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[golf_gti_mk2]

Any1 know the rough price 4 insurance for a mk2 golf gti 1.9. for an 18 year old.

 

[metro1800]

How long is a piece of string? Depends entirely on the insurer, any modifications, driver experience... Plus a Gti is a very high group, so I'd imagine it won't be cheap for an 18 year old. Try www.confused.com

 

[PhilG]

I doubt you'll get it, my mate bought a golf mk1 gti when he was 16, he just passed his test about a month ago, he's now 20. He phoned around heaps of companies but no one would touch him.

 

[Spoony]

I'd be doubtful if any one would insure you on a GTI as they are such a high grouped car and as you are only 18, but keep trying and maybe you might get lucky.

Happy hunting

 

[HMS Skyliner]

yellow pages or try sky insurance - it covers everything!!

 

[rosie]

doubtful if u'll get quoted i'm 22 5 years under my mums named clean liscence no one would touch me on a celica untill i hit 25 anything over a gp10 is madness

 

[stuarti]

are these not a 1.8 engine?

you might get insurance as its a bit older now....

try quinn... they are good at minute

also try confused.com

 

[golf_gti_mk2]

thanks lads. i really hope i can gat insurance 4 it. its group 9 i think.

 

[metro1800]

A Mk2 Golf GTi isnt group 9 lad. More like 14

 

[PhilG]

are these not a 1.8 engine?

you might get insurance as its a bit older now....

try quinn... they are good at minute

also try confused.com

Quinn direct give really good quotes, but they will not insure you on anything over 100(ish)bhp if your under 25. However if you've been insured with quinn for a while (maybe a year, im not sure) you can change to a more powerful car as they do not want to loose your custom.

 

[lorneM]

(maybe a year, im not sure) you can change to a more powerful car as they do not want to loose your custom.

this doesnt hapen i was with them for 2years driving a mk2 golf driver which is group 10 then tryed to upgrade to a gti and i have been driving 4 1/2 years no points or claims and there was no chance until i was 25 try adrien flux i got a mk2 16v for 704quid tpft oh a gti is 1.8 not 1.9 unless it has been bored out!!

 

[PhilG]

(maybe a year, im not sure) you can change to a more powerful car as they do not want to loose your custom.

this doesnt hapen i was with them for 2years driving a mk2 golf driver which is group 10 then tryed to upgrade to a gti and i have been driving 4 1/2 years no points or claims and there was no chance until i was 25 try adrien flux i got a mk2 16v for 704quid tpft oh a gti is 1.8 not 1.9 unless it has been bored out!!

jsmr has been insured with them for 2 years, they are allowing him to change from his 95bhp 1.4 16v megane to a 110bhp audi a3

 

[ewok]

mk2 golf gti is gp 16 and if your 18 you havent a hope of getting any the only ones that will cover you is g.o.a.r. insurance......

 

[golf_gti_mk2]

would it be any cheaper insuring a pug 205 1.9 gti? year 1990. ?

 

[PhilG]

Thats a group 14 car. Start saving.

if you want to find out insurance groups go to www.parkers.co.uk/choosing/specs
then chose the car, and the ins group is in the last column of the table.

for your first car it will be difficult to get a quote on anything over group 7/8.

 

[big dee]

just get a 306 d-turbo

 

[Steve]

would it be any cheaper insuring a pug 205 1.9 gti? year 1990. ?

na mate, u really need to get something slow and wait till ur a bit older before gettin a flying machine, we all had to go through it, it sucks but pays off with a few years no claims when you hit 21

 

[golf_gti_mk2]

thanks. any idea on a car i should get then that that wouldnt hurt the pocket to much till i could insure a better car?

 

[Steve]

just get a 306 d-turbo

only grp 5 and its not a dog, maybe a fez 1.25 or a saxo westcoast or 106 quicksilver maybe, there is loads of options, id keep it under grp 6 tho if i were u or u will be paying the earth, tho saying that u'll be paying the earth anyway

 

[golf_gti_mk2]

what size engines do u get in saxos? i not there is the 1.9 vtr, and the wee 1.1

 

[Rik]

O dear you are goin to be seriously dissapointed whne you hear the options you realistically have in comparision to what you are looking

Saxo's/ 106's come is 1.1/1.4/1.6 8valve(VTR)/1.6 16V (106 GTI or Saxo Vts) also the diesel options

 

[golf_gti_mk2]

i am dssapointed now. :-(

 

[kylus1986]

get yourself a mk3 polo GT like this only not supercharged theyre cheap enough to insure and still have a bit of poke

look like the mk2 golf abit anyway

 

[Nicky]

haha.. best of luck mate.. i had bother insuring a 1600 megane coupe... a GTi golf would be off the charts..

 

[chrisni1986]

dad has a mk 2 golf gti i was gonna buy off him, im with quinn a year now, im 19 with a years ncb and was told i would have to be over 25 to insure this car..