'Project Purchase VR-4' has begun...

[Atik]

Well, I've decided it's going to happen now. Been contemplating a jump from the 2.0l GLS estate to a v6 estate, but decided to go the full whack and go for a Legnum VR-4.

Been up to see Rich's Legnum that is up for sale, and WOW! I was blown away as to what the Legnum VR-4 is capable of. Thanks to Rich and Lilly.

Just gotta get insurance quotes now, get the pennies ready for hand-over and hopefully I will be amongst the VR-4 owners in two weeks time.

I have been lurking on the forums for a long time now, but have just paid up for full membership. I look forward to many years of pouring money into the VR-4.

Oh yeah, my current GLS will have to go soon. Keep an eye out in the For Sale area. It'll be a spares or repairs jobbie though.

:iloveyou: Club VR-4

PS - I need a name for my (soon to be) new VR-4. Any ideas?

Atik

[Kieran]

Yay! You'll have some fun with a VR-4! Just beware the thirst O'Doom! :D

As for a name? Get the car first.... The Wizard doesn't choose the wand, the wand chooses the wizard! ;)

Will keep an eye out for your GLS - Why spares/repair?

[PaddyB]

Good man... I've had mine for 10 days & I'd park it in the bedroom if I could get it up the stairs. They ain't cheap to run as cars go, but they're the funnest way to spend my money that I can think of.

My best quote was from Performance Direct (closely followed by lifesure), Admiral were winning with an online quote but when I phoned them up they said they don't do Legnums ???!!!??? You may fare better than I did.

Looked at the photos of Richy's Legnum & it looks nice - the exhaust mods made the insurance a bit too rich for my postcode tho'.

I'm told by my daughter that black, white & silver cars are boys, all others are girls; by that convention your STB leggy needs a boys name.

[Atik]

Yay! You'll have some fun with a VR-4! Just beware the thirst O'Doom! :D

As for a name? Get the car first.... The Wizard doesn't choose the wand, the wand chooses the wizard! ;)

Will keep an eye out for your GLS - Why spares/repair?

The test drive WAS fun! I always thought I had good right foot control,but the VR-4 just asks to be pushed... a little more....more....more.... and before you know it, you've run out of road! Hehehe. I'm prepared for the thirst though - got two jobs now to pay for it! :afro:

Wise words about the name... I will wait... patiently... :scholar:

Spares/repairs because I think my gearbox is about to fall out of the car!!! :bigcry: The underside of thecar makes a horrible clunking sound when engaging from 1st to 2nd gear (4 speed auto) and when I drive over uneven road surfaces. It just feels wrong; the vibration of the clunking goes right through the accelerator pedal. Got an issue with the steering too - vibrations and grinding when doing stationary or parking full locks with the steering. Fan belt screeching, but I changed it in Feb this year.

[pitslayer]

surely the god GLS POWAH is getting tempted, or maybe a little hot under the collar.

try Sky insurance you get discount with them if your a full member here, top service, lowest insurance i could find

[Ryan]

My car's name is Misterbishi :)

[Lillywotsername]

Hi Atik...

Really good to meet you last night. It is also so nice to hear you are still as blown away with the acceleration as you were last night.

Hopefully we will see you again in a couple of weeks :)

[Atik]

So far, so good....

Been on the phone all afternoon for insurance quotes. As it turns out the last quote of the day was the best.

Here's the breakdown -

Online loads of times first but not many companies list the Legnum VR-4 as an option! :inquisiti

Quote 1: (Online) Performance Direct - £992.25 (£450 excess) Fully Comp
Got a call back in minutes from their sales team who then gave me £1000.60 fully comp with no claims protection, but £893.00 without protection (same excess).

Quote 2: Sky Insurance - £941 (£350 excess) with like for like cover on any replaced parts. (£656 for TPFT)

Quote 3: Swinton (special insurance department) - Couldn't find car on system - unable to quote!

Quote 4: Lifesure - waiting for call back (30 mins call back time 2 hrs ago)

Quote 5: Academy - £1957 /Grrr

Quote 6: Hyperformance - over £1000 /pan

Quote 7: Alan & Alan - on hold for 10mins until line went dead :speechles

Quote 8: A Plan Insurance - £755 fully comp (£300 excess - £80 glass excess) With legal cover and replacement/courtesy car in even of claim.


All in all, not too bad but I was hoping to get to £600 or so for a 27yr old with 5+ NCB. But I'll continue looking through till next week...

[Lillywotsername]

Atik....
Before you accept that quote, give Adrian Flux a try as well. They normally try to beat most quotes. Failing that, try Sky once more and say that you have had a much better quote and could they match it.

