jibjob
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im after ideas for my next car. theres got to be a few criteria it meets but other than them im open to suggestions on anything 
must haves:
less than 80,000 if petrol or less than 100,000 if diesel
£2000 limit
no people carriers, 4x4's or daft things
must be either quick or looks nice or both
group 7 insurance or less
no write offs or recovered cars
no boy racered cars as i cant be bothered having to spend fortunes on it fixing it every other day.
ive spent a while searching auto trader, pistonheads, ebay,....basically all the usual places and cant really find anything that jumps out at me.
i dont really want to go down the finance route as want to pay it in one go.
im 20yrs old, 1 yrs NCB, 1 crash, been driving for 2years so anything that will be quite cheap for me to insure with those details. insurance quotes up to around £1400per year third party fire and theft.
any ideas would be great as ive pretty much run out now
list of cars ive looked at so far are:
saxo vtr/vts
106 gti/quiksilver
fiesta zetec s
also looked at scoobies and things like that but they are far too expensive on insurance.
let me know what you can come up with
[Edited on 08-04-2009 by jibjob]
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davieslim
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audi a3? e35 bmw? toyota yaris? theres fecking lots of £2k
davie
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Butler
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Gti is like, group 11. What about fiesta zetec s?
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jibjob
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i didnt really like fiestas after looking into them they just felt a bit tacky and just a bit lacking.
the thing is theres a lot for £2k but to get a decent car that looks nice is reliable and is a bit nippy and to still get it insured at a good price is quite hard.
i really want a 1.6 upwards.
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Butler
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106 Rallye S2
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jibjob
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what insurance group are they and can i get one that will fit within my needs?
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swill_omnibus
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Corsa C 1.4 Sri???
Or if looking to get out of vauxhall:
Fiat Punto GT
106 Rallye S2
From past experience with working with car insurance, if a car is ins group 6 for example with insurance company A, doesn't mean it's group 6 with all other companies so keep that in mind 
[Edited on 08-04-2009 by swill_omnibus]
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Butler
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Quite low to be honest, will be cheaper than a gti. Thing I like about them is there rarity and exclusiveness as opposed to other 106s. They are 1.6 8v, not shy, the handling is superb though, they are great fun to drive.
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jibjob
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quote:
Originally posted by swill_omnibus
From past experience with working with car insurance, if a car is ins group 6 for example with insurance company A, doesn't mean it's group 6 with all other companies so keep that in mind
didnt know that! ive just had a look for rallye's but they are all over 100k and over the £2k mark  nice cars though supose i'll just have to keep looking
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jibjob
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really need to find a list of like general insurance groups so i can see what cars fit in where. Parkers used to have it but its all changed and now i cant find it 
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swill_omnibus
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Well the astra 1.8 coupe with vaux is group 12 but with THEAA (whom i was with) it's classed as group 8.
Could be worth looking on pug specific websites?
Or unless you fancy a track S1, think they still sell the shell for like £500 direct from pug don't they? Last i heard anyway
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jibjob
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might have to look into that lol most specific insurers dont like me for some reason though. i tried adrian flux and they quoted me over £7k for a 1.2 8v corsa!!
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swill_omnibus
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Really? And i thought i peeved them off with my quick speaking welsh tongue
Sure you didn't mention an XX99 by accident conviction wise
They say why it was that much?
Mean, im 21 with 2NCD with 3points SP30 and my newly installed 1.8 corsa B is going to be £680 for a year and everything declared!!
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Butler
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Ive noticed alot of the rallyes on the market at the moment are really high mileage too at the moment.
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jibjob
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no they just said i was too high risk! they wouldnt even quote me on an old mini before i crashed and they are meant to be mini specialists! dont understand why though oh well direct line insure me cheaper than anyone else by quite a way so its not too bad.
ye the ones ive found are around the 130k mark and i dont fancy one that high mileage
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RioVerde
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Astra Estate 1.6 expression
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Anty
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astra gsi mk4 or escort rs2000?
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jibjob
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ive spotted a corsa just wondered what people would think to it...
N-reg
1.4 16v ecotec
100k
120bhp
Fully resprayed 2years ago
refurbed speedlines last month
angel eyes
full gsi kit
new clutch and shocks
lowered
2" pipe from down pipe to back box inc decat and performance silencer
comes with a few spares
what price would people offer for that? its up for £1600 and he said he wouldnt go much lower than that any comments?
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jibjob
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sorry its non-ecotec
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Daniel_Corsa
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No boy racer cars?
Petrol upto 80,000 miles?
What happened to those!
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car  | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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taylorboosh
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lol you will be able to get insured on cars higher than group 7, and a 206 gti would be ideal (130)
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daymoon
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imsurance groups men feck all!
just get quotes for what ever you like and go from there..
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jibjob
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think the non boy racer low mileage cars died along time ago same with the elderly lady owners who only used there go to go shopping once a week!
its strange though as some insurance companies wont insure me on certain cars but will on bigger engined cars
just bit hard trying to find a decent car on a budget and cheap enough to insure
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Firestate88
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id prefer a car owned by a boy racer then an old granny honestly
my corsa was owned by an elderly lady and she didnt look after it for shit!
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