#1: How old were you? Author: RicH, Location: South East UKPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:32 am ---- Just wondering how old you guys were when you got your gti/180 and what your insurance was. Just wondering how long ive got to wait
#2: Re: How old were you? Author: meady, Location: basingstokePosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:35 am ---- got my gti on me 18th bday, was bout 1400 to insure
#3: Re: How old were you? Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:35 am ---- I had a 1.1 206 at 18, insurance was £1200
Then I got a GTi (138) at 19 & the insurance was £1200 TPFT
#4: Re: How old were you? Author: RicH, Location: South East UKPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:42 am ----
CD-vRS wrote:
I had a 1.1 206 at 18, insurance was £1200
Then I got a GTi (138) at 19 & the insurance was £1200 TPFT
What was the upgrade like
As ive got a 1.1 also. Im 18 19 in Nov but only been driving 3 months
#5: Re: How old were you? Author: Antix, Location: WorcesterPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:43 am ---- 30+ when I got the 206 GTI 138
30+ when I got the 206 GTI 180
#6: Re: How old were you? Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:50 am ----
RicH wrote:
CD-vRS wrote:
I had a 1.1 206 at 18, insurance was £1200
Then I got a GTi (138) at 19 & the insurance was £1200 TPFT
What was the upgrade like
As ive got a 1.1 also. Im 18 19 in Nov but only been driving 3 months
To be honest I wouldn't reccomend getting a GTi, the fuel economy compared to the 1.1 206 is atrocious.
Plus a 206 GTi isn't all that quick & I had A LOT go wrong with mine.
I strongly advise you to get a turbo diesel
Lower insurance (My vRS is a group 9, GTi is 14) & lower running costs.
#7: Re: How old were you? Author: meady, Location: basingstokePosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:50 am ---- i cn say it was prety quik as i went frm a 1.1 saxo to my gti 138 it don't last lng thou and feals slow afta about a month
#8: Re: How old were you? Author: meady, Location: basingstokePosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:50 am ---- i cn say it was prety quik as i went frm a 1.1 saxo to my gti 138 it don't last lng thou and feals slow afta about a month
#9: Re: How old were you? Author: Danw_VVT, Location: Herts/LondonPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:51 am ---- im going devil fuel next me thinks.....
#10: Re: How old were you? Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:52 am ----
meady wrote:
i cn say it was prety quik as i went frm a 1.1 saxo to my gti 138 it don't last lng thou and feals slow afta about a month
True. It felt fast at first.
At the old 1.1 206 struggling to do 70 with 3 people in the car.
#11: Re: How old were you? Author: pudmonkey, Location: EdinburghPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:53 am ---- Got mine when i was 26, insurance was £550.
I agree with CD-vRS though, ive had a lot of problems with mine and a GTi 138 isnt that fast imo aswell, that said if your upgrading from a 1.1 you will notice a difference obviously. Had a Clio 172 Cup before, that was the business....i crashed that though unfortunately :-(.
#12: Re: How old were you? Author: jamiea69, Location: bristolPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:55 am ---- went from a 1.1 206 , to the 180 when i was 21, to insure was 1800 quid with admiral and thats with a claim on my licence
#13: Re: How old were you? Author: RicH, Location: South East UKPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:56 am ---- Yer lol up hills i have my foot too the floor and it struggles. Cant keep up with my friends who have the likes of 1.8t VW Pasat, BMW, 106 GTI
:/ haha
I do love my pug tho
#14: Re: How old were you? Author: RicH, Location: South East UKPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:58 am ----
CD-vRS wrote:
RicH wrote:
CD-vRS wrote:
I had a 1.1 206 at 18, insurance was £1200
Then I got a GTi (138) at 19 & the insurance was £1200 TPFT
What was the upgrade like
As ive got a 1.1 also. Im 18 19 in Nov but only been driving 3 months
To be honest I wouldn't reccomend getting a GTi, the fuel economy compared to the 1.1 206 is atrocious.
Plus a 206 GTi isn't all that quick & I had A LOT go wrong with mine.
I strongly advise you to get a turbo diesel
Lower insurance (My vRS is a group 9, GTi is 14) & lower running costs.
Was thinking about a diesel. A 207 hdi, or a vw mk4 golf TDI
#15: Re: How old were you? Author: Danw_VVT, Location: Herts/LondonPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:59 am ---- vw mk4's are very heavy cars for what they are. we got a mk4 golf GTI the 2.0 version. to say the least its s**t. not enough power for the hype of having GTI imo.
