Al3X
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Need to get a new car soon, i thought these little things looked quite interesting, fookin rapid as well! Anyone ever got insured on one? I think it might be a bit of a nightmare to sort out insurance as they're imported correct?
Well just wondered what you guys thought, as i cant find that much out about them, nothing on parkers!
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Colin
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very nippy cars - ive seen 1 pull 175bhp on a RR
[Edited on 28-02-2005 by Kolin]
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Al3X
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Christ, not much hope of insuring one then.... Oh well i suppose its always fun to get those quotes from companies and them listening as you laugh and slam the phone down 
Arent they 133bhp standard or something? Bet they're light as fuck as well
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Colin
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quote: Originally posted by Al3X
Christ, not much hope of insuring one then.... Oh well i suppose its always fun to get those quotes from companies and them listening as you laugh and slam the phone down 
Arent they 133bhp standard or something? Bet they're light as fuck as well
Yeah something like that 130something std
How old are you? NCB? you never know How about a punto GT instead???
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Al3X
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19 almost 20, no ncb... Read somewhere that companies rate them anything from grp 6-14, so might have a chance...
Punto... Hmmm yeah possible, dont really like Fiat's though
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DanielJ
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no chance mate, not only does age and no ncb go against you the fact that they are imports aswell is gonna cost u alot of wonga to get it insured
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Colin
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Lack of NCB wont help much - although I had my impreza (grp 18) at 21 with 1yrs ncb
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DanielJ
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yeah you got insured on the mr2 aswell tho so that probably helped big time
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Al3X
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Hmmm ill give it a go anyway, might try and go under my old mans name, student money flow isnt going to help either But im on my 1.4 Sport atm for £740 FC
Anyone know any decent companies for insuring cars in that way...? (Under his name i mean...)
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Colin
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quote: Originally posted by DanielJ
yeah you got insured on the mr2 aswell tho so that probably helped big time
at 19 with 0 NCB it was group 16 I think
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DanielJ
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quote: Originally posted by Kolin
quote: Originally posted by DanielJ
yeah you got insured on the mr2 aswell tho so that probably helped big time
at 19 with 0 NCB it was group 16 I think
Yeah and cos u didnt smash it up they didnt class u as high risk on the scooby
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Colin
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quote: Originally posted by DanielJ
quote: Originally posted by Kolin
quote: Originally posted by DanielJ
yeah you got insured on the mr2 aswell tho so that probably helped big time
at 19 with 0 NCB it was group 16 I think
Yeah and cos u didnt smash it up they didnt class u as high risk on the scooby
Maybe Insurance was with a different company tho!!
I had a BMW 325is aswell between cars - wrote it off, bodged it and traded it for the scooby
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Colin
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quote: Originally posted by Al3X
Hmmm ill give it a go anyway, might try and go under my old mans name, student money flow isnt going to help either But im on my 1.4 Sport atm for £740 FC
Anyone know any decent companies for insuring cars in that way...? (Under his name i mean...)
Best to just phone around mate
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Nismo
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pocket rockets.
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Pablo
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LOVE 'EM
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Al3X
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Check out this little beast i found on Autotrader....

160Bhp, needs to be lowered abit more though....
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Teddy
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Quick very very quick little screamers dont see many about either.
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Siberia
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better off getting a glanza... better looking than the starbo.....
as ive said before though dont think theres many left in japland...they've all been imported to ireland
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L33 LEG
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my mate who was 18 at the time bought one. was tuned and fuckin rapid, easily kept up when racing a evo6. he got insured under his mums name for 1k but when i tried it they wudnt insure me, so it was just luck i suppose. he crashed it a month or so after and has been on his drive for like 7months now as parts for it are way too expensive
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Siberia
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i dont see the big problem with insuring these... actually the main reason why there is so many of them over here is that there extremely insurable for what they are.....and its not like ireland is a cheap place for insurance
i'd actually get insurd on one cheaper than on the corsa....
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Kathryn W
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i do like these very much....!! My boyfriend wants one and is thinking bout getting one but needs to save up first... they very quick to... i've seen a 1.3 nippy as fuck!!! Was very fast!!!
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L33 LEG
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are they not group10 insurance. but being an import is expensive
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Gsi_Ire
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siberia, did u tell em it was turbo?
they are as common as muck here in ireland, and if you need parts there are a good few specialist scrappers around
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Gsi_Ire
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Gsi_Ire
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get the glanza, newer version
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