Another new forum car

[Mike1215]

Rich:

“the somewhat surprising star in terms of drivability is the 1.5-litre diesel”

Not my words; the words of Evo magazine.

I do quite like the Juke mit turbo

[Rich B]

Rich:

“the somewhat surprising star in terms of drivability is the 1.5-litre diesel”

Not my words; the words of Evo magazine.

I do quite like the Juke mit turbo

that ones clearly got two turbos!

[nuttinnew]

She did veto one car entirely from the whole process - the Nissan Qashquai - which was fine by me.

[IanF]

Doesn’t he like cars?

What were we all driving at that age?

I had a 89 G reg red Mini City automatic

Mk2 RS2000, 2.1 litre Pinto, BVH, 285 cam with twin 44idfs and an E.A.R.S. single box system.

Insurance can be a stinger these days, my eldest is due to start driving in 6 months

Mine starts in June - he wants a Ford Fiesta, and has saved £1800 already from his job. I'm going to equal it and pay half the insurance (which is about £500 each fully comp*). His driving lessons are from his Grandparents.. we have no cars that are useful for teaching him how to drive. Think we may buy it from BCA, so he can really get a sweat on!

*fully comp is cheaper than 3rd party, F&T!

When I was 20, I went from a Vauxhall Cavalier 1.7TDi to a CLK320. I was doing my flying licence, and did VMax events most weeks when the airfield closed at night. Used to open the sunroof and see what freefall felt like: Good times....

[Rich B]

At 20 I had my Scirocco, then got my R19 16v at about 21. I don’t think I paid less than a grand a year insurance for quite a few years...

[Mito Man]

I got away with paying relative peanuts (£350, then £320) for the first 2 years on my Mito, figured out a bug with the ComparetheMarket site where with one provider you could change your details just before checkout but it wouldn’t change your details on the final confirmation page, only the price would change to reflect the new information - hence a quick fiddle with DOB and driving experience later saved me about £2k over the 2 years. My DOB and driving licence details were correct on the final policy.
Sadly they patched it by the third year but the insurance was reasonable by then.

[John]

The in laws have the same colour and model Juke but with a petrol engine. They seem to like it but they are in their 80s

My car at 20 was a Fiat Mirafiori Sport.

[IanF]

At 20 I had my Scirocco, then got my R19 16v at about 21. I don’t think I paid less than a grand a year insurance for quite a few years...

Was your Renault blue with gold wheels? My mate had one in '99 that looked fast as fuck standing still!

[Rich B]

At 20 I had my Scirocco, then got my R19 16v at about 21. I don’t think I paid less than a grand a year insurance for quite a few years...

Was your Renault blue with gold wheels? My mate had one in '99 that looked fast as fuck standing still!

Nope, I know the exact colour/wheels you mean though. Mine was a black phase 1 with turbine type wheels (and yellow fog lights!)

Like this but black and with less Nigel Mansells.

[Nathan]

I got away with paying relative peanuts (£350, then £320) for the first 2 years on my Mito, figured out a bug with the ComparetheMarket site where with one provider you could change your details just before checkout but it wouldn’t change your details on the final confirmation page, only the price would change to reflect the new information - hence a quick fiddle with DOB and driving experience later saved me about £2k over the 2 years. My DOB and driving licence details were correct on the final policy.
Sadly they patched it by the third year but the insurance was reasonable by then.

Sorry, going to need a screenshot of your quote on that.

[Rich B]

I got away with paying relative peanuts (£350, then £320) for the first 2 years on my Mito, figured out a bug with the ComparetheMarket site where with one provider you could change your details just before checkout but it wouldn’t change your details on the final confirmation page, only the price would change to reflect the new information - hence a quick fiddle with DOB and driving experience later saved me about £2k over the 2 years. My DOB and driving licence details were correct on the final policy.
Sadly they patched it by the third year but the insurance was reasonable by then.

Sorry, going to need a screenshot of your quote on that.

You came out of hibernation to request a screenshot of Mitos insurance quote from 8/9 years ago?!

[scotta]

I bought a brand new Saxo VTR when I was that age it came with 2 years “Free” insurance. Which replaced my 1.6 Zetec Escort. It was a nice metallic blue colour with graphite grey and RS 5 spokes. Looked great. Was mechanicaly fucked.

[nuttinnew]

...less Nigel Mansells.

The car yes, but you?



I've always liked the look of the 19 cabrio with it's lack of roll bar and the double bubble rear deck

[JLv3.0]

I got away with paying relative peanuts (£350, then £320) for the first 2 years on my Mito, figured out a bug with the ComparetheMarket site where with one provider you could change your details just before checkout but it wouldn’t change your details on the final confirmation page, only the price would change to reflect the new information - hence a quick fiddle with DOB and driving experience later saved me about £2k over the 2 years. My DOB and driving licence details were correct on the final policy.
Sadly they patched it by the third year but the insurance was reasonable by then.

Sorry, going to need a screenshot of your quote on that.

You came out of hibernation to request a screenshot of Mitos insurance quote from 8/9 years ago?!

Still living life HARD isn't he

[PaulJ]

Doesn’t he like cars?

What were we all driving at that age?

I had a 89 G reg red Mini City automatic

I was on a Triumph TR3 with a very casually issued MOT cert. (It was 1974...)

[JonMad]

Chrysler Avenger 1.3 that was my grandad's, converted from auto to manual by my Dad and bought from them by me for £350. Nice RWD first car. I added some very dodgy cosmetic updates (red hammerite wheels and pinstripe on the white car, for example). Would make a great rally car now for £1000s, probably. Sold to a neighbour who had a garage and garden full of Avengers (mostly older Hillmans) and bits, who then crashed it into a bin lorry (escaping injury, in his words, because he wasn't wearing a seat belt).

[V8Granite]

Peugeot 405 GTXi

125 screaming hp, electric windows all round and a CD player.

Dave!

[Jimmy Choo]

At 20 I think I was still driving the Peugeot 104ZL. It wasn't until I was 21 that I got a Mk2 Escort.

[JLv3.0]

Cavalier SRi.

[Gavin]

1989 AX GT. Cracking car, weighed about the same as a shoe box and probably similar crash protection. Fitted a Kenwood tapedeck that if you pressed a button the backlight changed from green to orange. Only £100 extra for that feature.

Also some kenwood 6x9s in the shelf. Wish I had kept it, they are worth decent money now.