The cost of Living Sticky

[mycal44]

Hello Again with our dollar shrinking and the euro soaring i would like to know if the food list below is current to this months (Jan 09) prices. kind regards Michael.

12 large eggs €1.07
Sardines in tomato, 4 x €1.56
8 lit bottle mineral water €1.84
Muesli 750 gm €2.09
6 x 1 ltr skimmed milk - €6.30
Tinned tuna 400 gms €3.75
Flora marg 600 gms €2.30
Gammon steak 340 gms €3.75
4 x Bifodus 0% fat yoghurts €0.95
Coffee beans 500 gms €2.20
Bunch of bananas €1.11
6 big apples €2.53
1 whole pineapple €2.10
Crianza Rioja Red wine €3.95
300 gms mushrooms €1.00
Bottle brandy 1 lit €7.45
750 gms sugar €1.60
I litre orange juice €1.19
24 cans Mahou beer €9.66
Oven Chips €1.85





Car:
Fuel: €1.05 diesel
10 w 40 Motor oil - 5 lit - €29.88[/QUOTE]

[jojo]

Originally Posted by mycal44

Hello Again with our dollar shrinking and the euro soaring i would like to know if the food list below is current to this months (Jan 09) prices. kind regards Michael.

12 large eggs €1.07
Sardines in tomato, 4 x €1.56
8 lit bottle mineral water €1.84
Muesli 750 gm €2.09
6 x 1 ltr skimmed milk - €6.30
Tinned tuna 400 gms €3.75
Flora marg 600 gms €2.30
Gammon steak 340 gms €3.75
4 x Bifodus 0% fat yoghurts €0.95
Coffee beans 500 gms €2.20
Bunch of bananas €1.11
6 big apples €2.53
1 whole pineapple €2.10
Crianza Rioja Red wine €3.95
300 gms mushrooms €1.00
Bottle brandy 1 lit €7.45
750 gms sugar €1.60
I litre orange juice €1.19
24 cans Mahou beer €9.66
Oven Chips €1.85





Car:
Fuel: €1.05 diesel
10 w 40 Motor oil - 5 lit - €29.88

Diesel around here is 83 cents a litre at the moment, but seems to change daily, but the trend is downwards.


Dunno about anything else on your list, cos I havent I dont buy the same things

Jo

[SteveHall]

Just seen that the Sun in the UK is now just 30p per day (31 cts) whereas my Spanish daily is 1, 10 euro

I would also note that Málaga - Barcelona can be as little as 25 euros by rail - I hate to think what a 14 hour journey in the UK would be!

[monstaboi]

Originally Posted by chris(madrid)

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.

Thanks for your quick and informative reply. I don't really need an all-risk insurance, just one for liability - i'm not really used to anything else; i'm Dutch, 23 years old, which means a simple liability insurance is about 800 a year here in The Netherlands.

The car that I want (I didn't buy it yet though) is an Audi A6 with a 2.4 liter petrol engine. But I might go for a Rover 75 (probably 2.0 CDT diesel) instead because of all the options and luxury. I'm thinking that it'll be hard to find a garage to fix the Rover though, in case something breaks down - this might not be the right thread to ask but anyone know more about this?

I'm pretty reluctant to buy a Seat Ibiza or something Spanish built because of the 13-in-a-dozen factor and the lack of luxury - i'll be driving a lot for work, and will go back to NL once a month. I will be situated in or near Benidorm (Altea, Albir, Alfaz del Pi) so that should probably be a little cheaper than Madrid.

Is your guess of 350-450 per month, quarter or year?

[mycal44]

Originally Posted by jojo

Diesel around here is 83 cents a litre at the moment, but seems to change daily, but the trend is downwards.


Dunno about anything else on your list, cos I havent I dont buy the same things

Jo

Hello Joe, thanks for your response the food list was already in the forum i was just using it as a guide-also as we shall be staying in Mijas for a month this Feb we would like to know what kind of clothing necessary for the evenings coats jackets etc as we are traveling from Canada and we have weight restrictions with the airline we are using we do not want to take unnecessary items. Regards Michael.

[SteveHall]

Mijas in February? Coats

[Burriana Babs]

I would not bring a big heavy coat but in the evenings yes it gets a bit cool in the moutains down here. When the sun goes down it can get chilly. But people on the beach during the day when sunny.

[SteveHall]

Babs - have you ever been to Míjas in February after dark? I have.

I remember February 2002 when it rained every single day!

[jojo]

Coats and warm jumpers for the evenings. It gets really cold when the sun goes down. I'm not that far away from Mijas. We went out this evening and I wore a thick polo neck jumper, combat trousers, ski boots, a bomber jacket and scarf and I was still cold. And as Steve pointed out, February does seem to have its fair share of rain - we moved out here last Feb and it tipped down nearly everyday for three weeks, I spent my life huddled over an oil heater. I so nearly went back to England!!!!!

Jo

[Burriana Babs]

Yes I have been to Mijas and compared to the UK it was rather chilly but nothing like the UK. I am in the campo in Nerja where it is even colder than Mijas and still not wearing a HEAVY coat. Jumper yes coat no.