Recent content by David H

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    Car Lease Agreements

    I think they’re great. I personally couldn’t own one because I can do over 300 miles in a day a few times a week and also the fact that they are expensive and depreciate very heavily. But again: don’t you think unless you can really afford an electric car, the large upfront cost of the...
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    Car Lease Agreements

    There was something in the paper recently about the Met’s usage of electric and hydrogen vehicles and it came out about half, where electric vehicles were mostly used for shorter journeys around London, and then I think they used the hydrogen vehicles for longer distance journeys. I think the...
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    Car Lease Agreements

    I would also say that the new Corsa electric I think is meant to be around £25k list approx, which could be quite a chunky payment per month on a PCP. Then of course, you can compare to something like an Aygo for £10k or under (there are more cheaper cars like the Dacia range) which will of...
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    Car Lease Agreements

    You have to take these risks at the end of the day, because a lot of the time they will pay off and you can find you got a real bargain and something that is value for money. Remember to put your parents on your insurance if you live at the same address; you could probably still do this if you...
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    Car Lease Agreements

    The thing to remember is that even if you were to spend £500-£1000 a year in repairs that is still very good value motoring!
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    Car Lease Agreements

    I think with the Renault Zoe you actually down own the battery you lease it which I believe subsidises the cost of replacement? Which of course brings the question into the future of car ownership: I think I read somewhere that to change one of BMW’s batteries (may have been the posh i8) it...
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    Car Lease Agreements

    I have seen the film, but haven’t read the book: I’m a terrible reader I just can’t sit down and read without getting impatient haha. What we own in life never has a massive value, even a house that *tends* to appreciate...well, you still gotta live somewhere and you can only release cash in a...
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    Car Lease Agreements

    Completely agree. I never used to be like this and I do have £1000 coats and £500 shoes gaining dust in my wardrobe. This financed with cash AND subsidised with credit cards (I.e. I have no cash for my holiday because I’ve wasted it all on clothes I couldn’t afford so I’ll both but I have to...
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    Car Lease Agreements

    I would actually also add though that people are not very bright even when it comes to credit. We all need some form of credit (I.e. mortgage) so I never believe it is something that should be ultimately shunned, even though over the years I have come to accept that a mortgage is really the...
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    Car Lease Agreements

    I’m cynical, too. Haha!
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    Car Lease Agreements

    While I don’t want to agree that the dealer is in the wrong, I do completely agree that both parties are in the wrong. Maybe I’m just bitter I’m not driving around in a 19 plate AMG! I go to Lakeside (you get this everywhere I must add) and you do see loads of upmarket and brand new cars...
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    Car Lease Agreements

    I take quite a callous approach to articles like this, because it is very much “I’m the victim because I financed the shit out of something I quite clearly couldn’t afford.” We all complain about the “nanny state” when something like this happens it’s very much “well it’s wrong they even...
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    Appen [OT] Appen Work Opportunities

    I passed too! Though, I can't see the Rate Ads in my About section: is it in yours?
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    Car Lease Agreements

    You could potentially just have the MOT on the car done without the service just to see how well the car is holding up, and then if it passes fine with little or no advisories then have the service done and keep it for another year?
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    Lionbridge [OT] Telus International / Lionbridge Work Opportunities

    It's definitely a shame you cannot do it indefinitely because it's a great income boost! Though, I said to my partner that it's just the nature of that kind of work and I just have to become adept at finding new projects. It's also a struggle because you don't necessarily become reliant on...