i am going to buy RX-7, but i have few doubts

[Matt.Wild]

Try to get a UK RX7 if you can.  Insurance is quite a bit cheaper than import insurance.  At 21 with 2 years NCB (3 years ago now) Adrian Flux quoted me £1550 fully comp.

With imports, I really struggled (at 24 with 5 years NCB) to get anything below £1000 and ended up with Admiral for £663 but that only happened as I got called randomly by one of their managers... that was on a standard car.

Thats said, if I were you, i\'d go for something slightly less fancy but Jap still - something like a late S14a 200SX (you could pick up a year 2000 one for circa £5-6k) stick various mods for about £2k on it to give you around 300bhp and enjoy cheaper insurance and lower fuel costs (around 250-300 per tank) with around 25 mpg.  All the mod cons too like a/c, leather interior, full electrics etc etc or  maybe a Scooby of similar age around £7000.

RX7 fuel costs are a serious consideration to bear in mind.  When I had mine, I got put off by the horrific drink problem they have - I drove 80 miles over 2 days to work when my work horse diesel was in the garage and it drank £24 worth of juice - thats 3/4x thirstier than the diesel.  Also, think about it latterally - 15 MPG on the RX7 is over 50% thirstier than a 25 mpg 200SX and 400% more than my diesel...  

Try to think about it sensibly and with your head, not your heart - its fantastic to have one (I loved mine) but the costs are VERY VERY real and they will drain your resources just maintaining it basically (eg servicing, fuel, oil, insurance, tyres, pads, discs, filters, air con refills etc).  

In your shoes, I\'d buy a powerful jap car, definatley, but i\'d allow several thoudsand left spare to cover any mishaps that happen when you mod as they can and do happen.  Also, spending several thousand on insurance is just daft - if you wait a while that cash could be spent on some serious mods rather than line the insurers pockets

HTH

[Shark]

you\'ll find a good example without need for a rebuild within your budget mate.  It will depend on the car you buy as to whether or not there is a need to rebuild in the near future.

Besides if you rebuild using new parts the only real costs saving of doing it before it goes pear shaped is that you do it on your timescales.   Up to you bud, but don;t go in and just rebuild it for the sake of it is all I\'m saying.

[sadgoth]

i have a 2nd gen TII - i did about 2500 miles year - petrol wise - i worked on the theory of £40 of juice gets you about 200 miles

Grinder mate, how on earth are you doing that?? I get about 170 miles to a full tank (£55-£60 depending on where I fill up!) And mine is a TII as well (ok it isn\'t exactly standard :o but......

Zyu, as everyone has already said an RX7 is a costly venture, but probably no more costly than any other Jap Supercar. £8000 will buy you a good example which should have either low mileage or a rebuild already. If you intend to rebuild spend much less and buy a higher mileage car. Sounds as though you have thought this through, I\'d say go for it, the other options in that price bracket will cost you loads to insure and probably won\'t be exactly what you want (subaru Impreza - difficult to insure now, Early Mitsubishi Evo - III or IV, 200SX s14a, Skyline GTSt, etc they are all good cars, yes they will be a little less thirsty but not much and they won\'t be an RX7)! If you are buying a high performance car fuel costs are always going to be high.

[grinder]

what the hell do you lot do with petrol - put some in the car and then the rest on the floor

and i drive very "petrol safe" , 75 on the motorway with the cruise control on - it drops all boost off and does a decent MPG

i think when i really batter the living sh*t out of it - its more like 9 MPG

i havent run the rx7 for about 6 months now - so not sure on the petrol cost for it

but with what you lot are saying the car will stay on the drive LOL

and i wish i had 11K spare as a student - ooohhh yeah that would have been nice

Zyu : good luck with the hunt

[davefrith]

Given the difficulty I am having insuring a Rex at 24 I can honestly say I doubt you will get insurance

Tesco and etc recently changed to over 25\'s only on these cars

that said i wish you the best of luck

[Big Stu]

Still not sorted your insurance then. Houghton\' Sno good for you??

01582867763. quote the club for a possible discount??

[davefrith]

I tried them, however as I\'m not 25 for 6 months they wouldn\'t quote me

can\'t be that hard, 24, 5 years no claims, second car, good postcode

[Big Stu]

Sorry to hear that. I guess you have been through the usual list of possible insurers??

AON, Adrian flux and the like?

[Matt.Wild]

Originally posted by davefrith
I tried them, however as I\'m not 25 for 6 months they wouldn\'t quote me

can\'t be that hard, 24, 5 years no claims, second car, good postcode

Try admiral by fone.  

I tried their online system but they wouldn\'t quote.  They rang me and then offered a quote bypassing the "we won\'t quote" bit on their system and did it for £663 FULLY comp

I\'m 24 with 5 years NCB, same as you

[davefrith]

stock though?  thats the question

[Brett]

Hmmm so my 140miles for £40 in the egi seems pretty bad then, then again how much is a big grin worth?

[Rich Cheung]

Here\'s some insurers to try.
Personally I found A-Plan the cheapest and easy to deal with.
Gud luck mate.

1st Quote_________________0208 5981111
Academy__________________0800 7314984
Admiral___________________0800 600800
Adrian Flux________________08700 777240
Advantage Insurance________01509 882311
AON FTO Policy_____________01384 552670
A-Plan ___________________0845 0711234
ATS ____________________0870 0242464
Bell Direct ________________0800 140180
Bennetts _________________0800 0683077
BHP _____________________0870 7576969
Catterall __________________01254 695 055
Churchill -------------------------0800 200 326
Cool Quotes _______________01923 690800
CoverSure (RallySure)_______01829 733880
Crownthorne Insurance______01344 771626
Diamond (Women Only)______0800 362436
Direct Line ________________0845 246201
Egg ______________________0870 0240095
Elephant __________________0870 6090668
Elestree Insurance Services___0208 386 7766
Fast Track _________________0118 9502155
Footman James _____________0121 561 6250
Fred Roberts & Partners James _0191 5650222
Frizzell ___________________01202 752007
Gladiator _________________0800 908080
Greenlight __________________01277 263 030
GSi _______________________0871 7171888
Hill House Hamond ___________01733 310899
Hyperformance ____________0208 9393944
JDI Insurance _____________0118 9502155
Jeremy Randall ____________01782 286311
John Denton _______________0118 9502155
Keith Michaels _____________0208 642 7868
Liverpool & Victoria __________ 01202 292333
Martin Gray Insurance ________01481 728072
Norwich Union _______________0870 2420800
OAMPS Insurance ____________01372 467266
OPI ______________________0121 3250633
Osborne and Sons __________0208 3886000
Performance Insurance ______01234 242900
Privilege Insurance _________0845 2460295
Randall Pace ______________01782 286311
Tangent __________________01923 254888
Tesco ______________________0845 300 9900
Tett Hamilton ______________01275 792270
Torview Insurance ___________0181 6998888
Wilsons ___________________0990 143424

[ChrisDubbya]

I bought my FD and past my test a couple of  weeks ago 22yrs old, 0 NCB

£2066 tpft 8mnth fast no claims builder through Confused.com the underwriter was sabre the full year would have cost £2600

Fuel I\'ve been through £200 quids worth in 4 days, but thats driving it like I stole it.  Once you get one you dont care how much juice it takes.  Just how much fun it is.

Good Luck

[Brad]

I had mine when I was 22 and was paying £1200 through elephant.co.uk

Got the Impreza and it went up £400, go figure...

[Matt.Wild]

Admiral was stock.  With a few mods they bumped it to about £1200 tho so I returned it to stock.  Insurance Factory quoted £950 fully comp so they may be worth trying...