The cost of Living Sticky - Page 4

mycal44 · #31 (**permalink**) 27th December 2008, 09:12 PM

Hello we are staying in Spain for the month of feb arriving from Canada and would like to know if the grocery costs you posted are todays prices and is it possible to buy a very inexpensive pre paid cell phone any info would be gratefull, we are staying near the town of Mijas. regards Michael.

SteveHall · #32 (**permalink**) 27th December 2008, 09:25 PM

You can get an pre-paid cellphone from dozens (+) of outlets in the Fuengirola/ Mijas area. Alternatively get yours unblocked in Canada and just get a SIM here.

Enjoy your stay - if you fancy a coffee whilst you are here just PM me

mycal44 · #33 (**permalink**) 27th December 2008, 10:03 PM

Thank you Steve for your very quick responce i have been told that the weather in Feb is quite mild approx 18c so i plan to play a bit of golf while i am in Spain much to my wifes objection so i am planning to take my clubs with me and as all prices have gone crazy its difficult to know how to budjet for the month we are going to be staying, so my question to you is what is a round of golf going to set me back beer included ,also the basic cost of gas ( petrol) Once again kind regards Michael

SteveHall · #34 (**permalink**) 27th December 2008, 10:24 PM

If you check on Expat portal, living in Spain, retiring in Spain. | thisisspain.info you will get a lot of info re golf. If you check Surinenglish.com, the site for Southern Spain. Latest News you will get this week's edition with all the special offers - just about every course has VERY special offers at the moment!

Super 95 Super 98 Gasóleo A Gasóleo A nuevo
Average price per liter 0,89 € 1,00 € 0,92 € 0,98 €

cuevadame · #35 (**permalink**) 31st December 2008, 06:36 PM

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Super 95 Super 98 Gasóleo A Gasóleo A nuevo
Average price per liter 0,89 € 1,00 € 0,92 € 0,98 €

Hi, how much is diesel currently?
Thanks.....Happy New Year!

chris(madrid) · #36 (**permalink**) 1st January 2009, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by cuevadame

Hi, how much is diesel currently?
Thanks.....Happy New Year!

Think you'll find Steve posted that info on DECEMBER 27th 2008.

GASOLEO is DIESEL - Gasoleo A is AUTOMOTIVE diesel.

The new (eco)diesel costs more BUT supposedly gives better mileage (KM-age). imo gives poor torque so is near to no benefit as you have to thrash the engine more to accelerate. Useless imo unless you do a lot of M-Way work and the engine is FAIRLY modern. My Discovery runs BEST on cheepo Supermarket diesel. The Citrôen is fine with both but for the use we give it - the normal Diesel is better.

jojo · #37 (**permalink**) 1st January 2009, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by cuevadame

Hi, how much is diesel currently?
Thanks.....Happy New Year!

I bought normal diesel last night at 82. something cents a litre, but it varies like in the UK. I filled my citroen picasso up for 40 euros from almost empty

cuevadame · #38 (**permalink**) 1st January 2009, 12:23 PM

Thanks for your replies - in Rip off Britain, it's still around £1 per litre - a lot more than petrol!

monstaboi · #39 (**permalink**) 3rd January 2009, 08:16 PM

Does anyone know the car insurance prices for say, an Audi A6 built in 2000? Rough estimates are okay.

chris(madrid) · #40 (**permalink**) 4th January 2009, 08:50 AM

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Does anyone know the car insurance prices for say, an Audi A6 built in 2000? Rough estimates are okay.

Well for start you'll almost certainly find that ALL you'll be offered is THIRD PARTY ONLY, because it's over five years old.

You may be offered Fire/Theft/Glass - but comp very very unlikely - and if it is will have a HUGE excess or be silly expensive.

The price will depend where you are located - and can vary HUGELY. For this reason many Spaniards keep a rustic address as their primary one rather than where they actually live - it affects insurance/tax. Also which engine? - Insurance is cc dependant - NCD? - some companies will honour them - others will not!. Also your age and sex.

My recent experience of insurance here is that it is COMMON for one company to "suddenly" have an offer for one marque or even model - where the price drops by 50-60%. 10 years ago it was NOT the case - prices were more or less the same across the board. I halved teh insurance on one of the bikes this year.

Tends NOT to apply to old cars though. This often in cahoots with a manufacturer. And as they desperately want to sell new cars due to the recent 50% drop in sales - I think we'll see more of this.

At a guess we'd be looking at 350-450Euros TPFT for a car like that. But we're in Madrid which is NOT a cheap area. Spanish built cars are generally MUCH cheaper to ensure. Take into account that here they generally insure the CAR not the Driver. So a car is not only insured for you but generally also so are others.