What to get as next car?

[kilasuit]

Re: What to get as next car?

just seen a 1.9 1997 306 d turbo thats going near me for £500 thou would need tax at end of month (£220 for 12months )

But supposedly does 52 miles to gallon so a little more than the micra does now.

And insurance wouldnt be too bad on it at another £300 a year on insurance

[mgfboy]

Re: What to get as next car?

just seen a 1.9 1997 306 d turbo thats going near me for £500 thou would need tax at end of month (£220 for 12months )

But supposedly does 52 miles to gallon so a little more than the micra does now.

And insurance wouldnt be too bad on it at another £300 a year on insurance

My brother in law had one and they are not bad motors, just make sure it's had it cambelt changed and it's been serviced. The only problem he has was a few electrical problems, but they where fairly minor

[5corpio]

Re: What to get as next car?

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[5corpio]

Re: What to get as next car?

Wouldn't be any good on the British Roads with its Pot holes or Speed Bumps!

[SXGuy]

Re: What to get as next car?

No it doesn't work like that when the premium is calculated( I'm old enough to have had to do in manually), one of the main risks is the main drive when calculating the rate, so if you lie and say it's the older person the rate is wrong and you are commiting insurance fraud.

I'm sorry if you can't afford the correct rate without lying the kid should wait until they can. This sort of thing really pee's me off, by doing this , people are doing the same thing to the insurers/brokers as the DCA's etc are doing to us.

I know this view wont be popular but, this sort of thing is one of the reason I'm getting out of the industry.

When i first started driving, my father was the policy holder and i was named driver. From what i recall, they implied that the premium would be based on the youngest named on the policy, regardless.

Maybe they do it differently now, which is why its open to fraud, but im almost certain this wasnt always the case, hense the massive premiums i paid in my first 5 years of driving.

It is crazy though, that i paid 3 times as much for a J Reg Ford Orion, as i do now for a BMW 320CD M Sport.

[alland]

Re: What to get as next car?

Don't get me going about Insurance premiums...

The nature of our business requires us to carry quite a complex motor trade policy at a cost of over £5K a year !

Just informed them that we have a Audi R8 joining the fleet of company vehicles on the 1st of December and they say we will have to top up our cover by paying another £1,500 on top of our existing premium....

I wouldn't mind but we have never claimed a penny in over 20 yrs of being in business....

[kilasuit]

Re: What to get as next car?

Decided on a Skoda Fabia 1.9 diesel for next car and looking at around Feb for Purcahse dependant on how things go with housing by then.


Better fuel efficiency than the micra and wont sound like its struggling either

[alland]

Re: What to get as next car?

Decided on a Skoda Fabia 1.9 diesel for next car and looking at around Feb for Purcahse dependant on how things go with housing by then.


Better fuel efficiency than the micra and wont sound like its struggling either

Good choice, to put it simply, It's a VW Golf wrapped up in a Skoda bodyshell.

[pompeyfaith]

Re: What to get as next car?

Even the body shell is better than was previously being German made, Even the taxi drivers around here have taken a liking to skoda and clock up some impressive miles too.

[kilasuit]

Re: What to get as next car?

Decided on A Fabia.


Seen a Petrol 1.4 with 58k on the clock @ £2895

But i drive 60 miles each way to work so diesel seems to keep on being the better choice.


What to decide??

[PlanB]

Re: What to get as next car?

Decided on A Fabia.

Seen a Petrol 1.4 with 58k on the clock @ £2895

What to decide??

What's wrong with a British car

[jon1965]

Re: What to get as next car?

What's right with a British one

[Deepie]

Re: What to get as next car?

Decided on A Fabia.



Seen a Petrol 1.4 with 58k on the clock @ £2895

But i drive 60 miles each way to work so diesel seems to keep on being the better choice.


What to decide??

VW in disguise....

What's wrong with a British car

What's right with a British one

[mgfboy]

Re: What to get as next car?

What's wrong with a British car

So what is a british car these days, my wife has a toyota that was made in Derby, is that a british car

[alland]

Re: What to get as next car?

So what is a british car these days, my wife has a toyota that was made in Derby, is that a british car

We don't have any British cars anymore, and when we did most were rubbish....

Nothing wrong with a UK built Toyota BTW.