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| Member Since | 29/04/2019 |
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| Last Seen | 04/08/2025 |
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Your route will decide that. We have an EV and for 99% its just charged off our normal plug in garage at 6c/kw between 0000-0600. The odd…
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Grok on ubank: From 01 Oct 2025, Save Account Balance Must Grow to Earn Bonus Interest
Grok on ubank: From 01 Oct 2025, Save Account Balance Must Grow to Earn Bonus InterestWe do have shares. Hence dividends. We have a thirds rule, third shares, third cash me and third cash wife. We don’t pay any tax and…
VW-Kombi commented on ubank: From 01 Oct 2025, Save Account Balance Must Grow to Earn Bonus Interest
We are very semi retired (due to health issues, ages 57,54), and live off the interest from savings from the wife and I that both have…
VW-Kombi commented on Ford Mustang Mach-E Drive Away - Select $63,000, Premium $77,000, GT $94,000 (up to $12,000 off) @ Ford
Re Tesla insurance, it’s def location/person based. I paid 1150. When car shopping, the Rav4 was gonna be 950. So 200 bucks extra. I have…
I use the cba app budget. Which helps keep on track and it can ‘read’ all our cards. And it tallies up the ‘average’ over the…
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We separate the monthly day to day running costs from the holidays and the budget to ‘replace stuff that breaks’, as that is not a…
VW-Kombi commented on How Much Do You Actually Need to Retire in Aus
Follow the lean fire reddit subreddit. I retired in 2015, I’m 56 now. Can’t access our super for another 4 years. A nice spreadsheet I…
VW-Kombi commented on LG 86" UT8050 4K UHD LED Smart TV (2024) $1488 + Delivery ($0 C&C/ in-Store) @ JB Hi-Fi
My 75 inch TV uses 250 watts on default config. As I am retired I watch a load of TV a day. Likely 8-12 hours. I turn the brightness down…
VW-Kombi commented on Join Revolut and Spend Minimum $1 within 14 Days, Get $40 Credit @ Revolut X Cold Ones
Link was not unique. I did not see $40 in account on signup? It Asked to transfer money, i sent $10. So do I just have to spend some and…
VW-Kombi commented on Recommend EV Charging Cable
I did a good spreadsheet of costs when I was thinking of an ev. We just use the standard 10a. And ONLY charge from midnight to 6am on the…
VW-Kombi commented on How Much Super Do You Need?
I’m 56 and due to a stroke stopped my normal work a few years back. Current balances 351k in super. We are Living off another 350k of…
VW-Kombi commented on Coles Milk Going off Well before Expiry
Our old fridge was faulty. Going hot and back to cold. We had a month of complaining about the milk before I put a smart thermometer in…
I still get the 49c feed in tariff until mid 2026. No bills still. No point in looking at batteries until then for me. Plus I only have 6kw…
VW-Kombi commented on Faulty Dishwasher Leaked, Cupboards + Floor Flooded - Who Pays for the Damage?
Had a plumbed in fridge that sheared off in their attachment. Clearly faulty. Fischer and Paykel paid for all the repairs. Said they had…
VW-Kombi commented on Why Are Tesla's Hated So Much?
Wife needs heated seats which pushes us into top end levels or any car. I did a spreadsheet for staying with our current one (Subaru but…
You could buy a Skype number and some Skype credit for inbound calls.
In 2012 mine were installed. Installer put 6kw of panels up for the 5kw inverter (Aurora). So with the loss in age, I still see almost 5kw.…
VW-Kombi commented on Router Recommendation - Fully Wired Home
If you’re a bit of a techie, then the UniFi range of stuff is great, and one console to rule them all, seeing as you already have one bit…
VW-Kombi commented on Microsoft 365 Family - 1 Year Subscription (Digital Code) $99 Delivered @ Bing Lee
I installed LibreOffice. So far it’s opened and saved all my stuff and no complaints from the docs I have sent to office users. I only…
The wife has back and hip issues and since we had heated heats about 4 cars ago she now requires heated seats in any car we get. That…
VW-Kombi commented on New House nbn Conduit Blocked
Had a similar thing years back. The NBN installer said blocked, and I allowed then to cut some of the gyprock on the other side of the NBN…
VW-Kombi commented on Do I Need to Get Private Insurance?
You must put aside your PHI savings to pay for elective surgery if you really need it. Its all a gamble - some you win, some you lose. We…
VW-Kombi commented on 200 Cars Burnt at Airport - Possible Cause EV
Just google it, then read ALL the articles, not just the ones that backup any bias you have, then make an 'true' informed decision - thats…
Is this fee targeted ? I use mine for all ebay/amazon - i.e linked to paypal. Plus I use it for overseas travel (however next euro trip I…
Same here - I have a few pages of authy's now - and I remember the pain when I had google authenticator with a third of that amount, phone…
Happened same with my sons van, but they got it fixed by the time I picked up. Now he has one shiny new side and the rest looks like it’s…
VW-Kombi commented on New Electric Hot Water System
We had a rheem heat pump and it kept failing since new (2011). Paid so many times for it to be repaired. rheem said as it was installed…
I think they should teach this stuff in school. With a few simple examples. Crash into a Lamborghini, run through someone’s front window…
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