Diary of a GT

[SoA2k6]

£3700 is insane. INSANE. Have a proper shop around. I had a 172 Cup at 18 and was £1800 including mods (wheels/exhaust/induction kit/audio etc).

And ignore all the "don't prang it" messages. I'm 23 now and never had an accident yet *touches shitty IKEA "wood" desk*

 

[Jason_E]

This is me using 101 price comparison sites!

 

[SC03OTT]

Stop being lazy and do some quotes yourself. Comparison sites are shite.

 

[alex-avfc]

Try Bell

 

[Jason_E]

Ive done Adrian Flux, they told me to call them, so i will tomorrow! Tesco were pretty cheap and Direct Line wasnt that good. Ive done a few but i will try bell next! Thanks for the tip mate!

 

[Alex46]

Well i just did a quick quote up and the latest cheapest is Quinn Direct for £3250, and £1200 if my mum is main driver!

I take that price is with you holding a provisional and not a full? Be wary of quinn they offer good price to learners but when you inform them you passed the premium will go up a huge amount. They did it to me, My 06 mk3 1.2 was £1600 while i was learning, rang them up on the day i passed and they wanted £2800!! Was expecting to go up a bit but thats crazy! So i cancelled the insurance and went else wear.

 

[Jason_E]

No this is with me having Full license.

 

[Alex46]

No this is with me having Full license.

Oh ok fair enough. Just thought it would be worth mentioning is all

 

[Tunst]

£3700 wtf im paying £500 on a 1.2 and i thought that was bad!

nrly 16k to buy and insure ur car
1.5k to buy and insure mine at 17 lol


Kwick Fit Insurace FTMFW


Nice Car Tho

 

[jenic]

F**k me, £3700 for insurance is rediculous. I wouldn't pay that for any car. When i was looking at the 200's it wasn't that much, for some wierd reason the 182 is a lot cheaper to insure (less than aluco paid and i'm the same age )

My first car cost me £890, insured for £600 back when quinn didnt used to charge when you passed your test as a good will gesture. And i put some mega dints in the side thanks to some go karts hung up in the garage which i kindly scraped against. Be carefull is my advice, its amazing how much your driving skill increases after just a few months on your own.

Bet your insurance is less than mine was on my 182

GT's are ace looks wise, had a sit in one in a stealers. Needs lowering though :rasp:

So is the ph1 172 cheaper to insure then? Brentacre quoted me the same for ph1/2 172 or 182.


EDIT: Oh, and good luck with the test

 

[Jason_E]

Thank you And its stupid, but it must be because of the value of the car itself? Think about it you but you say it cost you 1.5k to buy and insure (£500). So you are paying 1/3 of the cars value. I'm paying about that for a 1.6.

See the logic? I think :S lol

 

[jenic]

Thank you And its stupid, but it must be because of the value of the car itself? Think about it you but you say it cost you 1.5k to buy and insure (£500). So you are paying 1/3 of the cars value. I'm paying about that for a 1.6.

See the logic? I think :S lol

Not a lot to do with the car value tbh, its because your car is a lot faster than my first car (1.4 306), which increases the potential damage you could cause to other cars/people, plus you have got FC (i presume) whilst my first car was tpft.

 

[Pinky_Boi]

nice car, nice pics too

I hope you do pass and you want to cruise round pointlessly and convoy with your friends from the ghetto in their clios

im not joking tho no one in my circle of friends drives really and if they do no one is into cruising and modifying cars it fackin sucks

 

[Jason_E]

HAHA bless you pinky x

I'm not rolling with you, you come from the gutter Well atleast you got rid of your lexarse lights! Theres a few local people on here

 

[Pinky_Boi]

HAHA bless you pinky x

I'm not rolling with you, you come from the gutter Well atleast you got rid of your lexarse lights! Theres a few local people on here

:'(

yer lights are gone and sold to some mug on ebay (hope they ent on here lol), 2.0L badges are gone, paint is on the way, one wing mirror is on the way(one stock one was broke when i got the car) and hopefully the dual optics are on the way soon

 

[Jason_E]

Search "Clio sport alloys" into ebay there should be some 182 alloys on there, they will look good on yours and a bit different!

