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"Ok, lets share these, ideas or actual things that have saved you money, or made life a little easier. When you buy stuff online, don't pay straight away, leave it "unpurchased" in your basket for a few days. Example, clothes, total £114, plus £8 secure courier charge. Left it in the basket for 3 days, got offered free shipping and a 10% discount, saving nearly 20 quid... cha-ching!" What site was that on? | |||
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"Car servicing, or breakdown. If you have a brand new motor, you can skip this one, but if money is tight and you have an older motor, read on. Jayne recently had problems with her brakes, and took the car to a well known chain who specialise in this sort of thing. They wanted to replace loads of parts, and total would have been 330 quid. They had a worksheet with all the details on, but refused to give Jayne a copy, so she grabbed it and took a pic. When she got home, I had a quick look, checked on t'interwebby and decided to give it a go myself. Pads need replacing, 24 quid online. Drivers side caliper, 150 quid for a new one online, but second-hand with 3 month warranty 50 quid Inc delivery. 30 minutes online watching various tutorials on how to do it...free lol. Needed a couple of other bits and pieces to make the job easier, total all in about 90 quid. I'm not by any means a mechanic, but I'll give most basic things a go, and I saved us around 240 quid. Having an old Range Rover as well, doing stuff on that, I must have saved us around 3 grand in the last 2 years. Obviously, if you don't even know a spanner from a bleed nipple, then best to let the experts sort it, but if you have a basic knowledge and like tinkering you will be surprised at how much you learn from the internet. And....if you have a warning message come up on the dash, buy an OBD reader, plug it in and get the fault code, look it up online and do some research, chances are you might not be able to fix it, but at least when you go to the garage you can sound more knowledgeable, they can't fob you off and rack up a huge bill for a 50 pence fuse lol. "And this is where the internet is abit way to handy, you get people whi think they can do the job try but still mess up, Moral of the story is never listen to all of what you read or watch on the internet lol Seen some big disasters in my short life But well done on doing the job and getting your hands dirty | |||
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"Car servicing, or breakdown. If you have a brand new motor, you can skip this one, but if money is tight and you have an older motor, read on. Jayne recently had problems with her brakes, and took the car to a well known chain who specialise in this sort of thing. They wanted to replace loads of parts, and total would have been 330 quid. They had a worksheet with all the details on, but refused to give Jayne a copy, so she grabbed it and took a pic. When she got home, I had a quick look, checked on t'interwebby and decided to give it a go myself. Pads need replacing, 24 quid online. Drivers side caliper, 150 quid for a new one online, but second-hand with 3 month warranty 50 quid Inc delivery. 30 minutes online watching various tutorials on how to do it...free lol. Needed a couple of other bits and pieces to make the job easier, total all in about 90 quid. I'm not by any means a mechanic, but I'll give most basic things a go, and I saved us around 240 quid. Having an old Range Rover as well, doing stuff on that, I must have saved us around 3 grand in the last 2 years. Obviously, if you don't even know a spanner from a bleed nipple, then best to let the experts sort it, but if you have a basic knowledge and like tinkering you will be surprised at how much you learn from the internet. And....if you have a warning message come up on the dash, buy an OBD reader, plug it in and get the fault code, look it up online and do some research, chances are you might not be able to fix it, but at least when you go to the garage you can sound more knowledgeable, they can't fob you off and rack up a huge bill for a 50 pence fuse lol.
And this is where the internet is abit way to handy, you get people whi think they can do the job try but still mess up,
Moral of the story is never listen to all of what you read or watch on the internet lol
Seen some big disasters in my short life
But well done on doing the job and getting your hands dirty "Yes, I would advise against doing anything too complicated if you are a beginner, especially the electrics or engines on newer cars. But changing pads is pretty simple, and once you get going on them, discs and calipers aren't much more difficult either. | |||
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Done lots of jobs on the cars & around the house with their help.
Yes leaving stuff in your online basket can result in being offered a discount to buy. Also check out the warehouse deals section of Amazon. Most things sold direct by Amazon through there are brand new just with damaged packaging. | |||
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