Owning and running a car in Spain is ridiculously expensive! Prices for new and second-hand cars are very high.
They're much cheaper in other EU countries, eg France and Germany.
[Caser Expat Insurance]
Servicing costs are also high in Spain and fuel is no longer as cheap as it was pre-Covid and before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
If it were up to me I would get rid of one of our two cars.
"Two cars"?
We're an elderly married couple. Why do we need two cars?
"I need my independence", says the missus.
Anyway, why was I "tyred and shocked"?
Two Cars
So, we're stuck with two cars, both Peugeots. Mine is a five-year-old automatic 2008 and hers is a 15-year-old manual 207 cabriolet. Both petrol.
Rita will only use the Peugeot main dealer, so she pays "top whack" for everything.
Rita happy with her 207 cabriolet [PW] Peugeot 2008 [Portillo Sur]
I also get my car serviced there, but when I need new parts, I go elsewhere.
I recently had a service after which I was told I needed two new shock absorbers and two new tyres. They quoted for the work: 800-odd for the amortiguadores and 300 for two new tyres. I told them: "I'll let you know".
I went to Euromaster - a world-wide while-you-wait service, which I used to use in the UK. Shock-absorbers 400 and tyres 180.
They did the work yesterday.
Links:
How to buy a car in Spain - Secret Serrania de Ronda
MADRID and TOLEDO – a two-night mini-break - Help me, Ronda
© Only Joe King (Paul Whitelock)
Pictures:
Caser Expat Insurance, Paul Whitelock, Portillo Sur,
Thanks:
Paul Whitelock, www.help-me-ronda.com, www.secretserrania.com
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