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    If you are looking for a really really low insurance group car you need a 2004 1.0 12v Corsa Expression which is the lowest group as its in group 1 ! Not fast but should give you the cheapest insurance quote available.

    Forget about a Meriva VXR - they are group 24 and a VXR8 is maxed out at group 50 !

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    Quote Originally Posted by bazzap8389 View Post
    Even the gt4 is cheap to insure I'm only £288 a year. That's with only 2 year ncb as my other no claims are on my daily.
    This is true, I don't think I've ever paid more than £500 to insure mine, and that includes buying it when I was 22! Now it only costs me about £150 with business use

    Not quite cheap enough to buy though (not sure I'd trust the ~£1500 ones on ebay), and not cheap to run either

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post

    This is true, I don't think I've ever paid more than £500 to insure mine, and that includes buying it when I was 22! Now it only costs me about £150 with business use

    Not quite cheap enough to buy though (not sure I'd trust the ~£1500 ones on ebay), and not cheap to run either
    96 quid a year, classic policy with mirrored NCB from my daily comprehensive policy.
    That's on my Rev 2 MR2 Turbo.

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    Haha I doubt many of these cars are sub £500, 1.0 Corsa C sounds like the best bet for now but I doubt I'll find a decent-ish one for £500.

    Just done a quote on confused (I know we've already established comparison websites are a bit crap) on a 2002 1.0 Corsa C (NC51 HKK if anyone wants to compare)

    £450 with and without the none fault crash. Would phone a couple companys up tomorrow but ran up a £15 bill trying to sort npower out.

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    Ohhhhhhhhh reaally?

    Avoid the G7s, the G6 STs are what you want for that money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    Ohhhhhhhhh reaally?

    Avoid the G7s, the G6 STs are what you want for that money.
    Do like them Celica's maybe get one of the decent ones in teh futurez when I has more money for cars again paying bills sucks

    Quote Originally Posted by joff-turbo-nova View Post
    Cheers Joff, found another one in Stockton area too, the one you posted is over 100K miles, they do OK on them kinda miles?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wwmnw View Post
    Do like them Celica's maybe get one of the decent ones in teh futurez when I has more money for cars again paying bills sucks



    Cheers Joff, found another one in Stockton area too, the one you posted is over 100K miles, they do OK on them kinda miles?
    The 1.0 are 3 cylinder engines so the cam chain can sound like a sewing machine, make sure it's been changed and regularly serviced..... If so you should be okay.

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