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Tonight I'm going to be calling round a few insurance companies to see who will give me the best deal and to see really what kind of price I'm looking at.

 

I am 21 (be 22 in 3 weeks) with 2 years NCB. I've had 2 crashes, one wasn't my fault, the other was (hit a parked van). The car will be kept in a locked garage at my house and I will do about 8000 miles a year.

 

I've looked to insure under a classic policy but you seem to have to be over 25.

 

I'm wanting quotes on a TT6, preferably BPU.

 

Any ideas on good companies to call for quotes and is it a good idea to call them with details of a car that's up for sale on here with the same specs as I want?

 

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks

 

Josh :thumbs:

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Their not that bad really, well unless you crash a bit and are too young and want a silly high hp car.

 

Yeah, that.

 

also what i didnt realise that stung me is that you can only use your ncb on one car at a time so a other cheap run about may no be so cheap:(

 

Not so, if you go to Sky, Admiral etc you can mirror your NCB onto a second car, Im doing it right now :)

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Pretty sure mine is the same with LWIB

 

beginning to think i should of done more research, to be honest i just went on a couple of those compare sites (go compare and confused.com) called the top quotes which lead to being palmed off to phone only insurers and sports car specialists. after a day of being on the phone in queues and giving the same info over and over i gave up and stuck with adrian flux.

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Just have this in mind when you call insurers...

 

http://ijustwanttofitin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/a1.jpg

 

Have you tried Sky yet? I found them a lot cheaper than the others especially where modifications are involved but yep it's still not going to be cheap unfortunately :(

 

I thought Sky only insured over 25s, am I wrong?

 

I'm not expecting it to be cheap but anything under £2000 is fine by me. I just want a friggin' Supra!! :D

 

I'll call a few because comparison websites are quoting me over £3500 at the moment.

 

Thanks for all the help so far guys :thumbs:

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Take in account the petrol bill for a TT6 BPU being your daily driver will be around 500+ pounds a month at the least.

 

What planet are you driving on? £500 pounds minimum?

 

8k miles per annum = 666 per month.

If you drive a 20mpg, that means you'll need ~33 gallons of fuel a month

33 gallons is ~149 litres.

149 litres at £1.25 is about £186 per month in fuel.

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Yeah £500 is waaaay over! I work 8 miles from my house and with my girlfriend so she will drive most of the time in her Ka to save on mileage and fuel :)

 

Just get a UK car if the j-spec quotes are too much. Used to be loads cheaper for me.

 

But I'd have to wait ages to get a UK car and also to wait for a UK TT6 and spend the extra £5000 or so would outweigh the insurance cost :)

 

Going to phone Adrian Flux first.

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I just called Adrian Flux for a quote on a TT6 BPU that's for sale on here (Getrag's) and the guy said he doesn't think he could quote me and if he could it would be ridiculously high.

 

Hmm, I think Admiral are next on the list :p

 

Oh yeah, I told him the best quote I had so far was £1300 (which was a lie) and he said that's extremely low for my age so there's no way they could get anywhere near that.

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But it is sold by the people we shall not speak of . High Wycombe is all I am saying .....

 

Yup that's what I thought and also that is pricey. I've set myself a budget of £9000, unless it's really special, in which case I may push it to £10k.

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What planet are you driving on? £500 pounds minimum?

 

8k miles per annum = 666 per month.

If you drive a 20mpg, that means you'll need ~33 gallons of fuel a month

33 gallons is ~149 litres.

149 litres at £1.25 is about £186 per month in fuel.

 

If you can discipline yourself to drive at 20mpg all the time then fair play, either way I am going through close to 500 Euros per month of fuel on my, I didn't just pull that number out of my ass.

 

I only use my car to go surfing at my local beach and meet with friends at night. I think he needs to be realistic on his average miles 666 = 21 miles per day driving at 20mpg..! LOL Yeah right what's the point having a BPU Supra..!

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Yup that's what I thought and also that is pricey. I've set myself a budget of £9000, unless it's really special, in which case I may push it to £10k.

 

If that car is as advertised then it is quite special and very rare being a low mileage 6 speed UK spec and as it came from Toyota.

 

Someones removed the headlight washers though !

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