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mattyg1086

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  1. Buy a bike for motorway driving cheers for that
  2. Ok seriously now im not talking about the tyres rubbing on the arches or anything but the bluemotion vars are slightly lowered arent they so i was wondering if it would help a set of springs is like 50 quid and i do alot of motorway driving. My tyres are fully inflated and i regularly service the car what else can i do
  3. Will lowering my car improve mpg
  4. i take from your name you are in london is that right? If so the site i work at is in barnet and one of my colleagues has his own business on the side and lives in enfield if thats any good to you
  5. I am an electrician and fairly handy so i can do anything in a house bar the boiler which i know a few people for so im ok in that respect i just want to get more out of life than just work 9-5 and then retire id like to be able to retire early and pay for my kids education and improve all of our quality of life. Im only 29 just now so id like to buy another property or two by the time im 40
  6. Thanks everyone i work nights and have been reading the suggested website all night. Its very interesting ibe been looking local to me bedfordshire but reading the website if i look a little bit further houses are so much cheaper. lots to think about
  7. Thanks everyone i have to find a bit more money for the deposit but me and the wife are looking to get a second home to rent out as a long term investment for the kids or our retirement and the plan is to own a few. Is it viable to get to a stage where you can stop working and live off the rentals
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    Does anyone on here rent out properties or know anything about renting a second or third home. Like how much money is required for deposits whether or not its actually worth it or not
  9. exactly i can fit the rod holdall in a pickup but the top tailgate glass has to stay open with a bunjee attached to it xc70's look nice but as you say would very quickly smell of dog but would be good for the commute to work. Ill have to stuck with the vectra untill i can decide i think
  10. Ok thanks everyone. Here is my situation if it helps i do a 90 mile round trip to work 4 times a week. Some weekends i do private work (electrician) with a colleague and i do a bit of fishing and and getting back into shooting. I also have a dog and am looking at getting another soon. So i need a big car with good mpg and a little bit of off road capability ive always wanted a truck but what else is there. I did look at a tucson as my grandad had one from new and is still in the family now and seems good vfm anyone got any suggestions
  11. So if pickups could be too costly what other 4x4 could i get rav4 or x trail freelander 2
  12. at the moment im driving a vectra diesel and getting around 50 mpg but used to have a terrano and have missed having a 4x4 ever since. Ive wanted a truck since before i could drive as my uncle had a mk1 hilux from new and it lasted him 26 years and when we went fishing when i was a kid i loved it. Id be ok with another 4x4 im just fed up with the vectra although in 55k its been bery reliable and never not started but i do look after my cars
  13. What do you suggest then i do about 25-30k per year What do you suggest then i do about 25-30k per year
  14. oh i like those what sort of mpg do they give
  15. need sfour seat unfortunately i know the shape though a mate has one a utah i think. He reckons its noticeably better on fuel than his last car a td4 freelander
  16. for 10k? what year was that
  17. What pickup has the best mpg for around 10k
  18. What pickup has the best mpg for around 10k
  19. Aorry to bring up an old thread but i was reading through this and it reminded me. My dad used to work at rothamstead research in harpenden and there were many stories of people walking through there and seeing big cats and a few times the police were called as people lived on the site. One lady i remember my dad telling me heard a banging late at night so went to the back door switched the outside light on and watched the back half of one just going over her fence. In fact on the road i grew up on if i crossed the road was straight into a golf course and fields that went on for miles from st albans to luton and beyond. My brother was returning home one night and at the garages saw something massive and black, he watched it for a while but couldnt work out what it was. He got out quickly to open the garage expecting it to be a big dog and to come over but it sat down and watched him then jumped up and was gone over a 6ft fence. He was so sure of what it was he went in and woke my dad up to tell him. I fully believe they are out there and with all the countryside that we have im sure it would know that you were coming long before anyone got near one there are stories of them being shot and buried by farmers so as not to attract attention to their farm. Bit long winded but this has fascinated me since i was a kid as it was never an if but it was juat spoken about as fact
  20. Agreed but i really dont want to spend a grand on a dog bearing in mind ill never be able to train even an average bred dog to its full potential, i will try and i will be getting the help from trainers. i am not really in a rush to buy but id like to get one soon so i can be out and about with it training in the summerwhen ive got more light
  21. Its my first gun dog and will be a family pet also. I will take it beating roughshooting hopefully pigeon shooting and id like to join a wildfowling club at some point So i was thinking a lab would be best as for budget 500 maybe more if i had to but id rather save as much as possible for decoying kit and dog training
  22. I just cant afford or justify spending 25-30k on a car just to throw it up and down the motorway though. Also i dont know how people afford it. Just running a vectra diesel saloon atm because its just a throw away car i paid 4.5k for it and have already done 50k in it and after say 3 years it will be worthless because of the mileage Id love another 4x4 though i really miss my old terrano
  23. But it is when like me you do nearly 30k per year.
  24. So what pickup has the best mpg and reliability for the weekly commute and is still ok to shoot out of/use for shooting
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