Young man in search of love...

[pitslayer]

I personally find the problem with the tip boxes, is that they are quite boring to drive, personally rarely bother putting mine in tip anymore, if i want to go quicker, ill wait for the kickdown, they dont really like you changing down gears at speed either...I still long for a manual one, just want the feel that iam fully connected to the car.
most who love tip will now argue how good it is, and how some of the quickest VR4s are tip, mainly because there is so many of them.

insurance, last year when i had not long turned 20, was 1100 quid, 21 now, and waiting for my renewal, and thats in a cat a/b postcode, with 2 years ncd at the time

[Minter]

Hi & welcome to the forum.

I had a T-plate Vectra V6 facelift for a while. It was ok, a much better drive than the 2.0 SRI models but, I have to say the Mitsubishi V6 is a MUCH nicer engine!

[elnevio]

Well said Nick! Spot on!

Brad - don't you have to go fettle a goat or something?!

[JayPee]

insurance, last year when i had not long turned 20, was 1100 quid, 21 now, and waiting for my renewal, and thats in a cat a/b postcode, with 2 years ncd at the time

Ouchies! That's a fair amount of wedge for insurance.

Have to wait till Monday now to get a quote from Sky.
Unfortunately they rang back whilst I was busy, and They're now closed! Nevermind.

[ANTHONY]

wellcome to the club, and as i'm also a manual box owner i tend to agree with some of what brad says. but then saying that i'v never driven a auto box in a vr4

[Axeboy]

Welcome.

Ive owned cars with both boxes.... i feel the tiptronic is better all round...

In my opinion...

[JayPee]

Feel free! If you fancy a good old look, then february 7th at Eurospec in Guildford would be an interesting day out for you.....

So am I ok just to turn up on this day, or do I need to pre-register or anything?
Obviously just coming down to say hello and drool over some motors (not literally!).

[elnevio]

So am I ok just to turn up on this day, or do I need to pre-register or anything?
Obviously just coming down to say hello and drool over some motors (not literally!).

You'd be fine to turn up, AFAIK. The only booking required is for rolling road time. Certainly useful to know if you are coming though!

[pitslayer]

Ouchies! That's a fair amount of wedge for insurance.

Have to wait till Monday now to get a quote from Sky.
Unfortunately they rang back whilst I was busy, and They're now closed! Nevermind.

not really, group 20 car, 20 years old, 2 years ncd comapred to mate who pays 950 on a little polo

[JayPee]

Ouch. Don't think I even paid that much on my old Micra at that age, with 0NCB then too.

[justjon]

Insurance on mine is about £650, but that is parked on a driveway with (whats classed as) 9 years ncd as i had an accident just before xmas (god bless transits) up untill that point i had never had an accident in all my years and many, many miles of driving. quote before the crash on my car was only £380 but thats with 15 years ncd!

[JayPee]

Take it you're a tad older than me then Jon...

[justjon]

Take it you're a tad older than me then Jon...

I'm older than the ground you walk on my dear boy!

[JayPee]

That makes you at least 35 then...

[JayPee]

Well - £600 from Admiral is the best quote at present, although that was the cheapest quote from "comparethemarket.com"

So it looks like insurance wouldn't be so much of a problem now....

Just have to save the pennies!

[JayPee]

Quite liking the look of this one:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2001-Y-MITSUBI...3A1|240%3A1318

Or even this one:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/778023.htm

[shaun1978]

well i'm paying 320 with sky , aged 30 and only a couple of years NCD left

[bradc]

Ooooh that facelift one is nice. Got the recaro seats too A very rare option.

[OnBoost!]

I only pay 284 pounds a year for full insurance..

[Nick Mann]

I agree with Brad - the first one looks like the one! (My garage gives away the reason for my opinion even better than my avatar!)