[PaddyB]

If you look over my thread (Leggy cost of ownership) in UK chat there's a list of what I was quoted for insurance. Weren't too impressed with Flux (babes apart that is). Strange how A plan quoted me loads more than Performance Direct & it's the other way round for you - postcode lottery I suppose.

I found mine by going on comparethemarket.com - they all rang me - never a moment on hold.

[pitslayer]

if you become a full member for 20 quidz you get discount with sky

[DickBarton]

Admiral do do Legnums - they insured mine - I paid £400 for the year with no no claims discount (and a previous write off on my record) - I'm now sitting with 2 write offs on my record but Admiral have come up trumps for me again...Say to them that you want to insure a Japanese Import - it is called a Mitsu Galant in the UK but the Japanese spec was called the Legnum - they will find it from that as that is what I said...

[Big Ian]

i'm through A-plan ... (fully comp 5yrs + NCB) they wouldn't quote me on my new VR4 but just said ahh that'll be no change to your current premium £440 for my impreza .. which to me mean's the VR4 was cheaper to insure than my Impreza?

Lifesure gave me the best quote & cover £370 i called A-Plan to cancel my policy but i got told i'd have to pay a penalty to cancel, Lifesure for me next time ;)

[Atik]

Admiral do do Legnums ...Say to them that you want to insure a Japanese Import - it is called a Mitsu Galant in the UK but the Japanese spec was called the Legnum - they will find it from that as that is what I said...

Thanks for the advice. I will try Admiral tomorrow. Didnt think they would know of the car.
Tried Direct Line today (current insurers) but got over £1400 :inquisiti

Pitslayer - I am a paid up club member now, and even with the 20% they quoted £941. Not happy with that at all /pan

BTW, the guy I spoke to at A Plan (Lee) seemed to know what car I was talking about too! He also said that because I was driving a Galant already, he was able to get the price lower cos I have 'experience' driving a large powerful car :speechles

Well, £755 is sustainable enough for the first year. Fingers crossed now... just gotta get the car so I can start /rally

Atik

[Lillywotsername]

just gotta get the car so I can start /rally

Atik

:deal2: /yes /woot2

[Atik]

:deal2: /yes /woot2

/haz

:deal2: will be soon, /yes very soon

[ianturbo]

Admiral do do Legnums - they insured mine - I paid £400 for the year with no no claims discount (and a previous write off on my record) - I'm now sitting with 2 write offs on my record but Admiral have come up trumps for me again...Say to them that you want to insure a Japanese Import - it is called a Mitsu Galant in the UK but the Japanese spec was called the Legnum - they will find it from that as that is what I said...
Admiral didn't do Legnums last year for me ,was with them 8yrs with old car ,we don't do imports its a specialist thing !!was the reply i got , maybee i'll try again next month !
ian
just been online they do the galant estate not legnum i'd double cheak if i were you .no pay if you claim .
ian

[Atik]

Admiral didn't do Legnums last year for me ,was with them 8yrs with old car ,we don't do imports its a specialist thing !!was the reply i got , maybee i'll try again next month !
ian
just been online they do the galant estate not legnum i'd double cheak if i were you .no pay if you claim .
ian


I just tried Admiral. No luck. They list the Legnum as a 'Galant VR-4 Estate Import'. Not as a 'Legnum VR-4 Estate Import'. They quoted me £1100 for their 'Legnum', but there is simply no chance that I'm taking a risk with them cos if I do neeed to claim, they see Legnum on the car but Galant on their system = NO PAYOUT!

Still looking for insurance...

[Atik]

Just taken a policy out with Sky Insurance. Well chuffed. £755 fully comp, but costs extra cos I have to go monthly instalments. Still, happy with a total of £856 on a group 20 car!

Only 3 days and counting now... Thursday 10th July 2008. My new birthday! :D

[Lillywotsername]

And the end of an era for us..... But glad you are looking forward to it Atik, I know you have been gutted to have to wait this long Hun.

[Atik]

Yep, it's been a long wait Lilly. Thanks for being so patient too. :iloveyou:

Initially I was happy to wait til mid August to buy me a new car, but as my current one is falling apart, I thought no point in renewing the MOT so decided to go for it early. My current MOT expires on Saturday, so the VR-4 arrives in perfect time.

Now, the mods... still looking around but I like the idea of an EBC, angel eyes, and a carbon bonnet (in time). No need to touch the induction, exhaust or tints - thanks to Rich.
Aah, the stereo upgrades! Probably do that overnight on the day I get the car! :afro: Hmmm, gotta rip it out of my current car first.

