insurance and chipping

[Phil mcavity]

Anyone can tell me what there difference in insurance premiums from having standard GTi chipped by say revo, i know the cost of chipping the car, i have abit of a dilema, i test drove ed 3 and loved the increase in performance but not too keen on trading my fully spec'ed GTi for equivelent ed30,(not preppared to shell out another 8k for the pleasure and prefer the interia of the standard Leather then the tartan.
 cheers peeps

[SteveS]

or u could get the e30 and chip that  too

[Phil mcavity]

but the ed 30's not worth shelling out another 8 grand for same spec car, for less then £500 i could have a GTi thats faster and has more torque then standard ed 30!!(untill u chip the ed30 i know b4 someone says it), im not keen on a basic ed30 cus it would be a backward step and doesnt warrant throwing money away just cus it has the badge at the rear. What took me aback was having the extra poke really blew me away, so if i can do that rather then spending minimum of 4 grand for a low spec ed30.

[SteveS]

did you change ur post? i thought u said something about costs?

18 something plus px of yours... that would mean there only offering you a free k for your gti.. youd b better of selling ur gti private then buying a e30 with the spec u want.

[telboy]

but the ed 30's not worth shelling out another 8 grand for same spec car, for less then £500 i could have a GTi thats faster and has more torque then standard ed 30!!(untill u chip the ed30 i know b4 someone says it), im not keen on a basic ed30 cus it would be a backward step and doesnt warrant throwing money away just cus it has the badge at the rear. What took me aback was having the extra poke really blew me away, so if i can do that rather then spending minimum of 4 grand for a low spec ed30.
Phil

According to VW the 5 door ed30 with dsg is only 0.3 secs faster to 60, plus both cars are capable of being chipped to around the 300bhp mark? not sure the tiny increase in performance really warrants the 8k when talking of such little margins. Plus, I still really prefer the look of the standard gti over the ed30, sorry only opinion I know! Lastly if they ever brought out the R36 in golf format, you'd be gutted!

As for original ?, insurance costs when quoted by adrian flux (I think that's what they're called) turned out to be the same for chip v standard, not sure though if all insurers are as kind!

[Phil mcavity]

did you change ur post? i thought u said something about costs?

18 something plus px of yours... that would mean there only offering you a free k for your gti.. youd b better of selling ur gti private then buying a e30 with the spec u want.

if i sell mine private, id get 18k aswell so dealer said mine book value is £15600, but cus of all the xtras and low mileage, he would give me
same as private resale which is very good. problem is steve is i would like an edition 30 with the same spec, but to find one new would cost £27000 or 2nd hand same spec approx £24500, I could go the route of box standard ed30 simular to yours but the car just then doesnt have the appeal. Hense why im costing up whether to keep mine, send it to revo down the road for £480 and have her chipped with extra 40bhp and abit more torque. Seeing that im not interested in breaking the 300hp Mark, which the ed30 would only do as is said. I just want the mid range pull that the dsg ed30 has over my standard  dsg  car.

[Rhyso]

keep it and chip it - depending on NCB's etc i wouldn't have thought your premium would increase greatly.

Try Martin at HIC in the Insurane section for a quote 

Don't forget that VW don't do Laser Blue anymore 

[Phil mcavity]

i have 10 years ncb, am 33, so maybe wont affect to much 

[Rhyso]

well it ain't gonna cost you 8K is it!! 

[Hurdy]

Hi Phil,

Realistically I don't blame you for your decision. As you say, you have a good spec GTI and what you really desire is the poke and are not fussed with the addenda that comes with the ED30.

£500 will get it remapped and around £70 extra for the Insurance (TDI). I phoned around a few places and some just said no, others asked for silly money, HIC and Adrian Flux are well known and you could trawl the back of the Modified car mags for a decent deal too.

You could always chop it in next year for a year old ED30 when the prices have eased a bit!