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AnOther replied to DaveLister's topic in Other Topics
T&C's, what are they? -
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AnOther replied to DaveLister's topic in Other Topics
One of the results of selling the MGB is that I've assumed the title chief chef and have become a dab hand with the air fryer. I haven't poisoned anyone yet! I've lately been making pork pies and scotch eggs. -
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AnOther replied to DaveLister's topic in Other Topics
Mine is also 2011 but only 99k km when I bought it nearly 3 years ago. Now 126k and no problems bar a new clutch master cylinder. It's only the 1.2lt, and the base model at that (less to go wrong!) but I hope, and expect, it to be the last car I buy in my lifetime! Dave, I was being mischievous, if you'd known me from before you'd understand -
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AnOther replied to DaveLister's topic in Other Topics
Sadly, due to my wife's increasing mobility problems, and mine in some part, I sold it last year. 36 years and 400,000 miles was a good run but it wasn't getting the use it needed and deserved. I sold it to a Dutchman who I'm confident will care for it as it I did. AFAIK Chancer (PCPA) was last active on a French forum about a year ago but as I've already been scolded once for daring to post a link which wasn't even to a French site so I can't tell you where. If you follow my hints you should be able to find him, if you're so inclined that is. I too have the same car as Chancer, and apparently also ALBF. A great car and a shame they stopped making them. -
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AnOther replied to DaveLister's topic in Other Topics
Hi menthe. No complaints and no regrets probably sums it up Glad to hear you still have your paper licence, unfortunately I had to give mine up for a Spanish one which is for 5 years until age 70, which I just sneaked in before my 70th in 2020, and thereafter it's a maximum of 2 years at a time on renewal. Cost of living wise I think we moved at the right time, sure prices have risen here as everywhere but from what I've gleaned nowhere near as much as in France. On thing we do enjoy is the variety of choice when it comes to eating out. Within say a 20 minute drive we can eat Chinese, Thai, Indian, Mexican, Italian, REAL Steak, etc. etc. etc. and reasonable prices too, including drinks it perfectly possible to have a meal for 4 and have change out of €60. I certainly don't miss French Winters, a pretty miserable few months plus the cost of heating. Even over the past couple of years, where everyone has been hit in one way or another by the fallout from the war in Ukraine, here our utility bills (leccy and water) have still averaged around €125/mth, in France fuel and logs for Winter were costing me around €900/pa or €75/mth on average. The only source of heating we use here is our A/C's in inverter mode one in the lounge and another in our bedroom which TBH gets little use. Even on cold days, and 7c is the coldest we've seen in 6 years, the living room one only costs me say 5 or 6kWh to run for the day which is equivalent to under €2.5. I do miss the greenery of France. Although where I live I'm surrounded by orange, lemon, and pomegranate groves you don't have to venture far to find yourself in a dry arid landscape with little to see or commend it but that's all I can honestly say that I miss. -
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AnOther replied to DaveLister's topic in Other Topics
It's a car forum, nowt at all to do with France. Briskoda.net - Yeti section. BTW you can find the date you joined by clicking on your own profile icon. -
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AnOther replied to DaveLister's topic in Other Topics
Joined on Dec 5th 2006 and 11,369 posts in thee ensuing years! A while since I've been here though, possibly something to do with moving to Spain in 2018! Chancer is still about but now masquerades under the name PCPA on at least one of the other French forums. He now lives (mostly) in the Bergerac area. -
UK TV
AnOther replied to Ray Barrington's topic in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone
My experience with my 2x Freesat receivers is that it's all in the post code. I'm set to my old address in Essex which gives me BBC East HD as 101 in the EPG Others I know using other areas are not so blessed! Here's a code you can try, CO11DU, it's Lloyds Bank in Colchester so should produce BBC East. TBH I'm on the verge of cutting the satellite cord altogether and going with a combination of IPTV and a Firestick, 600mb FTH internet helps in that regard! -
Not arguing the longevity of diesel, my previous MKI Skoda Octavia (1.9tdi) is still going strong at some 340,000 km without having had a single major component replaced, including the clutch. Prior to that I had a MKIV Golf with the same engine and that went to a gnats shy of 400,000 miles before it was retired due to money needing spending on the suspension. Neither burnt a drop of oil. Not without some regret I sold the Octavia before leaving France and as a temporary measure bought a cheap on owner 2001 Ford Focus 1.8tddi from a friend here intending to only keep it for a short time but with no pressing imperative to change that extended to nearly 4 years, it's only really because I've had to take measures to scrape it through the emissions checks at ITV (CT) time two years running I decided it's time had come so I sold it as soon as I'd got it through it's latest test and bought the Skoda Yeti.
