Thanks for the reply Seenmy. Boy it seems I'm gonna have to swallow it and just pay it in one installment. Not getting much cheaper quotes.

You need to get some quotes from comparison sites as prices will vary wildly from insurer to insurer.

It's a mini adventure

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

Think that area is really expensive for insurance. I used to live in Forest Hill and my insurance was x3 what it is now that I've moved.

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.

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.

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.

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

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