This weekend will be fun!

[Lillywotsername]

Good for you....

I am just pleased that she will continue to be loved and cared for.

I must warn you though.... She isn't too used to being cleaned though ;) If you are that way inclined.

[Atik]

Good for you....

I am just pleased that she will continue to be loved and cared for.

I must warn you though.... She isn't too used to being cleaned though ;) If you are that way inclined.

I promise to look after her.

Not too sure about cleaning her regularly though. My car has only been cleaned 5 or 6 times since I've had it. Rainwater normally washes my cars. /pan

[richy rich]

Thats ok.... Thats what she is used to so she won't feel too bad about it.

[Lillywotsername]

^^^^^^ That was me BTW

[Atik]

LOL - kinda why the exterior condition wasn't a factor in making the decision to buy. As long as she can keep the weather out of the cabin and goes like she did on the test drive, I'm content. Plus I'm content knowing that mechanically she is in very good condition.

[Kieran]

Not too sure about cleaning her regularly though. My car has only been cleaned 5 or 6 times since I've had it. Rainwater normally washes my cars. /pan

And to think that I smiled down upon you! Now I learn that you are a nothing more than a blasphemer, A scurrilous wretch who besmirches the noble house of GLS with foul dirt!

Cherish the memories of your dreams! Pray that they shall provide your soul with a thread of comfort in the hellish vistas of the nightmares that you are soon to endure!!!

[bradc]

Can we ban Kieran for intentionally making posts that are irrelevant, don't help the club in any way shape or form and to top it off he makes them hard to read!

[Kieran]

Can we ban Kieran for intentionally making posts that are irrelevant, don't help the club in any way shape or form and to top it off he makes them hard to read!

Good grief Brad! That wasn't me!! I have no memory of that post!:speechles

They do benefit the club though - The unwashed deserve to be struck down! Look at Lilly and Richy! They didn't keep their car clean and now they've got an MPV instead! :inquisiti

:D

[Lillywotsername]

The unwashed deserve to be struck down! Look at Lilly and Richy! They didn't keep their car clean and now they've got an MPV instead! :inquisiti

:D
How very dare you..... We all know the " Clean Freaks" on here and they have alot to be desired.

Poor Don it the only "normal" one out of you all. As for you and Kyle.....

I rest my case ;) :D

[Kieran]

How very dare you..... We all know the " Clean Freaks" on here and they have alot to be desired.

Poor Don it the only "normal" one out of you all. As for you and Kyle.....

I rest my case ;) :D

What's that I hear? The sound of an mad woman in an MPV? /Hmmm /Devil5

[Lillywotsername]

Um Exsqueeze me.... I have my ickle toymota if you don't mind.

The MPV will be Richy's ....

[Atik]

/bat <<< Kieran - Me >>>> /Nuuu


2 days to go tll >>> /woot

[miller]

Think we need to buy K a pulpit even though he does shun all kinds of religon, maybe like the jedi religion do you think k signs 'autoglym' in the census forms under religon? :scholar: :scholar: :happy:

[Atik]

Countdown has begun...

Approximately 47hrs to go now... Thursday at 7pm is when the VR-4 becomes mine!

AAARRRGGGGHHHHH the delay is killing me!

[ANTHONY]

Can we ban Kieran for intentionally making posts that are irrelevant, don't help the club in any way shape or form and to top it off he makes them hard to read!here here/pan

[Atik]

approx 15hrs to go now... i'm so giddy with excitement that i cant sleep!

[1hotvr4]

there there, dont get overexcited /pan

[Lillywotsername]

approx 15hrs to go now... i'm so giddy with excitement that i cant sleep!
I know that feeing all to well.

See you very soon Atik :) :happy: :happy:

[Atik]

:sunny: :d /bounce /Nuuu /Banana /Poms /Poms /woot2 /woot2 :rolleyes4 /woot /woot /Hyper /Hyper :rolleyes3 :beerbang:

Approximately 6 hours to go...


PS - sorry about the excessive use of the smilies

[Atik]

Time is dragging sooooooo bad!

Got a stack of ££££s here waiting to be spent!

[Atik]

Umm ummm ummmm

/rally :iloveyou: /pan /HappyBD :2thumbsup :3d: :laugh: /thankyou /Wyhy /haz :d /Wave :drummer: /bounce :p :stars: /Poms /woot2 :smitten: /woot :rolleyes3

In case you hadn't worked it out, I now have a VR-4.


