Insurance For 18 Year Old?

[fc3sPAT]

i\'m surprised no-one has mentioned about the Mazda 323 4x4 Tubby yet, now there\'s a very rare pocket rocket you dont see often, not too sure about insurance group wise, but there were 2 versions from what i remember, 1.6turbo and 1.8turbo, both were 4WD, can pick one up for around £4k now.

if you\'re considering a 1.4civic, why not consider the 1.6vti version?? 150 or was it 160bhp, and thats by no means slow. pretty good looking with the right mods, and lots of potential performance wise.

Patrick

[MikeLMR]

1.6 is a BF 4x4 turbo and was sold in the UK in a few different specs.

1.8 4x4 comes in two versions GTX or GTR both based on the later BG chassis, both were never imported in great numbers to the UK so most are imports and have a high insurance group. GTX is more common and the GTR was the homolgation special for the WRC cars that Mazda used in the 90\'s.

all the 3 don\'t fit the bill as a cheap car to insure by a long shot !

My advice is to stick with the Honda but leave it standard and save for your next car.

[Silent_Assassin]

Thanks

Ye i Might get the 1.6 vti it is actually 160 bhp which is great

does anybody know what the 0-60 would be on that?

[Matt.Wild]

Why don\'t you get a Pug 205 1.9 GTI.  Nice and nippy.  Fairly cheap now to counteract the insurance...

...seriously tho - get a few years under your belt and then get one.  I\'ve been waiting 3 years to get my Rex and now at 24 with 5 years NCB i\'m struggling to get insured on an import for less than £1000, which i\'d like.

Oddly, I can get a UK 3rd gen for £550 fully comp :confused:

Condsidering sticking with my modded 270-280bhp modded S14 200SX (next year quoted at £433 by flux) unless I can get the rex sorted for quite a bit under £1k unless I can find a nice black or red UK rex

[Freddy]

Or you could do something silly like me for the love of rotaries!

Fully comp at 18 on Toyota Corolla 1.3Gs and have the rx reg\'d and insured to my father. I\'m driving the fd 3rd party for over a year now.

Just a thought.  :yes

Mr J.T, I\'m 19 now, actually 20 tomorrow! (wohoo!)

[Brett]

Trouble with that is Freddy,  if you bin that Rx then not only will you get no money for it, you will also screw your Dads no claims.....but then I\'ll bet he\'s already told you what he will do to you in that eventuality though, right?

[Freddy]

yep yep...

which is why its going up for sale. Had it a year now, cant really complain anylonger to let it go.

[RobbieRX-7]

Originally posted by Silent_Assassin
thanks every1 for some great feedback

ok i wont buy a rx7 as a first car as all myfriends are telling me its stupid

so how about a ford fiesta rs turbo 1.6

i love that car and it is dead quick (0-60 in 7.0) which is good
and i also love the looks of the car

please reply telling me if i made a good choice or not and wheter insurance is ok or not

thanks

no no no..anything xr, rs,gti,gsi is a MASSIVE no no..if you wanna g fast,get a 125 aprilla for under a grand..itll beat most cars off the lights!!

[RobbieRX-7]

haha..got it..they are a rapid little machine that keeps up with my mates 160bhp 95clio 1.8 16valve..the car in question is a wait for it...a massive 1 litre 3 cylinder daihatsu charade turbo..0-60 in around 7.7 i think..aint sure of the power though...look it up.. i think you would be onto a winner with that mate!!

[Joeh]

yep yep...

which is why its going up for sale. Had it a year now, cant really complain anylonger to let it go.

18 comp on one car and using third party on a rx7?! You can\'t be insured to drive any car at that age, its 21 and above... who is your insurer?

[Cally]

pleadin with Adrian Flux eventually got me insured! for £2600

but god am i happy now

They wouldnt even insure me when I had just turned 23 and had been insured with them for 3 years. Thats 4 years ncb (drove my mums car before i got my own) so 5 claim free years. I just took out a policy with //www.bell.co.uk :Thumbs-up

[Spen]

I was with Adrian Flux on my last car for 2 years, when I rang up to cancel I got a quote from them on a 1994 3rd Gen Type R2 for £2500 fully comp. Im 21, licence for 4.5 years, 2 years ncb on this policy. In the end I insured with Noel Dazely for £1295 fully comp which im pretty happy with.

[RX7 R2]

Silent assasin,

Your mad for even considering it but I\'ve got to take my hat off to you. I\'m only 22 myself and just got my first RX7.

I did it once, had a 3year old scooby, a proper one at 18 and payed £3000 to insure it. Only did it for a year and with that the £1500 depriciation and the fuel bill (as I couldn\'t keep my right foot up) it crippled me.

After that I had the most boring 3 years of my life as I just couldn\'t find a car to make me smile, until now.

In short I wish I\'d of never done it, I should of started small and progressed slowly to keep me smiling. It was no good trying to play the rich boy because I came into some cash as it didn\'t last forever. So unless a serious trust fund is about to mature!!!

Good luck with whatever you decide and keep your dreams, it\'s good to have something to strive for and you\'ll get what you want one day.

P.S my mate was well impressed with his starlet but I never went in it.:driving

[RX7 R2]

Silent assasin,

Your mad for even considering it but I\'ve got to take my hat off to you. I\'m only 22 myself and just got my first RX7.

I did it once, had a 3year old scooby, a proper one at 18 and payed £3000 to insure it. Only did it for a year and with that the £1500 depriciation and the fuel bill (as I couldn\'t keep my right foot up) it crippled me.

After that I had the most boring 3 years of my life as I just couldn\'t find a car to make me smile, until now.

In short I wish I\'d of never done it, I should of started small and progressed slowly to keep me smiling. It was no good trying to play the rich boy because I came into some cash as it didn\'t last forever. So unless you\'ve got rich parents or a seriously good job!!!

Good luck with whatever you decide and keep your dreams, it\'s good to have something to strive for and you\'ll get what you want one day.

P.S my mate was well impressed with his starlet but I never went in it.:driving

[nikp]

This thread was started 2 years ago! :Hammer