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Nova_Sean
21-09-09, 11:13 PM
Thinking about a next car, or another car, when i get my 1 years ncb.
A mates dad is selling his astra 1.8 coupe burtone
Anyone had any problems with these cars?
MattBrown
21-09-09, 11:16 PM
A 1800 astra with 1 years ncb? What's an insurance quote out of interest?
Nova_Sean
21-09-09, 11:19 PM
Well, with 1 yr ncb + pass plus will be about 15 - 1800
Thats not bad at all. They're nice but a bit girly in non 888/turbo form
£1800 a year for insurance? Id rather coat my testicles in fish paste, and dangle them in a tank of hungry piranha!
1800 for ins? your on smack son. fit an xe ffs its cheaper....
good cars cant say ive come across anything bad on them (im a vauxhall tech).
As above, when i was at Vauxhall i never came across any major faults.
Insurance on the other hand that is a mad price, no chance i would ever consider paying out that for car insurance!
As above, when i was at Vauxhall i never came across any major faults.
Insurance on the other hand that is a mad price, no chance i would ever consider paying out that for car insurance!
Depends on the car and how much you got to spend lol but for a 1.8 that weighs well over a tonne, no way :p 3 figure bhp <something jap> that starts with at least 6 maybe lol
Im too tight to pay that sort of money out on insurance lol
brainsnova
22-09-09, 12:51 AM
i would'nt pay over £1000 makes me laugh to think i payed £1050 tpft 10 years ago and my last nova 1.2 was £180 fully comp lol
£1000 is probably about my limit for a reasonable car too, although for me that leaves little room for fiddling through the year, already at £973 :(
Fcuking hell, £1800 for an Asstra. Do you live in Somalia?
the only problems that MK4's have are the early oens killing rear brake calipers (if its disc'ed) and sometimes they like to kill the rear suspension springs.
I thought our 1.8 sri would be dire.... its actually pretty nippy and handles oh so so so well for a std car.
but sod £1.5K+ to insure one. Just tought it out and wait till you get some good NCB (2-3 years is a reasonable start imho)
10years ftw though, 3 cars (2FC) for £670, and even then I think thats over the odds lol
£1000 is probably about my limit for a reasonable car too, although for me that leaves little room for fiddling through the year, already at £973 :(
I get peed off if my insurance goes over £400, and thats fully comp commercial insurance as well.
Sloth/Lee etc so what was your insurance when you first started out?
Mine was £1500 fully comp on a Rover 214 SLI.
10 years one accident and a few speeding convictions later I'm now paying abut £300 fully comp on a Cavalier.
£950 on a corsa 1.2 spi lol Im now paying £370 fully comp on a 2.5 TD Vito
£930 FC (WHY FC!!!! lol) on a 1.2 mk2 nova :) it pretty much dropped £200 a year there after.
craig green
22-09-09, 03:57 PM
I get the impression recently that all young drivers insist on jumping in their dream car before they actually gain any length of driving experience.
Cheap crap car for a few years, whats so wrong with that?
Blatantly, everyone is utterly image conscious.
I get the impression recently that all young drivers insist on jumping in their dream car before they actually gain any length of driving experience.
Cheap crap car for a few years, whats so wrong with that?
Blatantly, everyone is utterly image conscious.
agreed. I managed 5 years in my 99% std 1.2 nova.... did me well in getting a barage of NCB to use on cars that I could sensibly afford to buy and run :)
mind you there are a feck load of 19-21yr old vx220 owners who pay more monthly than most owners pay yearly!!! and guess which ones wind up smashed up :(
Sloth/Lee etc so what was your insurance when you first started out?
my first car was an n reg 106 xrd 1.5. i payed £723 f/c at 17 with no ncb. im a mechanic, so high risk and i live in a high crime post code. car was parked on street. most ive paid is on my 53 plate corsa c 1.2 sxi, car was 1 year old and had 17's lowering kit, and sportex exhaust, all declared. i paid £1324 fuly comp. all with asda.:thumb: my bmw 323 touring costs £476 f/c with 9 points and a revokation. and my old xe nova was £900 f/c with all mods declared via flux.
im 23 btw.
rob
My first years insurance was £600. Which is the most I've ever paid to insure any car. 17, 0NCB, decent postcode, TPFT etc
903cc Fiat Uno F45 FTL though lol
one like this:
http://www.torinointernational.com/seyretfiles/localvideos/spot/_thumbs/FiatUno.jpg
lol
Was a fun car though. Remember locking my mate in the boot then going off for a drive lol
My first car was insured at me ex's a few streets away from sloth actually, and it was cheaper there than at my home postcode (as i found out when me and my ex split and i moved home) even though its a nicer postcode, wtf?
