mk4_astra
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audi s3 and a remap?
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Rob H
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Originally posted by MarkW
buy a sub 2k diesel and put the miles on that
use the rest of the money for weekend toy ?
Considered that. Corsa i have ATM is only worth about 3.5 and is immaculate, so would keep that as it's only a 1.4. Problem is whatever i buy, insurance is a killer, and doesn't make much difference if i do 4k a year, or 15k a year.
If i kept the corsa for work and ran something like a mk4 astra GSi at the weekends, it'd cost more than using just a VXR to do all the miles  .
Doing limited milage (250 miles a month) in an evo will be something stupid like £250 a month + whatever the loans costing me + another £170 to run the corsa  . This isn't accounting for wear and tear either, just fuel, insurance, tax and servicing!
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MarkW
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how many years no claims you got? and how old r u?
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Rob H
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5 years in october - I'm 22 in May .
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MarkW
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whats insurance on above mentioned cars - evo - vxr - focus etc etc?
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Rob H
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Corsa 1.4 SRi - £350
Astra GSi - £650
Astra VXR - £900ish (been a while sisnce i got the quote)
Scooby '04 Sti [265] - £1900
Evo 7 GSR - £2300
Most of the later ones were done through admiral as they seem to give decent quotes, and they're online, obviously a bit of digging should get it cheaper, but i wouldn't imagine it'll drop loads! All were with protected NCB if i were taking it out in october .
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whitter45
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RX8 have very high running costs associated with them
High mileage M3 might be an option
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Nismo
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S2000? Ok not as quick as scoobs / Evos but still quick , and much cooler 
You could get a decent NSX for 16K (ok not new but still)
Elise S2 also an option.
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Rob H
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high milage on the M3 is only going to get higher though, and i think insurance could be steep.
S2000's are cool, and just about come int the buget if i go for something slightly older - 2003ish. Would have to check out insurance.
Elise S2- see VX220/VXT comments  .
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Adam_B
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isnt the s2000 something daft like group 20 insurance tho?
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whitter45
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depends how many miles you do in a year
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Rob H
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it's a 45mile round trip to work, i'm guessing with commuting and leisure - 15-16k
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whitter45
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fair enough then
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Rob H
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. If it weren't for the milage, i'd just get an evo and live with the bankrupcy TBH, but while i still have to do it, it's not feasible  .
I suppose the sensible thing to do is keep the corsa, and save a big wedge of cash, buy the car, then rent a house near to where i work. Thing is i've got 17 years of education-influenced frustration built up inside me, and i really don't think i could resist spunking a load of cash on a car while i'm still at home with the 'rents and can get away with it .
[Edited on 28-03-2007 by Rob H]
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Rob H
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TTT for any more ideas
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ryzer
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sell corsa for 3.5
diesel vectra 2.0 tdi £1800 ish
£1700 on insurance
no worries!
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nik
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quote:
Originally posted by Rachel H
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
an evo will be noticably faster than an astra vxr as will a decent model impreza
Off the mark yes, rolling? Evo still faster but not a massive amount faster.
Depends which Evo  I totally dusted someone who thought they'd get personal with my rear bumper the otherday.
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corsa_rob
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yeh i was thinking this get a turbo diesel and remap it...big small woteva with a remap u can get decent 0-60...know like 206 hdi's somewhere got 7.4 out of it...that aint bad considering it will do like 45/50 mpg!! the loads of vaux diesel with that 1.9 cdti in them too aint the! most diesels come with lower insurance groups too!? just an idea like
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