... saw the surgeon the next day and have a surgery appointment for 7am Thursday, so all sorted in 4 days. NHS have the same treatment in just over a year. Why can't the NHS perform like the private sector it's the same people at the end of the day.

At least you're getting it done at the right time of year. You can put your feet up and demand you get waited on over Christmas.

Aston martin filed a profit for this year The factory tour was amazing and they use Kawasaki robots which they are very happy with Not all handbuilt anymore then... Sounds brilliant I'd love to go on a tour. I did the mclaren factory 4 years ...

I started riding with TVAM-RAMs for my IAMs test about a year ago, and continued with advanced riding for a month after passing before taking the assessment ride for blood bikes... it was about an hours ride taking in every road type - in heavy wind ...

Perkles wrote:Aston martin filed a profit for this year
The factory tour was amazing and they use Kawasaki robots which they are very happy with

Not all handbuilt anymore then...

Sounds brilliant I'd love to go on a tour. I did the mclaren factory 4 years ago. Amazing,

Aston martin filed a profit for this year
The factory tour was amazing and they use Kawasaki robots which they are very happy with

Kwacky wrote:Taekwondo. Last session of the year so he tried to kill us with some circuits mixed with kicking exercises.

Happy Christmas

Taekwondo. Last session of the year so he tried to kill us with some circuits mixed with kicking exercises.

Oh, and yes my premium went up the year after as well..

Cheers for the info. I need travel insurance for a weeks skiing over the new year and my bike insurance is due on the 1st Jan [emoji106]

It's crap. There's no excuse for house prices being what they are. I bought a house about 19 years ago. It cost me £50,000 for a 2 bedroom terrace. I was on £20k a year at the time. That 2.5 x salary was about right. I could buy the house, have a bike, go on holiday and ...

... £115-140k) with a 10% deposit I require a mortgage repayment of around £580. On a current income of £19k (should be in the region of £22-23k next year) I can only get about £80k mortgage with my current bills - not including home insurance, council tax, etc, etc. I don't even know if I can save ...

For 2 years MCE have been the cheapest for my by far so I just renewed with them when I was at the show - saved myself over £100 from last year

Fwiw I change our vehicle policies every year, have done so since long before Compare the Meercat & the others were around. I realised very early on that there was always another insurer who would offer us insurance cheaper than our renewals. ...

Kwacky wrote:Basically they've got us over a barrel.

Yep, legally enforced too.
Let's face it, insurance is about the only thing that we dutifully pay every year & yet keep our fingers crossed that it's a waste of money.

... price to renew has gone up as although we have honored your 50% discount, the discount was applied to a premium of £1000 and not £750 like last year, so your cost to renew is now £500 not £375 (swear)

I have a 12 year old fiesta and that was about £400 with 1 years NCB but I was 20 when I first insured it.

I paid £1000 for the ninja for the first year TPFT too, £500 fully comp for the second year

I thought the quote I was given for the SX from my insurers at the time was bad - £1,000

I'm pretty much certain 5 years discount is the most they'll give.

I do wonder about modern day insurance companies. My mate's 19 year old son has been quoted £7,300 for TPFT on a 15 year old Fiesta.

I totally understand. I had a really shot couple of years with insurance this isn't the first time I've had go use it. Mine is so sky high already and if it goes up next year again I will consider selling. It went up 100quid because someone couldn't ...

... in the car at the time! What a nightmare just before Christmas That's gutting.. I got reversed into and my insurance went up £200 the following year because of this non-fault claim. The bike was nearly a write off