Owww! My jaw hurts cos of the permanent smile this car has imprinted on my face!
Such a good car to drive!

Be right back, gotta check the car is still parked where I left it...

:D

[richy rich]

Gad you are enjoying her Atik.

[Kieran]

Be right back, gotta check the PAINTWORK IS STILL NICE AND SHINY!!..:D

Good Lad. :scholar:

[Atik]

Good Lad. :scholar:

Haha. Brilliant!

Yep, she isn't as shiny as she could be, but then she does need some work to the body. In fact she isnt as shiny as she could be inside either :D

But does that bother me? NOPE!

She moves like a fighter jet on the road, and thats all that matters /rally

Well, I'm off to give her a little TLC now. Gotta work out how to take the stereo out, give her a clean up inside and do the best I can on the outside.

And I need to change the thread name to '...is complete'

:iloveyou:

[MPBVr4]

Congrats mate. Now.........ENJOY/rally

[Atik]

Got the stereo out of the VR-4 now. Relatively easy job even though the stereo was bolted in behind the dash. The trim around the gearbox first then the dash pane and all is accessible.

Its started raining, well its like a tropical storm here! So I decided it wastimefor a spin in the wet. WOW. The car grips so GOOD! Almost undistinguishable from the dry! Plus was able to keep the windows open slightly cos the plastic thingies (technical term) over the window kept the rain out! So now I'm back in. Gonna get some lunch and head back out to take the stereo out of the GLS. Contemplating whether I should leave the GLS amplifier wiring in place and buy new for the VR-4 or strip the GLS and transfer it over. Two lots of work required the first way but a valuable £20odd the second way.

Either way, the new stereo is going in so I can play my music from my USB stick.

And yes, I know /ttiwwop

Pictures soon... But you've seen the car in the'Widows Weekend' thread anyway.

[elnevio]

a spin in the wet. WOW. The car grips so GOOD! Almost undistinguishable from the dry!
Once you see how much grip it actually has in the dry, you will defo be able to tell the difference! :thumbsup: :pimp2:

And plastic thingies = wind deflectors! :scholar:

Keep enjoying - I know I am!

[Atik]

Once you see how much grip it actually has in the dry, you will defo be able to tell the difference! :thumbsup: :pimp2:

And plastic thingies = wind deflectors! :scholar:

Keep enjoying - I know I am!

I've pushed the car a little in the dry now and the grip is phenomenal. The power this car has is just brutal!

I pulled out from a side street onto an overpassing dual carriageway. Had to cross over a bus lane, a single lane, a slip lane (onto and off the overpass) the outside lane of the over pass and then into the inside lane. I managed to pull in between two cars (who were both traveling at 50mph). In the GLS I wouldn't have dared that manoevre.

New stereo is in, but alas, the speakers are shot! Well, both drivers side front and rear are crackling at 8-10 out of 35 volume level. Gonna wait to fit the amplifier and do the door speakers at the same time.

Another thing I just spotted, but I doubt this is a standard fit on VR-4 is the strip of red LED lights on the side of the door. I know there are lights on the inside corner of the door for safety when you open the door, but these lights are a strip of red LED on the side profile edge of the door. Well cool!

Mental note - they are called wind deflectors! Thanks elnevio.

I need to make a new thread for "Newbie VR-4 appreciation" /pan

[richy rich]

Another thing I just spotted, but I doubt this is a standard fit on VR-4 is the strip of red LED lights on the side of the door. I know there are lights on the inside corner of the door for safety when you open the door, but these lights are a strip of red LED on the side profile edge of the door. Well cool!



Yep they are not standard, they were on the car when I got it, and I used to like them as well.:afro:

[Kieran]

Yep they are not standard, they were on the car when I got it, and I used to like them as well.:afro:

Indeed - They are a Mitsu accessory.:scholar:

[Atik]

Yep they are not standard, they were on the car when I got it, and I used to like them as well.:afro:

Sweeeet!


Indeed - They are a Mitsu accessory.

Are they available in other colours, Kieran?



Oh yeah, Rich, the exhaust is flaming mental!!!! Loving it myself, but all my passengers so far have said it'd give them a headache after a while! Told them to get a lift off someone else next time! :D
Will the de-cat drop the noise level at all? Or is that just for emissions reasons?

I've driven the car for a total of 100 miles so far. Fuel guage at halfway point. Filling up again tonight for a round trip of 160 motorway miles. Looking to have a third of a tank left on the guage when I get back. That would satisfy me on fuel consumption.