Was £1330 fire and theft at the age of 20 on a J reg (nine years old at the time) Rover 414SLi :eek:
I read that as when you and sloth split up lol
I read that as when you and sloth split up lol
Hmmmm, gayer lol
spud loved it...... lol
Yes, i got to smack him over the head with the banstick everynight lol
:roll:
you called it mr winky, not the banstick........ lol
Pistol Pete
22-09-09, 05:33 PM
IMO learn to walk before you can run. The price/quote for the insurance should tell you alot.
Try selecting a few cars you would like and get some rough quotes. IMO you could get something more fun and cheaper to insure than an Astra coupe 1800.
agreed/\ look at old skool vaux stuff, very cheap to insure.
Novasport
22-09-09, 09:18 PM
The Astra Coupes are lovely to drive and are very well screwed together. I think they are pretty reliable and the 1800 is a small block so not too heavy.
The rear caliper issue was them sticking on in reverse iirc, they just put counter weights on them to stop it. My 888 has never been done and I have not had a problem but the car has only done just over 5.5k miles from new.
Insurance is a bit steep, I am only paying £300 for my Coupe Turbo 888 which is group 16! I would shop around a bit more if I were you.
I have never paid over about £500 for insurance including my first car!!!
I get peed off if my insurance goes over £400, and thats fully comp commercial insurance as well.
Hoping mine drops fast, as it's only expensive at the moment because I passed my test when I was 20, so I'm hoping within 1-2 years I'm a bit closer to the average figures for someone my age. £970 isn't horrific considered the list of mods as long as my right arm lol One company actually stopped me half way through listing them when I phoned for a quote :p
Hoping mine drops fast, as it's only expensive at the moment because I passed my test when I was 20, so I'm hoping within 1-2 years I'm a bit closer to the average figures for someone my age. £970 isn't horrific considered the list of mods as long as my right arm lol One company actually stopped me half way through listing them when I phoned for a quote :p
Not 3 bad. My blue one, which was pretty much the smae as yours bar an XE on bodies cost me £730 fully declared at 23.
Jon_nova1
22-09-09, 11:21 PM
first car was a nova 1.2, cost me £650 a year, it was with liverpool victoria before they got big and decided they wanted to be picky about who they insure
Ahhh I remember good ol' LV. If you didn't like the quote, ring back 5 mins later and get a better one lol
Jon_nova1
23-09-09, 12:12 AM
lol those were the days, now they're big and have adverts...about as useless as the rest:(
I'm actually with LV's 'modified' side of the company Highway through HIC, worked out cheapest with most of the brokers I went through! All different prices though obviously lol Can;t go direct and get it even cheaper though :(
The Astra Coupes are lovely to drive and are very well screwed together. I think they are pretty reliable and the 1800 is a small block so not too heavy.
The rear caliper issue was them sticking on in reverse iirc, they just put counter weights on them to stop it. My 888 has never been done and I have not had a problem but the car has only done just over 5.5k miles from new.
Insurance is a bit steep, I am only paying £300 for my Coupe Turbo 888 which is group 16! I would shop around a bit more if I were you.
I have never paid over about £500 for insurance including my first car!!!
my rears siezed in general lol had nothingn to do with reverse or forwards :(
there is one brand of caliper that fails and one that dosent and I can never remember which, but basically "early" MK4's had the problem and later ones didnt
not bad for your age mate, since the cheapest i can find insurance for my 1.0 nova at 18 0ncb just passed is £1500 and thats still going up! that was with directline, ive tried so mny others with are around 1800-2500 =/=/
is it just the 1800 coupe's calipers that were the problem or the others as well?
all models. have a quick google about to see which calipers were the duff ones.
Nova_Sean
01-10-09, 05:14 PM
Well, this is now my mates car! He saw it and wanted it!
http://i38.tinypic.com/8z0dmw.jpg
Tidy engine bay after 95k miles!
http://i38.tinypic.com/28bea2s.jpg
http://i36.tinypic.com/2i71myt.jpg
http://i36.tinypic.com/2aj71xy.jpg
Thinking about a next car, or another car, when i get my 1 years ncb.
A mates dad is selling his astra 1.8 coupe burtone
Anyone had any problems with these cars?
Friend of mine had one, lovley car, his had tan seats. Really nice cars TBH an nice to drive.
He sold it for a 2.0 coupe, an sold that for a Coupe Turbo now so he must think there ok i suppose?
seats in the turbo are awful! dunno if they differ but they were worse than my nova. Fast as fook though
http://i38.tinypic.com/8z0dmw.jpg
Errr is that a coupe turbo and did you buy it from hull....?
http://www.hullcarclub.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=127&d=1250171536
jimbob-mcgrew
01-10-09, 05:21 PM
£1800 a year for insurance? Id rather coat my testicles in fish paste, and dangle them in a tank of hungry piranha!
^ lol
Nova_Sean
01-10-09, 10:47 PM
http://www.hullcarclub.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=127&d=1250171536
No. its a 1.8. Got it from a guy who is an area manager for matalan.
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