With interest rates being painfully low it can be hard to motivate yourself into putting cash away. It’s not all about interest rates though, and living below your means is a great way to put cash away for a rainy day or as a cushion for unexpected life events such as redundancy. However, if interest [...]
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Cheap energy deals start to vanish
July 22nd, 2010
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If you take a look at a cross section of the six top energy providers in the UK, three have already withdrawn their best deals on the market and swapped them for tariffs that are 3.4 percent more expensive on average. That’s inflation busting, and I’d urge people to move quickly and lock in on [...]
Hypermiling – The art of increasing your mpg
March 23rd, 2010
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With a weekend away planned in Aberdeen over the easter weekend, we’re looking at close to an 800 mile round trip from our home in North Wales. Looking at whatmpg.co.uk I know my Peugeot 206 1.1 lx should get around 50mpg on the open road. Then using the tools over at fueleconomy.co.uk (because I’m rubbish [...]
We’re back on the road!
March 13th, 2010
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It may have taken 4 weeks, but our little Peugeot 206 is back on the road! So why the change of heart? Well, it turned out that the car was not in as bad shape as the first garage had made out. I replaced the radiator, and the front brake discs and brake pads for [...]
Welcome to the Frugal Father blog
November 16th, 2009
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Welcome to the Frugal Father blog. I have set myself a personal goal of saving £15k by summer 2011, and this blog will be used to post my thoughts and ideas, and to mark my progress. To give you some background, I am starting with £1k in the bank and I currently have a pre-tax [...]
