How many miles before getting bored of your car?

Original post by ameelia22

How do you work the insurance when you flit from one car to another?

Multi car insurance obviously or if his missus is insured he'll be able to drive them third party.

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Original post by ameelia22

How do you work the insurance when you flit from one car to another?

Just phone up and change.
Changeover fee is £20 plus whatever the difference in premium. Sometimes I actually get a small refund.

Original post by The Jargen

Multi car insurance obviously or if his missus is insured he'll be able to drive them third party.

We have a multicar policy and a stand alone policy each on which the other is a named driver.
If it's on our drive, we're both fully comp on it. For how little insurance actually costs it doesn't make sense to skimp on it.

Although, having said that, in the 10+ years I've been driving I've never been in a situation where I actually needed to use it!
Nic has though... an uninsured driver stuffed their little **** box into her Porsche and wrote it off while it was parked.

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Original post by JC.

We have a multicar policy and a stand alone policy each on which the other is a named driver.
If it's on our drive, we're both fully comp on it. For how little insurance actually costs it doesn't make sense to skimp on it.

Although, having said that, in the 10+ years I've been driving I've never been in a situation where I actually needed to use it!
Nic has though... an uninsured driver stuffed their little **** box into her Porsche and wrote it off while it was parked.

Yep, pretty much the best way to do it. It's unfortunate that an idiot wrote off her car.

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Original post by JC.

Just phone up and change.
Changeover fee is £20 plus whatever the difference in premium. Sometimes I actually get a small refund.

oh wow. do you think I would be able to do something similar if I'm paying monthlys?

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Original post by ameelia22

oh wow. do you think I would be able to do something similar if I'm paying monthlys?

Don't see why not? :smile:

Pick up the phone and find out! :wink:

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Original post by JC.

Don't see why not? :smile:

Pick up the phone and find out! :wink:

Another quick question: do you normally sell your cars once your bored of them? And how do you go about selling them?

EDIT: i'm a lone soldier in this, i don't really have anyone in the family / friends to ask about car stuff :s

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UniMastermindBOSS

Original post by 0mgJohn

I only passed my test in November (51 days after my 16th birthday :wink:

) and the only driving I don't enjoy and find boring is rush hour traffic on the way home from sixth form when it's single lane and the lights let four cars go at a time :frown:

I'm in a 1.2 2012 KA and I'm not bored of it! Or driving, though I doubt I ever will be...

Though I am looking at Scirocco's for my second car :biggrin:

I hate when you're stuck in traffic and *******s go past on motorbikes without having to queue :mad:

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Original post by ameelia22

Another quick question: do you normally sell your cars once your bored of them? And how do you go about selling them?

EDIT: i'm a lone soldier in this, i don't really have anyone in the family / friends to ask about car stuff :s

Yeah, I just put them up for sale.
Had good results with ebay and carandclassic

I've always got more than 1 car on the drive, though, so if something gets sold there's always a couple of things I can run around in until the next thing turns up. The most I've ever had on the drive at once was 5 - it gets annoying moving 4 cars just to get at the one you want to use!

Here's some pics of some of the more interesting older stuff I've had over the last 5 years or so...

'68 MG Midget

'84 Porsche 944

'69 Daimler (Jaguar) 420 Sovereign,

'75 MGB GT V8 (red) & '74 MGB GT V8 (blue)

'56 Ford Anglia 100E

'56 Ford Popular 100E

'67 Triumph GT6 Mk1

'72 Land Rover Series 3 Wagon

'68 Land Rover Series 2A pickup

'74 Morris Marina Couep SDL

'80 MGB GT

'66 MGB Roadster

'72 Rover P6 3500 V8

'74 MGB GT V8 (chrome bumpers) & '75 MGB GT V8 (black bumpers)

'80 MGB Roadster

'71 Austin Sprite

'75 Triumph 2500S

'76 Triumph Stag 3.0 V8

'68 Triumph Vitesse mk1 convertible

'77 Triumph TR7 FHC

'74 Jaguar XJ6 S2 4.2 litre

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Original post by JC.

Yeah, I just put them up for sale.
Had good results with ebay and carandclassic

I've always got more than 1 car on the drive, though, so if something gets sold there's always a couple of things I can run around in until the next thing turns up. The most I've ever had on the drive at once was 5 - it gets annoying moving 4 cars just to get at the one you want to use!

