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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Podge92 on 09 May 2012, 23:34
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i currantly have a 1.4 match, however its just under 1900 a year to insure, im looking into getting a 1.8 cl, and thats just under 2300 a year and i feel that it would be more then worth it for the sake of 20ish quid a month
anyone know were any is for sale?
or even better anyone looking to swap to a smaller engine?
cheers
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i currantly have a 1.4 match, however its just under 1900 a year to insure, im looking into getting a 1.8 cl, and thats just under 2300 a year and i feel that it would be more then worth it for the sake of 20ish quid a month
:shocked: :shocked: fook me is that ever worth it :undecided:
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how old are you??
and where do you live??
not worth paying that im sorry get sumet thats cheeper nuthing is worth paying that. :laugh: :laugh:
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im 19, stay in scotland
only 4 cars that i would drive, thats cheaper then the golf to insure
1. Seat arosa - 1674
2.VW Lupo - 1674
3.Old mini - 1356
4. Corsa 11 plate 1.0 eco - 1566
however as golfs are so cheap the insurance savings are outwieghed by the cost to buy them in the first place.
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you could be a named driver on your dads policy could be cheeper or do it just 3rd party fire and theft as mk3 are in scrap yards if you know where to look and lets face it thay are easy to take apart with with i bit of help from peaple on here with there words of wisdome :grin:
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dad lost his lisence, he has epilepsy :( so i cant use that method, i could mayby source a 1.8 engine and just tackle the fitting
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My daughter is named driver on the missus policy with a peugeot 206 1.2 and even with me on it and the wife's full ncb its still well over £1400 a year.
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bloody hell..... theres hardly any noticable performance gain in that either.....
My 17 year old brother is on my wife's policy for her lupo & its her first car too but she is 25, all modifications noted & they are coilovers, polo gti brakes, alloys, & a polo gti engine conversion.... with an agreed value, in case of non fault write off,
live in essex, £648 tpft........ I would definatley shop around mate, go with some specialists, my insurance is through sky here on the forum with the discount, the wife is with admiral
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ill take a look into it, ive only being using the comparison websites :)
any tips on specailist
and would it be worth it to do a 1.8 engine transplant ?
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Yeah comparison websites are fairly crap of young drivers take a look in the insurance section, lots of good info in there, most club discounts you need to have held a license for 2 years
As for the transplant it wouldn't be on my list of things to do, but it's your motor, for the headache an hassle probably easier to buy a 1.8, however only you can decide what to do with the car, if the engine conversion was free then I'd say probably worth it, but if it's going to cost you then there are better conversions to do... But at the price your insurance is that alone would make me buy a diesel polo as they where pretty cheap to insure...
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any tips on specailist
Brentacre, Sky and HIC are all worth trying.
and would it be worth it to do a 1.8 engine transplant ?
Not really worth the work for gains your going to see.
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If the car has an AEX engine i.e MPI then it will still be more lively then the SPI 1.8 anyway.
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i have no idea im pretty new to owning a car, i dont even have my license yet lol
thing thats putting me off my golf is the amount of money itll cost me to get it looking how i want it to, color coded bumpers, lowered on collies
it also has the worst interior ive ever seen, pure grey and granda spec, also theres a loud whining noise coming from near the water pump and i have no idea what it could be :)
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Haha I'm with you on the grey seats, they're awful! :sick:
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When i was 19, my first car was a 1.8 driver, 800 for the year.
It was written off after a month.....this is why we pay a sh!t load lol
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haha duly noted!
i think im going to put money into it, fu*k it its my first car
slam it on collies, nice set of alloys, seat covers till i get a new interior, color code the bumpers, keep the bump strips black.