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    Best time to sell your car?

    Used to get close to 5l/100km with my Polos ;) Man, I miss those days...
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    Best time to sell your car?

    For what it's worth, just had received a call from the workshop where my bakkie is now. Quite a hefty repair bill due to an oil cooler that needs to be replaced. While not pleasant, it's still "only" equivalent to two months finance payments.
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    Best time to sell your car?

    There's a lot of discussions around this. Diesel will give you more fuel efficiency, but the vehicle itself and repairs are more expensive. You have to drive really far over the time you own the vehicle to remotely break even. That being said, personally I won't buy a petrol vehicle again if I...
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    Best time to sell your car?

    You do need to actually save that money though, not spend it frivolously :p In my case, I need to have a pretty serious breakdown to justify spending that kind of money on a similar new vehicle...
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    Best time to sell your car?

    To link to that, a quote I heard recently that I liked came to mind: "If you don't enjoy driving your car every day, you have the wrong car" ;)
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    Best time to sell your car?

    I used to be in the boat of trading in every 2.5 - 3 years (roughly halfway through the finance period seems to be when you can trade in for more or less the same value as you still owe on the car). My last vehicle however, I've had for almost 7 years now. The money I save on down-payment goes...
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    Body stress release therapy

    I've done it, and I believe it helps. Had a stint where I got regular headaches, and after a few BSR sessions those stopped. My wife still goes regularly, and has seen a definite improvement in things like headaches and general muscle soreness. The idea is focusing on causes (stress) rather...
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    South African IT Salary Survey - Complete It Now and Win

    Done
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    iPad Mini was on the cards with Jobs

    It's funny how SJ said a 7" iPad mini would be too small to use accurately, but at the same time the 3.5" iPhone/iPod (or as I like to call it, the iPad Nano) is a perfectly usable size...
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