1.3sr's

[nev08]

Hi i passed my test on Monday and i want a nova
so i just looked at a quote for a standard 1.3sr and its £3000 with 800 excess fee :eek:
as i am 18 i expect insurance in Bradford to be high but is this wrong or should it be about that ?
this was just a quik confused.com quote

[brainsnova]

back in 2001 i payed under £1000 as a new driver.

[nev08]

well this is fully comp
and quite a good area

lol i just looked at my bro's old 1.2 five door
cheapest is 2300 and 1000 excess :eek:

[brainsnova]

mine was only tpft.

[Simon 1867]

Welldone for passing your test...Trouble is matey your in the highest insurance area and novas are still nice cars to nick.Sorry matey. Good luck with your search.

[Jack]

...and the SR is the "sporty" option, so more attractive.

Try a 1.0, or if insurance really is an issue for you, get something small and ratty until you get that first years NCB - thats what everyone my age did, first cars were always the cheap turds (Ok, that does kinda include Novas lol) to get that 1 year NCB.

[skyinsurance]

Quinn may be your best bet (good for new drivers). Unfortunately (as far as car insurance goes) it doesn't get much worse than Bradford.

[matt_vaughan]

Nope, Bradford is absolute barsteward to insure a car.

I'm paying a shade under 2 grand TPFT for mine mainly because of the BD bit of my postcode.

Mate has his Puggy insured for 1700 fully comp because of the Leeds postcode he lives in.

[Dan_Coombs]

I got my 1.3 SR insured tpft for 160 a month and im 17. Good luck ;)

[matt_vaughan]

I got my 1.3 SR insured tpft for 160 a month and im 17. Good luck ;)
But you live in cornwall, making your post irrelevant.

The place is so layed back they probably never learnt how to nick a Nova.

Its on the primary school cylabus in Bradford. Got a level 5 at SATs in year 6:thumb:

[Novasport]

Yeah but he said £160 PER MONTH, thats £1920 a year!! Ouch.

[General Baxter]

I got my 1.3 SR insured tpft for 160 a month and im 17. Good luck ;)

**** that, id rather walk lol

[Asa-James]

three times what i pay for my golf gti...


but keeping on subject, i always thought the SR's wernt too bad on insurance, only being in group 5 iirc. i remember getting a quote when i was 17 that it was cheaper for me and my dad to insure a 1.3sr than a 1.0 2 door saloon, strange...

[sulphur]

I have to agree with the above. My first car at 18 was a SRi, and it worked out cheaper for insurance on that than on a 1.0 spin. :)

[marc novataken]

well i insured my 1.4sr for £18 a year more than my 1.2!!

[bigdan1]

have you tried go-compare.com mate
my insurance was 800 for a 1.2 nova in wolverhampton
went on go-compare got it to 300 lol
but 3k for a sr when ur 18 is still high id say

[NovaLad]

I'm in oldham and i did a quote on a 1.6 conversion nova which had been put on log book and with 1 years no claims its only 1200 same as a 1.2 nova :S lol

[brainsnova]

best quote i got fully comp on an A reg volvo 340 7 years ncb £80

[stevie-p]

no mines 1300 fully comp 500 excess im 17 with a slightly modded 1.2 2 door saloon no alarm or imobiliser
you have to look about to find a good deal like i did i was qouted about 2500 endless times

[Copers]

^Who's that with?

[stevie-p]

churchill

[nev08]

Welldone for passing your test...Trouble is matey your in the highest insurance area and novas are still nice cars to nick.Sorry matey. Good luck with your search.

cheers mate :thumb:
n i moved out of bd8 now lol
n bin quoted 2300 full comp with no excess
a now live in a worse area lol

[Mcgowan]

Well when i was 20 only two companies would even quote me on my 1.3sr an i live in Hull and that was drivin nearly two years aswell with no points!!

[matt_vaughan]

I cant wait to get to Uni next year just for a much nicer post code to slap on the quote.

Just had a check and the postcode I will be at uni with is the lowest insurance risk you can get :D

[Sonny Jim]

yeah i was forking out just under 1500 a year for my 1.3 sr.. about a month after insuring it police pulled me over said my insurance wasnt showing up on the data base so i contacted the insurance which was the cheapest one on confused.com . they said they had stopped it because i didnt send them a letter about something.. so the same day i had to search for another insurance and the cheapest was 1900!! it had gone up 300 quid due to the credit crunch and what have you which is sh**e! if you check everyday the prices vary from lower to much higher which is gay!

[Brettski]

mines a 1.3 sr am 23 and pay 254 a year fuly comp includeing breakdown etc
supose its cos am an old fart but wen i woz 17 i paid 400 pounds for my first car that woz a mini :D

[griffin mad]

tried it wi pass plus bud cus it makes a big difference , saved my mate 800 on the same car as me at the same age , same time n area failing that buy an ID lol

[Joe Richardson]

Im 17 with a 1.3 SR

and it's going to cost me about 1,300 - 1,500 max to insure:)

but my area is good.