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Regular heavy towing excepted diesel has only ever made sense if you did the mileage to warrant the additional costs associated with buying and servicing. The advantage of cheaper fuel is rapidly being eroded too. I'd been a staunch diesel user for some 30 odd years but a few months ago replaced an ageing hack with a modern (for me!) 10 year old but under 100k km petrol Skoda Yeti which, whilst only having the 1.2lt TSi engine, it still packs 105hp (77kW) and 129ft-lb of torque which is more than sufficient for the social and domestic purposes which now dominate my driving habits. Fuel consumption is averaging 41mpg and DIY servicing consists of no more than the scheduled 15,000km oil and filter changes and bi annual brake fluid replacement although I plan to do the oil changes at 10,000 which is what all I now typically cover in a year. On an annualised basis then servicing is probably going to cost me around €60-70 or say €150 at a garage but that ain't going to happen whilst I'm still capable of swinging a spanner! On this particular engine the timing chain, aux belt, and fuel filter are 'for life'. No more DPF's and EGR cleaning and 'Italian tune ups' for MOT/ITV's for me!
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UK Private pension discriminating against those living abroad.
AnOther replied to Woodrup's topic in French Finance
That mindset is what's causing you the problem. Depending on the amount it sounds like an ideal case for a QROPS with flexible drawdown - just in case you did need to draw from it at sometime in the future. Nothing 'complicated' about them, most are essentially a SIPP just the same as in UK except established elsewhere, commonly in Malta but there are other options. That's where my private pension is and take what I want from it when I want, anything I do draw goes down as income on my tax return so timing can be worked to advantage. I have two annuities with L&G, they won't send the payments abroad so are paid into my UK account. Tax is deducted at source however as a non UK taxpayer they refund it every year when they also send me a P60 -
Memories: Fag end of summer
AnOther replied to anotherbanana's topic in The Complete France Post Bag
Very melancholic, are you on something lol -
moving to be with family in france from italy
AnOther replied to skipper's topic in French Legal Issues
If you have health care in Italy courtesy of an S1 then the act of applying for that should have immediately triggered France to demand the surrender of your Carte Vitale. I know this from 1st. hand experience of moving from France to Spain in 2018. I was quite surprised how swiftly that demand came after applying for new S1's for Spain. It came by post to my (then) temporary address in Spain and the only way they could have possibly have learnt that was from DWP to whom I gave it in order for them to send me new one. -
Terrified - wrongly accused of downloading XXX
AnOther replied to chessie's topic in The Complete France Post Bag
"Eye opening thread" To be brutally honest it shouldn't be! -
Terrified - wrongly accused of downloading XXX
AnOther replied to chessie's topic in The Complete France Post Bag
The thing to remember is that in such circumstances the relevant authorities will absolutely not operate by email, they will turn up unannounced and mob handed on your doorstep at 4am in the morning! BTW I found the link in under 30 seconds by copy/pasting the entire address at the bottom into Google. -
Terrified - wrongly accused of downloading XXX
AnOther replied to chessie's topic in The Complete France Post Bag
https://www.cybermalveillance.gouv.fr/tous-nos-contenus/actualites/campagnes-messages-escroquerie-usurpant-identite-police-nationale -
"I don't do social media because, rightly or wrongly, I do not trust them. My choice." This site, and others similar, are 'social media'
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"Brexit has of course given us all of these advantages"..... . It's 'yer Brexit 'dividends' init, unfortunately few if any are to the advantage of UK or Brits abroad.
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Astra Satelite - any issues?
AnOther replied to bonvivant's topic in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone
Best part of 1000km further South where a 1.8m dish is required for reliable reception and nothing at all changed here for me and no chatter about anything on local forums either so I think you can safely dismiss speculation about footprint tweaking. -
Nonsense, just properly maintain what you have. Whatever that costs it will always be less than buying a new or nearly new car. I bought a 4 year old car in 2007 and when I left France for Spain in 2018 I'd put 250,000km on it (307,000km on the clock) in which time outside of regular servicing it had probably needed 'spannering' no more than three or four times.
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UK have yet to implement border controls for imports. https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/brexit/uk-delays-full-import-checks-on-food-until-january-2022/654093.article#:~:text=Import%20declarations%20will%20be%20pushed,risk%20plants%20and%20plant%20products Most of the foreign lorries are returning empty which is why the projected queues at the ports have not materialised and in turn providing BoJo with false stats with which to claim that everything is working normally which everyone knows they are not.
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Perennial question regarding exchange rate for impots
AnOther replied to Robson's topic in French Finance
Work it out on an 'as received' basis then compare the result to the average, use whichever works in your favour. -
One day the truth will come out - maybe
AnOther replied to Lori's topic in The Complete France Post Bag
"Peoples views are influenced in all sorts of ways, brainwashed if you like! The fact is we arrive at a view that is coloured by our beliefs, prejudices etc and then reinforced by a media that you agree with. The truth is what you believe it to be and not necessarily what it actually is!!!" Exactly. We all emerge from the womb as blank sheets of paper! -
Not until you've been burgled can you understand that NOTHING compensates for the trauma or the feeling of never being completely safe in your home again. I speak fom experience.