So its gone up about 25%. Thats how much insurance has gone up for our age group I am afraid, so unless you find a companyt that beats it, I doubt HIC will lower the quote.
That is a huge amount to be paying for an old golf in my opinion (I thought mine was bad at £850 for 350bhp).
Have you tried other insurers or a limited mileage policy?
Cars are getting to be a real luxury item it seems!