Cost of Living - Spending Insights

[Farmer Saint]

7 hours ago, Turkish said:

Has anyone got or looked into solar panels? I keep hearing how good it is but the cost of installation seems crazy high to make it worth doing. 

Yep, got 16kw and 20kw batteries. Cost about £28k 4 years ago. Currently saved £16k over those timelines with my tracker (it also helps that we're on economy 7 and so in Winter fill the batteries full every night with 13p/KW energy). 

[Farmer Saint]

3 hours ago, spyinthesky said:

Presumably the Range Rover has the Ingenium engine which is common in JLR models.
If so, you will be lucky to avoid expensive engine problems along the way and a lot of Used Car Dealers wont be interested if you try to trade in for something else. Shame really as the vehicles are OK otherwise but cost of repairs soon become a bitter pill to swallow.

No, got a slightly older one to avoid the Ingenium. Got the 4.4 V8 diesel - not the most reliable, but better than the Ingenium shit in everything else.

[Farmer Saint]

3 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

More on the Ingenium engine mess - I did fancy a Jaguar but I think I’ll stick to my Honda Civics https://www.apexengines.co.uk/blog/land-rover-ingenium-engine-problems-you-should-never-ignore/

Just go with the 2.0 petrol.

[Turkish]

So the ceasefire has led to a sharp drop in the cost of fuel, but it wont impact us straight away. Unlike when there was a sharp hike in the cost of fuel which hit us immediately. Yeah, it's not profiteering at all is it.