GTI Order Placed (what age are you)?

[DougL]

48. Surprised at how many young ones can afford one... 

[Hawaii-Five-O]

48. Surprised at how many young ones can afford one... 

Was thinking exactly the same thing. All I could a afford at 21 was a sh*t heap Rover Metro.... wait for it... in beige

[Cats]

48. Surprised at how many young ones can afford one... 

Was thinking exactly the same thing. All I could a afford at 21 was a sh*t heap Rover Metro.... wait for it... in beige

All I had at 21 was a push bike 

[GTI_Redpath]

By the way, just as a preemptive strike, my parents are not paying for it

[Bill_the_Bear]

48. Surprised at how many young ones can afford one... 

Was thinking exactly the same thing. All I could a afford at 21 was a sh*t heap Rover Metro.... wait for it... in beige

All I had at 21 was a push bike 

Gotta have a pretty good job to afford one at 21... why aren't you getting on the property ladder eh GTI_Redpath?   Don't tell me you're rich enough to do that too!  Seriously we don't want to hear that.

Anyway, its the insurance I'd be worried about.  Enquired about getting a mk5 GTI when I was 23ish and most insurers told me point blank that they do not insure that car for anyone around that age, not for any price.   I didn't go to specialists but even so I hate to think what the premium would have been.  That wasn't even brand new either!

[GTI_Redpath]

48. Surprised at how many young ones can afford one... 

Was thinking exactly the same thing. All I could a afford at 21 was a sh*t heap Rover Metro.... wait for it... in beige

All I had at 21 was a push bike 

Gotta have a pretty good job to afford one at 21... why aren't you getting on the property ladder eh GTI_Redpath?   Don't tell me you're rich enough to do that too!  Seriously we don't want to hear that.

Anyway, its the insurance I'd be worried about.  Enquired about getting a mk5 GTI when I was 23ish and most insurers told me point blank that they do not insure that car for anyone around that age, not for any price.   I didn't go to specialists but even so I hate to think what the premium would have been.  That wasn't even brand new either!

Plenty of time to get on the property ladder. More interested in the gti     insurance isn't as bad. Well for my age anyways. 900 quid for a 10 month policy with elephant. 200 more than my current 1.4 ibiza

[Hobojim]

Dirty oil money.

Insurance has come down with the illogical no 'sexism' rules.

[Hawaii-Five-O]

By the way, just as a preemptive strike, my parents are not paying for it

Lottery win

[Cahoot]

I'm 25. I had the conundrum of whether to buy a 'sensible' car and save more towards a deposit, but screw that - you're only young once 

My insurance is c£1,300 though!

[Bill_the_Bear]

Insurance has come down with the illogical no 'sexism' rules.

Has it?  I thought insurers were just going to use it as an excuse to shaft women as much as us men, rather than actually bring ours down a bit.  Perhaps the young chaps like Mr Redpath should be campaigning for a no age-ism rule as well!  Seems to have worked for employment law so why not insurance?  They can't very well argue against it after the sexism thing.  Either you are profiling the risk of an individual (and therefore by definition you are discriminating) or you are not... can't have it both ways.

Personally I think it is appalling the way young drivers are treated by insurance.