Why replicate?

[SteveS Cup]

Pointless thread!

Insurance will be much cheaper as will running costs.

 

[MK3]

Silly question tbh. People may not think it's worth it due to the costs of making one, but obviuosly if they could afford a 1*2 they would get one! I pay just over 3K for my 1.2, wouldn't like to think what i'd pay on a 2ltr sport.

 

[Plummer]

My rep with all mods declared is £500.
A ph1 172 TFT is £1100!

And I am 21!


I'm looking at keeping this car as for a few years as I don't plan on buying a Clio sport after as they aren't very fast!
Want something faster so I'm just gonna save up for a few years!

 

[Jason_E]

I like the power to age ratio.

17 @ 128bhp

 

[Edd]

WTF!

Just having the stripes on my 172 (they were there when I got it!) stuck an extra £50 on my premium, with 10yrs of clean motoring history.

Take the stripes off? Paying £50 a year for some stripes, surely that's someone into Max Power?

Making a rep = A young Clio owner with a bit of taste and completely different to a young clio owner who reads Max Power.

 

[Dunn]

Obviously not hard enough to insure it in your own name..

cheeky s**t i just preferred to pay 600 a year as opposed to 2500
why pay more when i didnt need to
and its not fraud the car was registered to my dad and was all legit
and because i was with direct line i had my own no claims
so someone explain how that is wrong and you wouldnt do that yourself
i mean why start an argument against that comment its pathetic tbh

 

[tonksy26]

I did it for a project and somthing to do in my spare time, have a few mates with clios who do gash things to there clios and to look at what appears to be a 1*2 clio sport and compare, it looks 10000x's better. I actually laugh at the 'bad boys' around me that try race me in there 2.0l turbos and what not. i think its funny, they think there mint because they can be a 60bhp 1.2 clio.... Also at the end of it (next month) im sticking a 182 engine in it so will be like i built my own cliosport rather than just go out and buy it.

Also i dont remember seeing a factory built naughty blue CS :rasp:

 

[Jimbo-Clio]

LOL! At the fronting pic

 

[Jason_E]

cheeky s**t i just preferred to pay 600 a year as opposed to 2500
why pay more when i didnt need to
and its not fraud the car was registered to my dad and was all legit
and because i was with direct line i had my own no claims
so someone explain how that is wrong and you wouldnt do that yourself
i mean why start an argument against that comment its pathetic tbh

Mainly because it's insurance fraud. We understand why you do it but you drove it most therefore you are the main driver. Telling the insurance company other than this is fraud and its never a good idea to advertise it on an internet forum mate.

 

[LISA172]

my mate has a 172, registered in his dad's name, insured on his dad's insurance and his dad doesnt even drive it,he's done that since he passed his test and he's 36 now!
i dont blame you doing it Dunn,i'd do it if i had to. it's all these k**bheads that go around with no insurance that naff it all up for the genuine people

 

[Dunn]

im not bothered tbh i think insuarance prices are ridiculous when in the younger years of driving
so maslong as your not breaking the law and your car is insured taxed an mot'd
then i think people should do what they can to get a cheap a quote as possible

 

[Dunn]

my mate has a 172, registered in his dad's name, insured on his dad's insurance and his dad doesnt even drive it,he's done that since he passed his test and he's 36 now!
i dont blame you doing it Dunn,i'd do it if i had to. it's all these k**bheads that go around with no insurance that naff it all up for the genuine people

preciseley mate i cant stand idiots goin round with no insurance
aslong as its all legit then why not

 

[Curtis!]

I can't get insured on a RS as much as I'd like to being 17.

Plus the fact I didn't actually put the RS stuff on my car.

 

[alex-avfc]

preciseley mate i cant stand idiots goin round with no insurance
aslong as its all legit then why not

But it isn't...

How can it be if it's registered as your Dad's car but it doesn't belong to him?

you didn't quite pick up on the Pharell reference btw, he did a track called 'fronting' which is also the term used to describe the way you chose to insure your car :clown:

Cheers now

 

[Dunn]

his name is registered keeper so technically it does
its so funny how you post one thing and all of a sudden everybody is so straight arrowed and quick to start moaning at people to be honest i couldnt give a toss what you think
if you would rather pay more for something than you have too then thats up to you
id rather drive round in my rs at 18 then some a 1.2 but maybe thats just me

 

[.J.a.m.e.s.]

I think with a rep you can build it up bit buy bit were as with an RS + insurance its the full whack which not many people have

 

[Alan]

But it isn't...

How can it be if it's registered as your Dad's car but it doesn't belong to him?

you didn't quite pick up on the Pharell reference btw, he did a track called 'fronting' which is also the term used to describe the way you chose to insure your car :clown:

Cheers now

I fackin love you wee man!!

 

[alex-avfc]

Learnt from the best iirc...

<3 x

 

[VeinAST]

Quote for me on a 182.


£7000.

LOL. At 17 the quote for me on a Sport was only £4.5k. :rasp:

 

[Hutchie]

i repped mine very cheaply, and its unique, naughty blue rs s1600

 

[Camble]

I'm building a rep, for a 1*2 my insurance would be around 4/5k, for my rep it'll be £1500 at renewal.

+ I do a lot of mileage and considering I get around 42 MPG minimum it's so much better than an RS economically.

 

[StevieG-09]

I have made my 1.2 into a full replica and tbh i love it! Was fun making it my own and love how i have made it look. Yes i have spent a fair bit over the time i have been doing it, but i dont care because its something i wanted to do and have enjoyed every bit of it. I still have fun in my lil' 1.2 aswel. Dont get me wrong though, as much as any other teenager i would love to have a faster car but for now its just going to have to be 'the look' for me as i dont really fancy the huge insurance bill for a bigger engine.
For those who dont mind paying it and can, i say why not!
There is always a reason for why people mod there cars the way they have, and its each to there own, and the more thats done to it i think there is more respect for it.

 

[danzel]

Mines is only £1k a year for a 1.2 Dynamique, but I'm only a provisional licence holder so I dread to think how significantly it will rise when I pass my test.