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

So you have a reference my ZX6R cost me £314 to renew this year with 6 years NCB and IAM qualification.

Have a guess at how much an RSV4 will cost and I'll do a quote to let you know..

Meh Maybe i'm just spoiled then haha.

I'm seriously considering going all out and financing an RSV4-RF next year... For a road and occasional track bike that would be amazing.

Well done, Ros that is top work. You might be interested in the Prescott Bike Festival and also the Shelsey Hill Climb next year. Prescott is in April and Shelsey in September and all the monies raised go towards the Blood Bikes charity. Me and Frankie will be at Prescott in April. ...

Well done, Ros that is top work. You might be interested in the Prescott Bike Festival and also the Shelsey Hill Climb next year. Prescott is in April and Shelsey in September and all the monies raised go towards the Blood Bikes charity. Me and Frankie will be at Prescott in April. http://www.prescottbikefestival.co.uk/" ...

... something a bit crazy to earn some funds for SSBB... along the lines of cycling the entire length of the UK, or a half marathon every month for a year... undecided... my aim is to raise enough to buy another bike for SSBB as the charity is SO BUSY and operates only on charity fundraising. If anyones ...

I sat and watched "A Good Year" last night; with a large glass of cognac in my hand that just evaporated during the film, I was very at peace with the world afterwards.

Ham salad on thick brown bloomer bread, loads of raisins (I'm addicted to them) and a mini mars bar.

Diet starts next year.

Very little. Unusually it's gone quiet before Christmas. We're usually swamped with work as people want to settle cases before the end of the year.

... to do it again soon but this time I'll coat it with wax instead of lube to keep better over winter. That said I'll probably get a new chain next year anyway as I'd imagine the Aluminium rear sprocket is pretty worn. I'll be getting a -1 front sprocket too

Well as someone who was a temporary worker until Oct this year, I have a bit of knowledge., this is how it was for me... * 6am to 2pm daily, paid minimum wage - Not paid for my two 20 min breaks - can be 'let go' at any time + Holiday pay accrues as you ...