 

[Pinky_Boi]

Search "Clio sport alloys" into ebay there should be some 182 alloys on there, they will look good on yours and a bit different!

yer im meant to be gettin some 182 alloys off someone on here if he still has them on the 28th

 

[kevin.s]

thats steep for insurance mate. there is a chap on here from chris knott. do a search bud. i saved nearly £900 on my last renual (i did turn 25 at the same time mind)

 

[Uddy]

We going for a drive tuesday after you pass?

 

[Jason_E]

Of course! I will give you a bell if i do

 

[kevin.s]

good luck for tuesday bud

 

[Jason_E]

Tis' a week tuesday And thanks mate! I have a habbit of cocking things up (this thread being a prime example) so i hope i dont do s**t silly. My instructor says i will walk it and has great faith in me, but whether i do or not is another question!

 

[Brett]

Good luck with the test mate. Keep calm, if you don't you will c**k it up. Been there done that.

Best of luck.

 

[JCC]

Who gives a shit what he's paying for insurance FFS.

Awesome first car, hope you know how seriously lucky you are and take good care of it! Good luck with the test also.

 

[Sam]

Nice first car mate. My first one was a clio 1.2 8V and cost me 300 quid.

Was fast as fhuck!!!

 

[Jason_E]

Who gives a shit what he's paying for insurance FFS.

Awesome first car, hope you know how seriously lucky you are and take good care of it! Good luck with the test also.

You talk sense I did think it was odd people commenting on what i pay for insurance, i can do what i want with my money tbh!

And i am the luckiest guy my age! Not only is it knew but its a good spec car.

Although any first car is a good car TBH. Thanks to everyone wishing me luck too!

 

[Riad]

Nice for your first car mate! My mate drives a 197 at 17! Haha

Ive just passed my theory will be booking my test soon!

Good luck

 

[Cooksport]

I know someone with a porsche cayenne s or how ever u spell it. Also he can use his dads aston...

Has a 2.0tdi a3 58 plate which he bought to run around town in.

He is 18.

And a massive tw*t

But good effort on the GT! Looks nice!

 

[mat-nos]

christ........ 3700 for insurance???
i pay £270 in the same car lol

i wanted that colour but like you couldnt wait weeks for delivery so went for a black one in the showroom, got the met paint and tom tom for free

good luck for your test, i too will be lowering it soon and deffo needs spacers 25mm should be enough.....

 

[Jason_E]

Ooooh! Pics of it in black?

 

[Jason_E]

Thought i better update, since its a Diary.

10th November 2009

Passed my driving test yay!

17th November 2009

The car has been used all week going to my school and back (A 35 mile round trip every day) and is filthy. Also the muddy grass car park at my 6th form doesn't help!

So i cleaned it...

21st November 2009

Met up with forum members Uddy (shane) and Pinky (steve). But due to rain, only got a couple of rubbish pictures!

 

[Joshua.J]

Can see from them mudsplats you wernt driving carefully of the grass :rasp:

 

[Jason_E]

I like how some of the mudsplats are going backwards, from the rear wheel LOL.

 

[Uddy]

Cheers for uploading you sexy man! enjoy being sick later have fun!

 

[Jason_E]

LOL I'm not going out now. CBA!

 

[Pinky_Boi]

love the pics

Bicester's 1st cliosport meet haha

 

[jenic]

Bicester's 1st cliosport meet haha

Quite ironic how there wasn't even a sport there :rasp:

 

[Uddy]

Quite ironic how there wasn't even a sport there :rasp:

We live in the ghetto.

 

[Pinky_Boi]

Quite ironic how there wasn't even a sport there :rasp:

there might have been

its a big carpark

 

[markhinton]

Talking about insurance, my first car was a 1.6 Fiesta Zetec-S and I paid £1900 f.c under my own name for insurance when I was 17.

I've heard insurance has gone up recently, but that's insane! At 19 my 172 cost me £1400 f.c to insure!?