the clock, it sails through its MOT. It's only cost me servicing, tyres and a rear diff damper at two hundred quid and a set of brake pads last year. Apart from a couple of small "door dings," courtesy of Sainsbury's car park, it's immaculate. Everything works on it, ABS, cruise control, the lot.
No point in changing it as I'd get nothing for it. As we do only around 3000 odd miles each year, it'll last for a long time yet. I guess, considering the mileage I do, servicing it each year is probably a bit of over-kill, but I'm happy to have it done.

 

Hello @Doghouse Riley 52 on the clock is great and if you keep on top of them they'll go for ever...the cars are my hubbies pride and joy he's always messing with them and I think a lot of these older cars carry more character inside than the new ones.

 

What made me smile, was the fact that the guy who delivers my wife's purchases from a shopping channel, admired our car so much, he went and bought a second hand one in exactly the same colour. I saw it when I once opened the door to him. I asked him what he thought about it. He told me he thought it was great and it ran perfectly.

"How many miles on the clock?"

He replied, "110,000."

 

Just goes to show @Doghouse Riley that these older cars are the features

 

Just a quick update on how the car repairs are going...

Had a couple of text messages from the company doing the repairs to the mini and was told the car is due to be returned to us on Monday of next week as they are waiting for a part to come in.Mr Kandy had to ring the number in the text to ring them for an update of progress so far

It appears that when the pheasant hit the front of the car it broke off one of the tabs on the front bumper so that has had to be replaced.The grill was damaged in three parts so that is going to be renewed and also the intercooler which is behind the grill was also damaged so they are replacing that as well.So all in all despite Mr Kandy having to pay £50 excess in would have cost him a lot more he reckons if he had got the parts off of e-bay plus he would have had a bit of bother trying to actually replace the intercooler he thinks as we haven’t got the garage facilities to get the car high enough to replace that part.

Looking forward to getting Katie back as this hire car is only a 1.0 and hasn’t quiet got the power our car has plus it is white and is showing all the dirt on my side from muddy roads

 

It's OK having a protected no-claims bonus, as have I, but that's only a discount off whatever they want to charge you next time. They never lose out do they?

 

Unfortunately I fear @ARMANDII is quite right. I was told some years ago now to never claim on your insurance unless there is really big damage as you are likely to pay through the nose for years to come if you claim. I was even told that you might see you premiums rise for just enquiring about making a possible claim!
I detest insurance companies with a passion having been unfortunate enough to have to deal extensively for nearly 3 years with 2 different companies post our house being devastated by a flood. All insurance companies appear pretty similar (that said,found NFU slightly better than others), all smiles and polite getting your business but god help you if you need to make a claim. There used to be a TV advertisement by 1 of the big insurance companies which proudly boasted "don't make a drama out of a crisis". Guess what they did exactly that after we needed to make a claim.
I hope @Kandy you won't be penalised too much in the future. Husband hit a pheasant about 3 months ago and it caused a bit of cosmetic damage to the bodywork of his car but decided to just pay for the repair rather than making a claim. It shouldn't be like like this but it is, not helped by those who choose to make fraudulent claims that we all end up paying for.

 

I'm with LV. 79.5% guaranteed no claims bonus, (you can have multiple claims but your discount will stay at the same rate). £10,000 personal accident cover, Windscreen cover, Legal expenses cover, Breakdown cover and home assist.
But no insurance company will tell you what your basic premium will be next time until near the renewal date if you have an accident.
Someone dinged the rear quarter panel of my car a year ago. I got a local garage to repair it and paid for it myself. It cost £400. You can't tell it has been repaired. If I took it to the main agent they would have charged far more.

 

I run over a rock Sunday that i put on the grass to stop people driving on it

Ive cracked the rear bumper, ive just took it on the chin and swore at myself a bit