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Just got myself an R reg Corsa 1.2. My first car :D!
Paid £2000 from a dealers and got a years warranty thrown in. Only 31,000 miles on it - methinks it was a good deal - what do you lot think?
Stupid insurance costs £1200 - crazy money :(.
Sounds like you've got yourself a nice little motor :) Well done!
bleecher
07-04-2004, 04:11
with 31thousand miles, u did pick up a bargain mate, nice one -insurance will go down very fast -keep ur no claims down :D
Wildcard
11-04-2004, 23:59
dont modify it either cause the insurance will rocket
much point moddin a 1.2?
will still be a 1.2 no matter how much crap you add
Wildcard
12-04-2004, 13:23
Originally posted by Lister
much point moddin a 1.2?
will still be a 1.2 no matter how much crap you add
lol:D
Fireblade
12-04-2004, 13:25
Don't remind me about insurance on modded Corsa's!!
My youngest son... who's just 18, and a mechanic by trade... stuck a 2ltr Astra GTE engine in his Corsa :eek: Even on my insurance, he pays an absolute fortune :rolleyes:
shifty.ricky
12-04-2004, 15:00
Originally posted by Lister
much point moddin a 1.2?
will still be a 1.2 no matter how much crap you add
Untill you reach N in the modders manual and discover nitros.
Oh yeah and bloody speed cameras also put the claims up...
i'm just upset becuase i think i got done doing 76 on a deserted motorway today (M50).
Euphoria
20-04-2004, 10:53
So far I've bought both of my cars from dealers. I found it its worth paying a tiny bit extra in some cases, as you usually do get warrenty and they do check out the car before the sell it again. And you can haggle as to what extras you get thrown in - what did you get!?
I managed - full tank of fuel, tax, 3yr warrenty, free MOTs for life, few bits more!
Good deal you got by the sounds of it though :)
Creepys idea about a 2l astra engine sounds interesting!
hmm i got a corsa 1.2 today, first car not insured yet im getting insurace quotes of around 1800? how the hell did u get 1200 ?!!?
LANcaster
23-08-2004, 20:37
Congrats on the new car georDIE! :)
I found that if you really shop around a bit you can get surprisingly good deals on car insurance. I found a company recently that specialises in new drivers, so once I remember what the URL is I'll post it :rolleyes:
As Sharky says, Tesco are pretty reasonable.
Fireblade
23-08-2004, 23:12
CIS (http://www.cis.co.uk/servlet/Satellite?cid=1069672144680&pagename=CIS%2FPage%2FtplPageStandardCIS&c=Page) (Co-op) might also be worth a shot.
That's who I'm with... and who I insured my sons Corsa through ;)
/me whacks geordie over the head with a post pictures of the car or die stick. ^_^
Untill you reach N in the modders manual and discover nitros.
Oh yeah and bloody speed cameras also put the claims up...
i'm just upset becuase i think i got done doing 76 on a deserted motorway today (M50).
Contest it. My speedo reads 80mph but GPS averages me doing 73/74..
hmm ones people have reccomended have been way over the grand mark, but i found liverpoolvictoria.co.uk today and for me first time insurer v.good i got a quote of 891 with me dad as the main driver cant be bad. Can any of u beat that ? if so let me know :) picking my car up on friday so u got till then :P cheers in advance
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