benh3
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Registered: 21st Jun 07
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Hey guys
I only bought the car about month ago, and im 17 taking lessons. Its a X reg 2001 Vauxhall Corsa LS, opel, 3DR, 1.0. Im looking into insuring it in about 3 weeks as im on holiday till then. But ive rung companies and they said that an LS 2001 corsa dosent exist but it says on my logbook its a 2001 LS.
Any ideas, or solutions on what i can do?
I can only find a 1997 LS
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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I had this issue with mine, the logbook had the car down as a 2.5GLS TD AUTO AC which didn't exist (was a petrol) and I had issues getting insurance
Just keep on at them, but try independant brokers too, not just big corps
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Ste L
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Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Manchester Drives: 106 16v Rallye
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if it's an genuine opel.... it will be an import, hence why it might not be showing...
will cost more to insure too iirc
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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quote:
Originally posted by Ste L
if it's an genuine opel.... it will be an import, hence why it might not be showing...
will cost more to insure too iirc
My thoughts exactly - sounds like it might have been bought from a car supermarket thing like Trade-Sales.co.uk! It can still be a full import, even in right hand drive.
Vauxhall didn't make a Corsa C in LS guise. I'm pretty sure the basic was Comfort. They did do a GLS however for a little while.
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benh3
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Registered: 21st Jun 07
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But the weird thing is that 1) The license plate dosent come up on most insurance sites, 2) On tesco insurance it detects the car as a 1997-1999 corsa LS, 3) On my car auction invoice it lists the car as a 97 x reg car. Quinn direct keep saying that its a mistake and that it must be 1997 LS as they never made a 2001 LS. What do you guys think i should do? Cheapest quote ive got is £1540, i need to insure it soon. Any thoughts
Many thanks
Ben
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TheCam
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Registered: 16th Mar 07
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just tell them the reg year and engine size and dont give a fuck about LS GLS etc
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benh3
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Registered: 21st Jun 07
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And it will still be covered under the insurance if i put it as a GLS? Would it make a difference if i insured it as a 1997 opel LS? the only difference would be the year, but they would have the registration number for the car.
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TheCam
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wouldnt make a difference
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Ben G
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just say you don't know the derivative and just say it's a 1000cc 2001 x reg corsa
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TheCam
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
just say you don't know the derivative and just say it's a 1000cc 2001 x reg corsa
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benh3
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Registered: 21st Jun 07
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Think ive come up with the solution. They didnt make a 2001 opel LS so i know its been imported and on the invoice it says its a 97 imported LS ,first reg'd in 2001. So it is possible its been driving around unregistered until it came here in 2001 where it has to be re- registered anyway and the owner registered it in 2001 and put the X reg plates on it?
Is this possible? i know nowt bout cars so im catching on slowly. But im gonna ring the DVLA this afternoon.
Many thanks for helping me out so far.
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dannymccann
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Registered: 9th Aug 06
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i reckon you should go down to the DVLA office and let them inspect the vehicle? Would that clear things up
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Jamie
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Registered: 1st Apr 02
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My Corsa was an Irish import. Bit of hassle getting insurance as well.
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Phi
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Registered: 8th Jan 07
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get a HPI check.. see what that comes up with maybe?????
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Planty02
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Is this a corsa B or C?
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TheCam
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B i would recon
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