My new baby....

[bora(ing) nick]

OK thanks for the red tip

Of course no doubt that i would have to dig deep for insurance, i'm 17 and got a V5... but £7,200-£12,800 for annual insurance? that's $17,800-$31,600AUD! (i'm in Australia if you haven't yet noticed). If i insured the car i would have to pay $1,883AUD per annum (about £760GBP). So either i'm not understanding something, or people in UK have to have a very successful job to insure their car. Hell i could almost buy a new Jetta or even put a generous deposit on a house for that amount!!

You try it out:
http://www.aami.com.au/insurance_quo...nce_quotes.asp

(Select 'car' from the screen and a new window will open, use 4000 as post code and 'Brisbane' on the next screen. Then fill out forms accodingly.)

that explains it then!!!!

It's a ".co.uk" site so i assumed you were in the UK....

If you can afford to insure a V5 at 17.... I'm moving to Australia, lol

Nick

[bora(ing) nick]

Ps. I thought it was

Fix
It
Again
Tony

See Carl...

It's internationally known that Fiats are always breaking down. lol

Nick

[Eshrules]

OK thanks for the red tip

Of course no doubt that i would have to dig deep for insurance, i'm 17 and got a V5... but £7,200-£12,800 for annual insurance? that's $17,800-$31,600AUD! (i'm in Australia if you haven't yet noticed). If i insured the car i would have to pay $1,883AUD per annum (about £760GBP). So either i'm not understanding something, or people in UK have to have a very successful job to insure their car. Hell i could almost buy a new Jetta or even put a generous deposit on a house for that amount!!

Why is everything so expensive in the UK? Insurance Excess in Aust. is no where near as high as what it is in UK.

You try it out:
http://www.aami.com.au/insurance_quo...nce_quotes.asp

(Select 'car' from the screen and a new window will open, use 4000 as post code and 'Brisbane' on the next screen. Then fill out forms accodingly.)

and so he saw the light.... no chuffin wonder LOL

See Carl...

It's internationally known that Fiats are always breaking down. lol

Nick

as many faults as it had, to be fair, it never once broke down, never once failed to start and flew through its only MOT with me.... the 80bhp under the bonnet was quite funny as well, still managed to show the chavved up corsas a thing or two

[LimEs]

Penny well and truly Dropped!
If you were in the UK, that is what it would cost. Chavs, 'twoc'ing, roads with corners, narrow roads, chavettes, boy racers who cant drive, uninsured criminals and drug addicts and cost of repairs, all add up to big cost of insurance, and it's goes up every year.

Well done then fella, on to winner there.

[MalcQV]

See Carl...

It's internationally known that Fiats are always breaking down. lol

Nick

Best car I have ever driven is a Fiat. Far more fun than the Passat

01v5, looks like Aus has it good for insurance, we are well and truly hung out to dry in the UK. I pay £400+ to insure my 2.0 Passat with 9 years+ NCB, the wrong side of 40 too

[NicholasP]

Although it's a lovely car! and a very nice car to have..(the ladies will love it ) you wouldn't want to actually have a bora as your first car...

When I started driving, i had a little fiesta and venturing onto the roads for the first time with 59bhp was scary enough! It was a tin can so I could afford to scratch it up here and there..

150bhp in the Bora? 17 years old? Learning to park? your mates trying to challenge you?

Bad combinantion i'd say! Get yourself a cheap run-about for a year while you really learn how to drive! You learn very little in your driving lessons..

[01V5]

Hmm yeah i should've made it clearer that i'm in Aust.. $1,500 is still alot for insurance per year, but it's better than $17,000!

You see that's what i originally wanted... i would even now be happy with a 200- series Barina (Corsa) or an older Focus, but my dad got this and now i'm stuck with it. Not that that's a bad thing or anything i'll just have to learn to control my foot Nah but i'll enjoy it while i have it, the Insurance my dad got has valued the car at $18,300 (£7,500) so it i decide (and pursuade my dad) to sell it i can still get a smaller probably newer car.

[SpikyBob]

Man you're lucky.... my first car was an Austin (yes Austin, part of British Leyland) wait for it.... Allegro!
It was a fine example of British engineering from 1972 and came with a squared off steering wheel - yes really! Not round but "quartic" as they called it. It also had an engine that shared its oil with the 5 speed (wow)gearbox - a bad move....
It was my first (motoring) love though and still own the well leafed and oily fingered Haynes repair manual..... sigh!