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« Reply #30 on: Friday, April 12, 2013, 20:58:16 » |
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Agree, free bit of advertising isn't a bad thing
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« Reply #31 on: Friday, April 12, 2013, 23:05:54 » |
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That sounds alright Pumbaa, trouble is it would probably cost well over 2k for insurance for a 17year old. Although there is other ways of insurance for youngsters.
After checking, the cheapest insurance I found for a 1 litre corsa was £2100
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #32 on: Sunday, April 14, 2013, 06:17:29 » |
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Third party f & t?
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« Reply #33 on: Monday, April 15, 2013, 10:55:39 » |
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After checking, the cheapest insurance I found for a 1 litre corsa was £2100
This is the major problem. Therefore (probably stupidly) I have decided to buy a brand new Fiat Punto, £99 p/m 0% interest and only £800 insurance rather than spend £1500 on a 8-10 year old car and £2,500+ on insurance.
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jayohaitchenn
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« Reply #34 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 17:43:40 » |
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Third party f & t?
Generally more expensive that fully comp these days.
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« Reply #35 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 17:46:38 » |
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This is the major problem. Therefore (probably stupidly) I have decided to buy a brand new Fiat Punto, £99 p/m 0% interest and only £800 insurance rather than spend £1500 on a 8-10 year old car and £2,500+ on insurance.
That sounds a bloody good deal - is it from the dealer?
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« Reply #36 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 17:48:43 » |
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Get in touch with a broker. Adrian Flux are good.
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« Reply #37 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 17:48:59 » |
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try looking for a polo, good first cars.
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« Reply #38 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 18:25:02 » |
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try looking for a polo, good first cars.
Amazing value on those, you can find some with 30k miles for well under £2k. Not sure about the insurance on them for a 17 year old boy though. I'm currently looking for a Mini with under 50k on it, Polo's and A3's are great value but I'll only want a Mini in a year when I've had the chance to save a bit more, so borrowing a bit off my Dad to afford it. Was shocked by the £400 insurance quotes on a Mini, I was expecting it to be much more, though I'm 27 now. Also really like the look of Lupo's (I want a small car) but there aren't many of them about and the GTI's are pretty expensive. I'm not sure if I'd rather drive a Corsa or a Nissan Micra, both are eternally shit.
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« Reply #39 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 18:26:06 » |
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smaller engine polos are group 3/4 so insurance should be ok.
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« Reply #40 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 18:31:19 » |
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try looking for a polo, good first cars.
Or better, a Skoda Fabia. They are Polos, but with 'crapper' badges, so are normally cheaper. I'm not even joking, it literally is a polo underneath.
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« Reply #41 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 18:47:09 » |
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Or better, a Skoda Fabia. They are Polos, but with 'crapper' badges, so are normally cheaper. I'm not even joking, it literally is a polo underneath.
Only as of the MK4 polo. for £1000 you will be looking at a mk3 at best
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« Reply #42 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 21:12:48 » |
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A Fabia would be ideal. Part of the VAG group which is Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, koda and Volkswagen. All depends if you are badge snobbery.
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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« Reply #43 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 21:37:05 » |
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Amazing value on those, you can find some with 30k miles for well under £2k. Not sure about the insurance on them for a 17 year old boy though.
I'm currently looking for a Mini with under 50k on it, Polo's and A3's are great value but I'll only want a Mini in a year when I've had the chance to save a bit more, so borrowing a bit off my Dad to afford it. Was shocked by the £400 insurance quotes on a Mini, I was expecting it to be much more, though I'm 27 now.
Also really like the look of Lupo's (I want a small car) but there aren't many of them about and the GTI's are pretty expensive.
I'm not sure if I'd rather drive a Corsa or a Nissan Micra, both are eternally shit.
Do they have any weekly auctions over Swindon way, anyone would recommend ? I'm looking for a Polo for my lad. I've been looking on the Westbury auction site but a bit limited at present. Have a budget of around £2,000.
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« Reply #44 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 21:46:53 » |
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