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And true about the 3k, in that case yeah it is best to be on your parents for now lol, but get off it as soon as you can, or else you'll find it to be a crutch and you won't be able to get cheap insurance for years. My cousins only just gone on his after 3 years now he's turned 20.
Didn't realise they were that powerful, but I'd still rather have my luxurys like AC and one touch electric windows etc
I do like the idea of the bigger alloys, love the look of them, and I was thinking of doing the opposite of debaging it, by putting a GTi badge on the front. It's like a badge of honour for me, like being part of a special club. Bit like Cosworth was in it's day.
The plate was a 21st Birthday present (the grandkids are all going to get one apparently, I'm the first
), it's my initials "JB" followed by what I do the most....text!
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Posted: 2008-04-30 19:53:40
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I thought it was cos you worked at o2 lol.....still good
Ye I think that would also be good.....probably what i'd do....but thought you were after subtlety
And those fiesta's also have one touch electric windows and i think A/C(am trying to remember the interior of my brothers....which i will add, the only mod was an induction kit) as they are the sport model and not poverty spec
Yeah i think i'll go on a company that lets me build no claims if i can find a cheapish one...otherwise i'll just go on my parents policy till i'm 21 and make sure i let them use the car
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Posted: 2008-04-30 20:31:12
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Word of advice that saved my brother a bit, when we were both learning to drive in the Astra, the insurance was in my name (as I was the registered keeper of the car) and he was a named driver.
Now, with Direct Line, who we've been with ever since I've been in a car, they let you earn no claims discount (for them only) whilst being a named driver, so it saved him a fortune when he got his own car a couple of years later. Worth a look
And yeah, bigger wheels and a little GTi badge on the front is as subtle as the 1.8 Turbo 'real' GTi's, plus they have a rear spoiler, something I do want, mainly to see if it keeps some of the dirt off the rear window
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Posted: 2008-04-30 21:09:33
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yeah I was gonna look into Direct line....although i have a feeling they will be expensive......i ay also check out co-operative insurance as apparently they let you build no claims aswell
I been collecting a list of insurance co.s to check out which look good
hmmm.....need to try and sell my BMX now to get a bit of cash saved.....its only been used about 3 times and it pretty much unmarked....although i doubt i'll get anywhere near the £180 i paid for it if i put it on ebay
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Posted: 2008-04-30 21:20:34
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Surely a nice black blob would help your J8 TXT no end J?
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Posted: 2008-04-30 22:37:44
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Yeah, you'd think, but I don't wanna run the risk with the cops by making it look like JB rather than J8, anyway it looks pretty much like JB anyway
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Posted: 2008-04-30 22:45:18
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it's only a £30 fine if they pick you up on it....
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Posted: 2008-04-30 23:14:16
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True....
Already had a brush in with them at Xmas, £60 fine and 3 points for going through what I KNOW was an orange light :/ She was a trainee from what I understand though, so she had to get a certain number of each offence to 'graduate' and I got picked on :/
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Posted: 2008-04-30 23:21:33
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your allowed through on orange arent you if you'd struggle to stop?
and just put one of those black screw covers on it and maybe put a screw through aswell and then you can say its screwed on at that point
I put an import size plate on mine which it shouldnt have as its not really an import although i've taken it off until i can get the bumper sprayed where the old plate holder left a mark
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Posted: 2008-04-30 23:24:11
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cant be arsed to bother with the number plate thing, I'm more concerned about the fact that the day we picked it up (and didn't realise till we got home) that some little twat had keyed the word 'Hi' into the drivers for, about a foot high, a foot across.
Little chavvy shits, now do you see why I hate them so much?
It wasn't there the day before we bought it though :/
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Posted: 2008-05-03 18:08:58
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