swede
10510 posts since 21/3/09
26 Oct 2020 06:58
£2k pa for mini insurance

christ
26 Oct 2020 07:35
It's a mini adventure
swede
10510 posts since 21/3/09
26 Oct 2020 11:28
makes sense though - you are basically ticking all the boxes for high premiums;
- high crime area with on street parking
- not driven in years
- brand new hot hatch
only going to go up too if you modify with a new ecu/whatever and you declare it
toocan
892 posts since 7/11/07
26 Oct 2020 12:07
If you add a parent to your insurance policy as a named drive it can bring it down with some companies
26 Oct 2020 14:15
Gota much cheaper quote with Aviva £954 fully comp with the Old man as a named driver, that's locked in for 60 days, so will search around for a few more and see if I can a better quote.
That Moneysaving Expert guy reckons you should haggle as sometimes you can get a up to a £100 knocked off from initial quote. The NCD is really f'ed me and the address. Was tempted to do it from my partners mother address in Walsall but we need a permit to park on our road so that just throws that out the window.
stoney
17816 posts since 22/1/05
26 Oct 2020 14:40
I’ve found this always works. Find the one you want, tell them you’ve had a quote for £850 from the post office or whatever on the same terms and can they do any better than their original quote.
18 Nov 2020 22:04
Anyone owned & ran a 3.2 V6 Audi TT cabriolet?
Seen a mk2 with only 20 odd k on the clock and quite fancy it as a weekend soft top for the wife. Asking price is strong money & appreciate they're not for the pursists but the four wheel drive appeals as she has had a few mishaps over the years. It's also a manual so rape VED but insurance for some bizarre reason is peanuts.
Been looking at these, Boxster S & a bit left field but I also quite like the Jag XKR.
18 Nov 2020 22:27
Boxster S is a no brainer IMO
19 Nov 2020 07:12
A friend had a boxster as his regular car and it just seemed like he was constantly spending out on it. New tyres would set you back an arm and a leg and he’d only been going round the m25.
Any service or part sets you back a fortune.
And at the end of the day, most people would laugh and say ‘it wasn’t a real Porsche’ behind his back.
19 Nov 2020 08:10
Kind of why I'm leaning towards the TT - the Boxster will 100% be a better drivers car but the Audi is a nice place to be & a lot cheaper to run & maintain, the four wheel drive means it's less likely to end up in a ditch and the ride will be more relaxed.
toocan
892 posts since 7/11/07
posted 19 Nov 2020 10:48, edited 19 Nov 2020 10:48
Id challange that thought process on the TT being cheaper to run.
Ive had a 986S, 987S and 2 x 981s.
Servicing on the 987/981 is every 2 years or 20k a good indie will do this for £200 or 120 depending on minor/major.. rear tyres are 240 a corner and go for 15k-20k miles depending on how hard you drive it, pads are 30 quid discs a couple of hundred but id doubt you'd smash a set of discs in… They really are cheap to run compared to a BMW or Audi
The 986 though can cost a bit though as its approaching classic territory so think suspension refresh (1700 quid) possible new clutch (700) not a patch on my 993 though cost me 15k over 4 years
19 Nov 2020 12:37
Remember seeing a couple of your for sale ads on another forum toocan, are you having a clearout? Something new incoming?
deuce
14164 posts since 21/1/08
19 Nov 2020 13:07
did no one actually read what he typed?
its for his wife whos apparently a crap driver. the fact alone hes asking on behalf of his wife means she has zero interest in cars
based on this you need to ask yourself why she needs a 250bhp car. get her a MX5 if she wants a convertable
oh wait, i forgot this is fuk… get her a GT3 RS
Ineff
9855 posts since 7/4/04
19 Nov 2020 13:12
I used to have a MK2 TT (not the soft top, though) and I really liked it.
It wasn't expensive to run and held its value pretty well. It was 3 years old when I bought it and I sold it 4 years later for £6k less than I paid.