[Lillywotsername]

Oh yeah, Rich, the exhaust is flaming mental!!!! .
Ummm...... Flaming being the objective word here Atik....

Get a friend to follow you on an open stretch of road and they can watch the flames. Just ask Heath, Jane ( the HJMs) on here or Jimbo. They followed us back from Donnington once and commented on the flames coming out the back.

I just wished I could have seen it for myself.

De cat was taken out for MOT purposes...

I don't think that it makes it any quieter:inquisiti :lipsrseal

[Kieran]

Are they available in other colours, Kieran?

The accessory brochure just lists them in black so probably not.

Yeah, de-catting that system will potentially make it even louder - The cat's honeycomb has a slight silencing effect.

[bradc]

I like how Lilly said the decat was taken out, thats kind of like a double negative :)

She means to say the cat was put back in :)

[Atik]

OK, now I'm confuzzled! All your fault Brad /pan
Newbie question alert...

For MOT purposes, I need to show a catalytic convertor in place and working? But once MOT is complete, I can take that bit out and fit the 'de-cat'?
So generally, which of the two setups will be quieter?


Aside from that, I'm still loving this car. 2nd fill up of fuel tonight. Couldn't do the round trip as posted earlier, M6 was closed as a result of the earlier fatal accident. Managed 139 miles from 30 litres of Total Excellium 97RON fuel. Put the good stuff in tonight, V-Power!

[bradc]

Yeah, you need a cat for a mot and you can remove it again afterwards. Without a cat will be louder.

[Atik]

So, the bit of pipe I got with the car (for use at MOT times) is the cat? If I fit that now, the exhaust will be a little quieter?

If you answer this Brad, you redeem yourself from the unnecessary confusion you caused :D

[richy rich]

Atik de-cat is the pipe i gave you. you put that in to make it loader and rev quicker. The car is as it passed its mot.

[Atik]

Atik de-cat is the pipe i gave you. you put that in to make it loader and rev quicker. The car is as it passed its mot.

The perfect man to answer my question! :D Thanks Rich


Brad, you still in my bad books :smash:

[richy rich]

Brad, you still in my bad books :smash:
Hes in my bad books as well.

[Atik]

LOL , whats he done to you?

[bradc]

lol, I bought up the point, and now you know :)

[Atik]

Hehehe, true but still it was confusion for a newbie! I could have just sent Rich a PM with my question for clarification...

No matter now, it gave me, and more importantly for you, a chance to spam and get higher up on the old post count /Nuuu

Love ya really :iloveyou:

[bradc]

I'm winning the race :)

[Atik]

Amplifier and wiring is complete. I still have not cleaned the car! You can tell where my priority is! :D

[elnevio]

Sounds right!
















(pun very intended...)

[Atik]

Inside is clean :D

Hoovered up, cleaned the windows and dash. Still looking a little dirty on the outside though.

Went for a drive last night just cos I felt like it! Left house at 2.15am, drove down the M6 to M1 turned around at Northampton and went back home and into bed at 3.30am (you do the maths :speechles )

[Atik]

I have spent £153.42 on fuel since buying the car on Thursday evening :D
That is THREE full days and one evening!

That works out to be £1.94 on fuel per hour of owning the vehicle!

Woohoo! :D



Edit: And my exhaust can be heard 3 blocks away! Measured!
Mental! Sounds sweet though, and gets plenty of heads turning!

[richy rich]

I have spent £153.42 on fuel since buying the car on Thursday evening :D
That is THREE full days and one evening!

That works out to be £1.94 on fuel per hour of owning the vehicle!

Woohoo! :D



Edit: And my exhaust can be heard 3 blocks away! Measured!
Mental! Sounds sweet though, and gets plenty of heads turning!
You like the car then Atik /rally

As for the zost I was working on the outside of a house one day on the oposit side of town from my house and I heard my car start up so I phoned Lilly.
Conversation and events as follows.
Me "Where are you going"
Lilly "I'm going to my mums, how do you now I'm going out"
Me "I heard the car start up.


Then I listened to the car drive the 5 mins or so to here mums house.

I phoned here again

Me "you just got to your mums then "

Lilly "Yes I have you sad git you been listening to your car all this time."

Me "Yep sounds great."

Lilly had a trip to the shops to do back to my house back to her mums house ect ect.

Yes you've guest it I phoned her every time she started my car or stopped it. :scholar:

[Atik]

I'm loving the car Richy. I'm not even pushing her and its just fun to drive. The note from the exhaust is just so good that I'm just cruising at 30mph with ALL 260-ish horses raring to go!

Got next month's wages already planned for some car expenses!