OH MY D: I want them all...the porsche! :redface:

the triumph!!

Are they expensive to run? expensive to insure? hard to drive? I really want an old "hip" car that I can drive for fun alongside my fiesta but my mom may literally slaughter me alive...

EDIT: ooh and what are your faves?

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Original post by ameelia22

OH MY D: I want them all...the porsche! :redface:

the triumph!!

Are they expensive to run? expensive to insure? hard to drive? I really want an old "hip" car that I can drive for fun alongside my fiesta but my mom may literally slaughter me alive...

EDIT: ooh and what are your faves?

Insurance was between £85 and £135 for all of them fully comp. That's for the year not per month. :wink:

Classic cars are dirt cheap to run.
Some of them, like the two Fords, don't even need an MOT and anything made before Jan 73 are tax free too. :wink:

Parts are cheap and easy to find and fit if you do your own maintenance.
Fuel consumption.... varies... the 4.2 jags both did about 16mpg but the Marina did 35mpg everything else is somewhere in the middle.
They aren't any harder to drive than anything else for the most part - OK stuff like the ford pop and early land rover you have to learn how to double declutch as there's no synchromesh on the gearbox but other than that it's just like a modern car.
Of course they don't stop so well as a modern car either so you just learn to brake earlier!
Some have an "overdrive" - you change gear as normal, then, once you're in 4th gear you flick a switch to get 5th gear rather than move the gearstick. Sounds a bit odd but it's actually quite pleasant to use.

My favourite was my Flamenco red MG BGT V8. Had 37k miles from new when I got it. Looks quite different in this pic / video, but it was all bolt on stuff that was removed before it was sold. I've still got the bulge bonnet, wheels and bug catcher in the shed.

Sounded pretty nice too... 3.5 litre V8 making 167bhp in a car weighing less than a ton. It was about as quick as the BMW z3 I've got now I suppose.

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JVD

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that '67 Triumph ix amazing!! o.O

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Is you Triumph for sale?

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Original post by JC.

Insurance was between £85 and £135 for all of them fully comp. That's for the year not per month. ]

How an earth... you must have pretty cheap insurance anyway though right? Been driving for years and all that?

I am so inspired to get a classic car... anything you'd recommend for a new starter?

Double declutch...oh dear hahaha I can barely use a clutch anyway!

P.S sorry for hijacking this thread haha

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Original post by 0mgJohn

that '67 Triumph ix amazing!! o.O

They look even better from the back... :wink:

When they were launched they were known as "baby e types" as they are pretty tiny. Much smaller than a Mazda MX5.
10-12k if you want one of your own in the current market.

You can sit on the front tyre and work on the engine with the bonnet up...

The interior is a bit odd though - lots of randomly placed switches. Not very easy to use at night when it's dark and you can't see what you're doing...

Original post by The Jargen

Is you Triumph for sale?

Nope, sold all the Triumphs this time last year.

Original post by ameelia22

How an earth... you must have pretty cheap insurance anyway though right? Been driving for years and all that?

I am so inspired to get a classic car... anything you'd recommend for a new starter?

Double declutch...oh dear hahaha I can barely use a clutch anyway!

P.S sorry for hijacking this thread haha

Classic car policies.
Lots of specialist insurers out there. Mind you, I'm of the age now where car insurance doesn't cost a lot... had quotes on M3's recently for just shy of £400.

Ideal first time classics:

MGB GT
VW Beetle
Triumph Herald
Triumph Spitfire
Morris Minor
Austin Mini
Morris Marina
MG Midget

All sorts of options... you just need to budget a bit extra for maintenance if you don't want to learn how to fix things yourself.

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jusdorange

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Original post by JC.

Nope, sold all the Triumphs this time last year.

Classic car policies.
Lots of specialist insurers out there. Mind you, I'm of the age now where car insurance doesn't cost a lot... had quotes on M3's recently for just shy of £400.

All sorts of options... you just need to budget a bit extra for maintenance if you don't want to learn how to fix things yourself.

triumph for me lol

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Original post by jusdorange

triumph for me lol

Try Lancaster. :wink:

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Original post by UniMastermindBOSS

I hate when you're stuck in traffic and *******s go past on motorbikes without having to queue :mad:

Get a motorbike so you don't have to queue either ;D

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