How much have people spent on their Mk3's in mods?

[clancy]

joys of being a new driver at the tender age of 19 

im 18, this is my second 2 litre car for under £1700 insurance. id move 

[les.tansey]

joys of being a new driver at the tender age of 19 

im 18, this is my second 2 litre car for under £1700 insurance. id move 

Thats really good insurance who you with? I'm 18 too and my 1.6 mk3 is £2500 a year on a multi vehicle policy with a £1000 a year excess, and I thought that was good considering my average quote on go compare is 6-7k and when I got a quote from admiral (I think it was), I got quoted 4k-ish...

Some interested views on here about how much people spend on their mk3's 

[clancy]

my RS clio was tied onto a company policy that i dont know much about tbh and was really cheap

my mk3 gti is with elephant, was like £1680 ish or something. insurance is such a con, my mate is the same age and pays 2.5K for a 1 litre polo. really is hit and miss tbh. well worth having a play with the tiny detail on the quote.

i have both my parents on mine, both with 15+ years driving and no claims so brings it down a fair wack

[les.tansey]

my RS clio was tied onto a company policy that i dont know much about tbh and was really cheap

my mk3 gti is with elephant, was like £1680 ish or something. insurance is such a con, my mate is the same age and pays 2.5K for a 1 litre polo. really is hit and miss tbh. well worth having a play with the tiny detail on the quote.

i have both my parents on mine, both with 15+ years driving and no claims so brings it down a fair wack

Definately getting a quote from them tommorrow when their site is available again, I fancy myself a nice gti  ... I wish.

[clancy]

did mine just by doing a quote on all the comparisons sights at the same time.

compare the market
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money super market
auto trader
go compare


elephant where always the cheapest, but even with the same details its varied by £400! its bullsh!t

[les.tansey]

did mine just by doing a quote on all the comparisons sights at the same time.

compare the market
confused
money super market
auto trader
go compare


elephant where always the cheapest, but even with the same details its varied by £400! its bullsh!t

Cool I'll deffo get a quote of them then, Is your's fully comp? Now I'm all exited about potentially getting a gti sooner than I thought hmmm...

The only thing though, what will they be like when its time for renewal, will they take advantage of our age and send the premium sky-rocketing knowing that we won't want to down grade from a gti to something less powerful in order to force us pay the ridiculous prices that most companies charge? :undecided:Almost too good to be true..

[Edwh0re]

Just a tip on the insurance front.  We have found with my fiancee (she is 22, drives a 1litre Corsa, 1 own fault accident, no convictions) that it is better to do the groundwork on the internet, but there is no substitute for ringing around and dealing with companies direct.

Plus...I am down on her policy as a named driver, and that has brought her insurance down a good £200 this year (36 years old, full no claims, no convictions in the past 10 years, no claims in the past 18).  She is now managing to get quotes for £500 a year fully comp, whereas 2 years ago she struggled to get anything less than £1400 on the Corsa when she could insure my 2.0 golf gti with all mods declaired for £850 (still she sticks with the Corsa  )

Get on that phone and start bartering!

[Dan_GTi8v]

forget all these comparison site jokers, I used to be with elephant before I learned the error of my ways, I was paying £800 or so for my 8v gti at 25. Stuck with it for a few years as tbh I couldn't be arsed to change but I so wish I had.

I now pay £740 for a mk3 1.8t conversion with all the usual mods lowered s/s exhaust etc etc fully declared. Even declared the remap I had to ask the guy to repeat the quote and check he hadnt made a mistake 

Give Sky Insurance a ring, you also get 20% off just for being a forum member 

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=207367.0

[VR6_Wherry]

Just a tip on the insurance front.  We have found with my fiancee (she is 22, drives a 1litre Corsa, 1 own fault accident, no convictions) that it is better to do the groundwork on the internet, but there is no substitute for ringing around and dealing with companies direct.

Plus...I am down on her policy as a named driver, and that has brought her insurance down a good £200 this year (36 years old, full no claims, no convictions in the past 10 years, no claims in the past 18).  She is now managing to get quotes for £500 a year fully comp, whereas 2 years ago she struggled to get anything less than £1400 on the Corsa when she could insure my 2.0 golf gti with all mods declaired for £850 (still she sticks with the Corsa  )

Get on that phone and start bartering!

Sorry, i only seemed to get from your post that you are 36 and your Fiancee is 22!

[Gti_Jamo]

Not so much mods but have spent £1400 last month alone on rebuilding my Mk3......Kind of dubious about spending so much but will have a cracking motor at the end of it.