So I took my Mini in for my FREE carwash! I was hoping to provoke the rain, fingers crossed, we really need it! Of course since they have the ONLY Dietrich’scoffee left I had to get a Mayan Mocha! So per my husband my carwash costs me $3.85.
O...K...A...Y, still cheaper then running thru the gas station ones and the handwash ones! Jeezz so freakin' picky!
Two free car washes (ok, OK, (2) $3.85 car washes) so far.
Showing posts with label mini. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mini. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Mini & Me
You can tell the Mini is a Euro Car because it has... wait for it.... a cigarette lighter and ashtray!!
I went and got my car washed for FREE today! My poor Mini in line with all the nice Beemeers.
Anywho, another unintended consequence of the Mini is I am buying smaller, less expensive drinks, why???
Besides being extremely careful since it is Leased! The cupholders are right in front of the window and door locks, and since EURO only has one size drink SMALL in the whole country (try finding a Big Gulp in Europe NOT GONNA HAPPEN!) if the cup is to big it covers the switches, aauugghh!
I went and got my car washed for FREE today! My poor Mini in line with all the nice Beemeers.
Anywho, another unintended consequence of the Mini is I am buying smaller, less expensive drinks, why???
Besides being extremely careful since it is Leased! The cupholders are right in front of the window and door locks, and since EURO only has one size drink SMALL in the whole country (try finding a Big Gulp in Europe NOT GONNA HAPPEN!) if the cup is to big it covers the switches, aauugghh!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
I had to downsize my car - saving $123 a month
Once upon a time I had a Tahoe, which I loved. However when gas was on the rise, once it hit $2.77 a gallon I traded it in for a fully loaded Honda Civic. My car payment went down about $50 a month but my gas dropped a LOT. I went from $66 a week to $33 every week and a half.
Now I really like my Honda, it is fast, auto, a/c, GPS (which as most of you I can't live without!) ect so while the payments were lower then the Tahoe they weren't cheap.
Then Last year my wages were reduced 10%, we have worked thru that reduction, but know my husband who makes wayyyy more then me is facing a 15% wage reduction, sooo we have to reduce our bills even more.
I made a spreadsheet up showing my monthly payments and what the end result cost would be afer 3 years (I financed my car for 6) and then added all the leases going on currently (3 year lease to match the 3 years left on my car) and low and behold, I am saving... ready for this... $123 a month by switching to the Mini Cooper!
It is amazing the things I am willing to do for the family budget! It was a hard thing but someone has to do it!
The Mini does have Bluetooth, (which the Honda didn't) but it doesn't have built in GPS which the Honda did, so we got a Garman that shows traffic on it so I am going to stop driving the toll roads on the days the traffic seems ok, this should save us another $100 or more a month!
With another wage cut looming it is time to get creative to lower our "nut". At least occasionally something good comes out of it (like a Mini Cooper! Light blue, which the family calls the Smurfmobile!)
Now I really like my Honda, it is fast, auto, a/c, GPS (which as most of you I can't live without!) ect so while the payments were lower then the Tahoe they weren't cheap.
Then Last year my wages were reduced 10%, we have worked thru that reduction, but know my husband who makes wayyyy more then me is facing a 15% wage reduction, sooo we have to reduce our bills even more.
I made a spreadsheet up showing my monthly payments and what the end result cost would be afer 3 years (I financed my car for 6) and then added all the leases going on currently (3 year lease to match the 3 years left on my car) and low and behold, I am saving... ready for this... $123 a month by switching to the Mini Cooper!
It is amazing the things I am willing to do for the family budget! It was a hard thing but someone has to do it!
The Mini does have Bluetooth, (which the Honda didn't) but it doesn't have built in GPS which the Honda did, so we got a Garman that shows traffic on it so I am going to stop driving the toll roads on the days the traffic seems ok, this should save us another $100 or more a month!
With another wage cut looming it is time to get creative to lower our "nut". At least occasionally something good comes out of it (like a Mini Cooper! Light blue, which the family calls the Smurfmobile!)
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