old vs young and our cars

I cant believe this has had 2000 views since 7pm tonight  8O

i didnt read all the post but heres my opinion.

oldies saw the car new and have the experience and can afford to have it as a "weekend" or second car and in some cases have a huge engine conversion turbo etc etc.

younger lads come up with some fresh ideas an some dire 1s (that red mk2 with about 5 spoilers from another thread)

id say dont split young an old learn from each other innit bled safe?

oh my bad it hasnt its been going on for a while… DOH

i put oldies

even though im only 18

Well im 18, and heres a pic of my mk1 just before i sold it.
Hmm oldies or young.
I think around 30, because they can afford the insurance on like 1.8t engines in mk1's and they have the balls to do it!

anyway heres my old one

Well i'm 37 and pay ?140 fully comp insurance for my Mk1………..now if you winde the old clock back to 1988, when i was 18, driving a MK1 Astra GTE (what a brilliant car i must say) not many of them around these days…………….?1200 third party!!!

That was a fortune for an 18 year old but it was the height of the "Hot hatch" era and u just had to have a hot hatch, but inevitably it got nicked just like everybody else's!!!

happy days!  

atleast you could get insured on the GTE now i dont think an 18 yr old wud get insured on a gti on his own policy i mite be wrong tho.

I take it it's still as difficult then to get insurance if you are under 30?

Ive had a company car for the last 12 years so lost touch.

I use Adrian Flux for my golf. Thy were the cheapest

well Im 25(26 in a week or 2) insurance is only ?240 and heres my 1982 1.5 Cabby..before all the work……….should be done soon I hope





ohh………..and if anyone knows what red this is could they tell me…..its bugging me, specialy since whoever sprayed it last managed to cover the code  

I thought it wouldnt be easy…..but I managed ?1500 on a corsa B with a 2litre 8v in it…………..that was when I was 18 on 3rd party f+t

back in my daft days

alexHxC said

atleast you could get insured on the GTE now i dont think an 18 yr old wud get insured on a gti on his own policy i mite be wrong tho.

Finny said

I thought it wouldnt be easy…..but I managed ?1500 on a corsa B with a 2litre 8v in it…………..that was when I was 18 on 3rd party f+t

back in my daft days

alexHxC said

atleast you could get insured on the GTE now i dont think an 18 yr old wud get insured on a gti on his own policy i mite be wrong tho.

im talkin fully comp mate

fully comp, 6,000 miles a year, kept on drive, 1.3, i'm 18

and it's costing me over 2k, commitment

mk1john said

fully comp, 6,000 miles a year, kept on drive, 1.3, i'm 18

and it's costing me over 2k, commitment

yea thats the shot to the nads im on about

?2000????

oooooh that's gotta hurt!

JustTheJedi said

?2000????

oooooh that's gotta hurt!

yep, especially as it's sat like this now



and i'm still paying ?170 a month. need to get a cheap run about before i can cancel my insurance or i'll lose my 8 months or whatever of no claims

Gotaa 1.6 gti with a set of coileys in the garage, just waiting on a bit more funding so i can get my rims..
Ill be 21 in july so i guess i cum under the youngsters  :mrgreen:

I recon if us youngsters had the cash of the oldies, we'd have some crazy stuff happening   8)

yea its true gil.

Tbf my car would look god enough toe at and i asume most of the other youngies would too.

Im paying ?900 for ten months insurance… im 20.

Which ent too bad really still shocking as ive only got a 1.3

Wait to see what they say when i put my 2l 16v g60'd in

fulltiimejunglist said

yea its true gil.

Tbf my car would look god enough toe at and i asume most of the other youngies would too.

Im paying ?900 for ten months insurance… im 20.

Which ent too bad really still shocking as ive only got a 1.3

Wait to see what they say when i put my 2l 16v g60'd in

im 22 an i pay 480 on a 1.8 gti

you got done mate. unless u had claims an stuff like tht

yea that fully gutted for me.

And ive got 3 points.

only 3rd party too

Was 700 but had 200 chages for something like recovery and sumut else..

Plus what was yours at 20?

mk1john said

fully comp, 6,000 miles a year, kept on drive, 1.3, i'm 18

and it's costing me over 2k, commitment

Sorry but you won't beat me on insurance commitment, beat ?3,000 and receipt to prove it. Was paying ?260 a month on a loan payment to get it, among credit cards for the other bits i got for it.
(i now pay around ?400ish) that was years ago.

Some of the comments from the "OLD" people are really annoying.
I had a 185bhp 2L 16v before the GTi that i have now, and was still paying less that alot of people on here.


But anyway isnt this supposed to be about styling? Not who's going to die First? lol

It doesn't matter about age, anyone can produce a good car, just depends on the person.

"who knows where its at stlye wise"
Style is spelt style
I thought some of the "oldies" would have picked that up (with all their experience)  

fulltiimejunglist said

yea that fully gutted for me.

And ive got 3 points.

only 3rd party too

Was 700 but had 200 chages for something like recovery and sumut else..

Plus what was yours at 20?

a had a 2001 corsa sxi at 20 an it was about 400 quid so not much difference but i have bin drivin since i was 17