Bye Bye New Car :(

[Doggy]

Are you sure you've shopped around enough for insurance?
Don't want to rub it in, but mine was about £300 last year - renewal turned up recently - £550!!
A little bit of surfing later & I've got one quote for £ 296.25.......


Now I know those are very different numbers to those you've been looking at - but that renewal was about an 84% increase.

My lad's 21, been driving 3 years, has a 1.8 diesel focus & his is under £1,000 to insure

[CalamityJames]

Ouch. That's an astronomical figure.

Have you tried the trick with Admiral of adding an experienced lady driver (like your mum) as a named driver? That saved me nearly £200 on the 406!

Also, have you tried the specialists, like Sky Insurance? I called them not expecting them to be competitive and they beat Admiral and took off my voluntary excess!

[TooT]

Vauxhall Flame Red doesn't stay Red for long. It fades really badly.

[steve_earwig]

Just tell 'em it's Passion Pink

[leestudd30]

By Ghia X ones you mean the chrome looking ones?

[waue1978]

By Ghia X ones you mean the chrome looking ones?

The ones in the picture of my old Mondeo. That was a Ghia X, but they were also found on the non-RS kitted ST24s. Same pattern as the chrome ones, but much less work & easier to get hold of. Looked into getting the chrome ones when I had the Mondy, but they were hard to find & when they did turn up they were usually well corroded.

[Bailes1992]

Tried shopping around, not getting anywhere.

Vauxhall Flame Red only fades if it's not looked after.

And I don't know if those wheels will suit the Focus to be honest?

[FarmerPug]

Does young people get cheaper insurance for classic cars? Say a 405 diesel they should be the right age now for classic insurance.

[Bailes1992]

Does young people get cheaper insurance for classic cars? Say a 405 diesel they should be the right age now for classic insurance.

Most won't insure me or want limited miles. 3000 miles is only a 1/4 of what I do a year

[FarmerPug]

out of interest whats the insruance for a 405 like, when i was getting my 406 a cheap 405 was considered. quotes were usually cheaper for the 405.

[Bailes1992]

About the same as a '6.
Not only that they are silly rare now. I'd have to have something with the 1.9TD with a nice spec to even consider it too.

[ally406]

My 405 was (is....I'll fix it one day) a lot cheaper to insure than my 406. They are still out there, the odd decent one pops up on ebay. A 1.9TD exec is what you want. My 405 is a good bit faster than my 406 as it only weighs 1.1 tons. Turn up the boost for up to 120bhp and they are actually pretty rapid.

Personally I would avoid modding and just drive whatever is cheapest and save for something decent later. We've all been there. I drove a 1.2 Clio for long enough.