The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

10,000 miles per year is pretty average I would say, for a privately owned car.

Correct. That is the average I believe

 

[welsh dragon]

I have no idea what we are having to eat today. I am expecting a grandson to pop in sometime today. He is at Aber Uni and as its only about 25 miles away he will take his washing home for his dad to do.

 

[classic33]

10-12000 miles per annum is considered normal mileage and not unusual. If the vehicle is driven for 10,000 pa it will show a mileage of 30,000 at the first MOT, 40 at the second etc.

Would I buy it? Personally no but this is because I'm fortunate to be in a position whereby I could afford to buy something with a much lower mileage. My car at 2.5 years old had 5000 on the clock, Mrs P's was around 7000 at two years old. They were both very good value in relation to a brand new model. Mine is now six years old and 30,000 miles which would be considered low mileage. When I worked at three years old my cars typically had 85,000 on the clock. Always well cared for but very high mileage.

The questions you should ask are:

Is the vehicle in general good condition and looks cared for. Check for signs of dirt in difficult to access places. If they're clean the owner is/was a careful one.

Is there a full service history, service book stamped by a realiable garage, are the service invoices available?

Is the MOT history regular and the paperwork trail available?

If the answer is yes then it's probably a decent buy. If you wanted to buy my car the answer would be yes to all of the above.

How much you wanting for it?

On the one that appeared on the street, I'm thinking of reporting finding it. That way if no-one claims it in 30 days it'll be mine. Mileage is roughly the same on it for the last two years.
MOT history is littered with failure's.

 

[classic33]

Sports......The Football?

You seem surprised that football is still a sport.

 

[Mo1959]

You seem surprised that football is still a sport.

It’s more like Strictly with some of the amateur dramatics from the players!

 

[classic33]

I have no idea what we are having to eat today. I am expecting a grandson to pop in sometime today. He is at Aber Uni and as its only about 25 miles away he will take his washing home for his dad to do.

You might be eating your grandson today!! And then you'll be sending the dirty clothes on to his father to clean!

You'll not be cooking him in his jacket I presume.

 

[Dirk]

Went shopping this morning and bought half a tank full of diesel, some groceries, a pair of jeans and a set of bluetooth ear buds.
Amazing how quickly you can blow £100.

 

[ColinJ]

There are comical 'senior moments' - I have had some of those myself - searching for glasses while wearing them, that kind of thing.

There are others that aren't funny... My older sister got in a panic the last time she was up here to visit me. It turned out that she had completely forgotten how to get from the bus station to my house. Since then it has got much worse. She asked me a few months ago how long my wife and I have been married? Well, my then girlfriend and I split up in the year 2000...

Bloody dementia, starting before the age of 70!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

There are comical 'senior moments' - I have had some of those myself - searching for glasses while wearing them, that kind of thing.

There are others that aren't funny... My older sister got in a panic the last time she was up here to visit me. It turned out that she had completely forgotten how to get from the bus station to my house. Since then it has got much worse. She asked me a few months ago how long my wife and I have been married? Well, my then girlfriend and I split up in the year 2000...

Bloody dementia, starting before the age of 70!

Our friends 68 and has Alzheimer's, very sad.

 

[numbnuts]

Done walking, fish in parsley sauce, mashed potatoes and spinach coming up

 

[welsh dragon]

Chicken curry with rice today

 

[Tenkaykev]

I ventured out with Mrs Tenkaykev for a 5K run/walk. Glorious day and we tok a different route to our usual one. We passed one gent out walking his dog, he was smoking a cigar, a full sized one! It's been an age since I saw anyone with a cigar, Mrs Tenkaykev suggested that he was probably banned from smoking his cigar in the house and used his dog walking as an opportunity.
We've both now entered a local race, a 1/4 Marathon which is held on New Years Day, should give us that extra incentive to get out running a bit more frequently.

 

[welsh dragon]

Not nice here. Very misty, dark and very fine rain

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Family left about dinner time, about the same time the weather brightened up, I've spent the afternoon pottering around catching up on odd jobs, I've got a minor problem in the kitchen at the moment, fungus gnats, they're in the compost in the Spider Plant pot and I'm gradually eliminating them, one of this afternoons jobs was clearing the dead ones of the kitchen windowsill.

 

[Dirk]

We passed one gent out walking his dog, he was smoking a cigar, a full sized one!

Cue @classic33