#16: Re: How old were you? Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:00 am ----
RicH wrote:
CD-vRS wrote:
RicH wrote:
CD-vRS wrote:
I had a 1.1 206 at 18, insurance was £1200
Then I got a GTi (138) at 19 & the insurance was £1200 TPFT
What was the upgrade like
As ive got a 1.1 also. Im 18 19 in Nov but only been driving 3 months
To be honest I wouldn't reccomend getting a GTi, the fuel economy compared to the 1.1 206 is atrocious.
Plus a 206 GTi isn't all that quick & I had A LOT go wrong with mine.
I strongly advise you to get a turbo diesel
Lower insurance (My vRS is a group 9, GTi is 14) & lower running costs.
Was thinking about a diesel. A 207 hdi, or a vw mk4 golf TDI
Never been a fan of the shape but they're supposed to be good cars.
The build quality will be a lot better than a 206 but the price will be more.
#17: Re: How old were you? Author: RicH, Location: South East UKPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:09 am ---- IMO I think golfs are more suited to DUB/EURO cars than performance if you see what i mean things like this. Not big on performance but styled and then cruise about.
#18: Re: How old were you? Author: MattyP, Location: PlymouthPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:14 am ---- I was 26 when I got my first gti and the insurance was only £325 this was because i'd been driving since i was 17 and had 150bhp saxo vts before the gti
#19: Re: How old were you? Author: Danny., Location: PeterboroughPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:00 pm ---- I think if i get another PUG it will be a HDI
#20: Re: How old were you? Author: Iain, Location: Aberdeen, ScotlandPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:01 pm ---- 180 at 18
£1400 ish Fully comp on my own policy.
#21: Re: How old were you? Author: JordGJ, Location: Leeds / West MidlandsPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:06 pm ----
RicH wrote:
IMO I think golfs are more suited to DUB/EURO cars than performance if you see what i mean things like this. Not big on performance but styled and then cruise about.
#22: Re: How old were you? Author: T_bandery, Location: East londonPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:54 pm ---- 206 gti on my 18th birthday which was in January 2010, cost me just over £1500 fully comp, 1 ncb, pass plus, on my own policy with my parents as added driver, told them that car is only drive about 1000 miles a year
#23: Re: How old were you? Author: Jamie1337, Location: Dorchester, DorsetPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:04 pm ----
T_bandery wrote:
206 gti on my 18th birthday which was in January 2010, cost me just over £1500 fully comp, 1 ncb, pass plus, on my own policy with my parents as added driver, told them that car is only drive about 1000 miles a year
just a tip but pointless going fully comp as they deem your insurance invalid if you have a crash and it shows you're way over 1k miles/year. They're a business after all and if they can find a way to not pay then they wont, same with declaring mods here.
#24: Re: How old were you? Author: Ash, Location: Running from Ant and Lee and Adam...........Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:10 pm ---- I was 12 when I got my 206 RC...
It doesn't work now. It needs a battery and a new remote
#25: Re: How old were you? Author: T_bandery, Location: East londonPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:16 pm ----
Jamie1337 wrote:
T_bandery wrote:
206 gti on my 18th birthday which was in January 2010, cost me just over £1500 fully comp, 1 ncb, pass plus, on my own policy with my parents as added driver, told them that car is only drive about 1000 miles a year
just a tip but pointless going fully comp as they deem your insurance invalid if you have a crash and it shows you're way over 1k miles/year. They're a business after all and if they can find a way to not pay then they wont, same with declaring mods here.
How will they know?
Say your mileage is 60,000 just tell them that its 80,000
Also you do have point of going for TPFT which is what i will be going for when I renew my insurance.
As a "young" driver, I have a compulsory excess of £450 and then my voluntary excess is £750 when I make a claim.
#26: Re: How old were you? Author: meady, Location: basingstokePosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:58 pm ----
T_bandery wrote:
Jamie1337 wrote:
T_bandery wrote:
206 gti on my 18th birthday which was in January 2010, cost me just over £1500 fully comp, 1 ncb, pass plus, on my own policy with my parents as added driver, told them that car is only drive about 1000 miles a year
just a tip but pointless going fully comp as they deem your insurance invalid if you have a crash and it shows you're way over 1k miles/year. They're a business after all and if they can find a way to not pay then they wont, same with declaring mods here.
How will they know?
Say your mileage is 60,000 just tell them that its 80,000
Also you do have point of going for TPFT which is what i will be going for when I renew my insurance.
As a "young" driver, I have a compulsory excess of £450 and then my voluntary excess is £750 when I make a claim.
got u there mate my voluntary excess was £1000 when i turned 18 luckily no crashes, its down to a more realistic £500 voluntary now
#27: Re: How old were you? Author: Addaz, Location: SuffolkPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:17 pm ---- 12 is when i got my 206
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