jrsteeve
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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Not seen many of these around, what are your opinions? Good/bad etc
Any ideas for who could insure it? (i'd be 22 with 4yrs no claims)
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
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Beautiful 
Yeah should be able to insure easily... They r supposed 2 be the best FWD handling car Having had a CTR I can bvouch that it is quick 
Try Direct Line for ins... I was ins @ 22 on my CTR with them with 4 yrs NCB
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jrsteeve
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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cheers buddy, the spec seems really high - xenons, 220 bhp etc
I'm basically trying to move away from buying a 325Ci sport, but cant find much i like.
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jrsteeve
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they're all imports and im struggling o find an insurer under 2k
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Robbo
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oh aye true :S
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Lucky B
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Registered: 7th Apr 02
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quote: Originally posted by Robbo
They r supposed 2 be the best FWD handling car
That should read "They r supposed 2 be the best FWD handling production car". 
The DC 5 gets a big from me.
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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imence cars, very fast and as for all Tegs , handel like on rails.
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X 60RSA
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Agree with you all, VERY quick..... 3rd gear in one of them compared to 3rd in my XE............big difference, they fly, pull like jooo fcuk!
A mate of mine has one, took the cat off and its really made a big difference, handles like a dream as well!
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Robbo
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quote: Originally posted by X 60RSA
Agree with you all, VERY quick..... 3rd gear in one of them compared to 3rd in my XE............big difference, they fly, pull like jooo fcuk!
A mate of mine has one, took the cat off and its really made a big difference, handles like a dream as well!
Really? I got warned not to take mine off me CTR as it badly affected it :S
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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What about the Type S? thats meant to be amazing handling.
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antscorsa
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: london
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gorgeous in white, true jdm king
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jrsteeve
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Right i'm sold! Been offered a 51 reg with 31k miles for 11.5k (so could even sell it for a lil profit if its crap)
BUT SERIOUSLY NEED HELP ON INSURANCE!
Whos gonna do it for a decent price?
[Edited on 27-02-2005 by jrsteeve]
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stuartmitchell
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U tried Adrain Flux? 
Minted car tho
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jrsteeve
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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I'll have to call them 2moz cos they're closed.
Also thought Liverpool Victoria.
Anyone else?
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
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elephant/admiral are insuring me on a 1.6 corsa sport at 19 with 1NCB for £950 fully comp
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jrsteeve
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just tried elephant - 3906 quid!
the search continues.......
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Tom
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Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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Lovely cars, u should be able to insure that somewhere don't ask me where tho if you've tried elephant/admiral
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Avey
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Registered: 4th Sep 02
Location: North West, Drives:Cosmic Grey CTR
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U tried Direct Line?
I should be picking up a DC2 ITR in a week or so
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Pablo
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Registered: 3rd Feb 03
Location: Milton Keynes
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I dont like them, prefer older one!
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dave17
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Registered: 3rd Sep 02
Location: Greater London
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buy banzai magazine, has loadsa import insurance companies in there
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GT4Brody
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Registered: 26th Sep 01
Location: south
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Very nice, very rare also as only import, dont know why we dont have uk version, sure it would be VERY popular
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Avey
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Registered: 4th Sep 02
Location: North West, Drives:Cosmic Grey CTR
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I got a quote of £830 FC with Direct Line - thats 23 5years NCB, 3 points SP30 
Some companies were quoting over £3k
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jrsteeve
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quote: Originally posted by Avey
I got a quote of £830 FC with Direct Line - thats 23 5years NCB, 3 points SP30 
Some companies were quoting over £3k
Is urs an import tho mate?
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purple_B
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Registered: 2nd Apr 02
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get japanese performance mag theres loads of import insurance ads in the back off that too
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
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thats the new shape, try the older shape and im sure you will insure that!!
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