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Old 10-13-2006, 11:08 AM
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buying a car..

alrite, well its a bit premature (wont b driving until April..)

but, does any1 hav these cars? or ever drove one? wots the best 1...?

Ford Ka (can get one for like £900)
peugeot 206 (bout £900-1200)
citroen saxo (the car i hav at the min but its shared with my sis..)

also any1 kno any gd insurance company's? (not ones that automatically assume since im 17 and male that im gonna go speeding and racing.. and charge me 3x the cost of the car..)
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Old 10-13-2006, 11:11 AM
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ka's a really smooth ride, but lacks power and "manliness" lol. shifting is really smooth too, so easy to move around.

206 is also a nice ride. shifting in these is much better than the 106 and citroen saxo, which tend to have a stiff clutch.

if it were my choice, if prob go for the 206 over the ka purely for size and space, althought the ka is a nice car, its too small.

as for saxo's... they look nice but i dont like the way they drive... plus they're too small inside for me to fit lol
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Old 10-13-2006, 11:12 AM
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also... try elephant.co.uk for a quote... they're bout as cheap as i think your gonna get at 17
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Old 10-13-2006, 05:12 PM
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yeah i was thinkin bout the 206 cos its a decent price, with decent space.. the ka has bn tlkd bout as an ideal 1st car.. i hav time 2 think bout it, but really not sure if i want to get a car then pay 2-3x the price of it on insurance
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Old 10-13-2006, 07:29 PM
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well at 17 m8, insurance wise u dont really have a choice. i done a bit of research and 19 seems to be the age when it has the biggest drop in price.

ka.... 206, they're both good cars in their own respect, try and get a test drive in both of em m8
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Old 10-14-2006, 09:10 AM
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From working in an insurance company the best cars to insure at a young age are cars from insurance group 1 which u can check a list of cars here............
http://www.parkers.co.uk/insurance/G...roup.aspx?ig=1
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thx 4 the info, gonna hav 2 start saving up now lol..
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Old 10-14-2006, 02:16 PM
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hehe good luck with it m8... i really should carry on with my lessons lol
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lol.. ive only drove a car 1ce.. (illegally.. oops..) but i managed to drive perfectly even tho a police car followed us for 10mins then moved on.. lol
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Old 10-14-2006, 06:21 PM
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you cant beat my infiniti g35
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Old 10-14-2006, 06:33 PM
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if u like those small cars i would prefer Volkswagen GTI...my friend has it and its fast as hell...hes also getting a turbo in few months
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Old 10-15-2006, 11:16 AM
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yeah good luck getting unsurance on a GTi in the UK being 17 hahaha
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lmao, my m8 has an MG, 2 tone paint (the paint made the insurance go up by £500).. he had 2 pay nearly £5k on insurance..

i dont give a flying fook about how fast the car goes.. ive seen 3 nasty crashes in our town happen.... and the injuries..

think ill either b goin for a clio, corsa or a ka (rachel has a ka and i had a spin around an empty car park today.. talk about responsive.. lol)
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Old 10-15-2006, 12:46 PM
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had a go of an mgzr and a zs... nice cars, dont feel comfortable tho.. something about em.

thats about the best bit of my job, getting to drive loads of different makes and models of car every day.. and the best bit is the fact i dont have a license... hehehe

think the best cars ive had a go in so far are 2 different bmw m3s, a few jags and a golf r32
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Old 10-15-2006, 01:06 PM
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i must admit i'd love a blast in an R32

fav car is the Evo though, had the chance in one of those puppies Tel?
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Old 10-15-2006, 01:53 PM
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nah, would love a go in one tho. we had one come in a while back and i was gonna get it on a ramp and have a look at it for someone. guy couldnt be bothered to wait 10 minutes while i finished another job tho so he went
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