What you lot paying for insurance and with what alarm/security systems

will be looking at a Evo 6 and above, just depends on what comes along .........

oh yeah its for the missis, she is 32 with full no claims

any help is muchly appreciated

 

£488.00 for Evo VIII slightly modded, with Cat 1 alarm and Tracker. Full NCD. Would have been £445.00 without Andy being a named driver.

I do believe that VIs cost more to insure than VII or VIIIs.

 

thought they were alot more than that tbh

if you were buying another which would you go for Redkop not really clued up on these cars what model is yours

 

My VII is about 500quid give or take 20quid. I am 25 with full no claims and agreed value 15K pounds. Agree with Redkop, VI's are more expensive to insure here also.

I have a carbon engine cover listed for mods but am able to do quite a lot without it increasing the premium due to the insurer being motorsport orientated.

 

8 yrs no claims bonus, no accidents, no points, no claims, £900 fully comp with ALL mods declared (uk tme)

Could have got it cheaper but i rate the company im insured with & they dont mess about in the event of paying out for a claim.

 

I have got a '53 plate VIII GSR with a few mods, like HKS 4½" exhaust with Magnex downpipe, uprated fuel pump, braided brake hoses and Denso plugs, so it's got about 300-305bhp. Take a look on MLR at the MODEL INFO

I love the car, it's very easy to drive and having 6 gears it's pretty economical on fuel, going to TOTB I got 290 miles from a full tank [55 litres] which equates to 26.67mpg.

It really depends what your wife wants to do with the car, if she wants it as an every day car, the GSR or an FQ300 would be ideal or even an VIII 260 [UK car]. The GSR is the direct Jap import, 280 BHP.... FQs are GSRs that Mitsi have converted for the UK market. Things like a different exhaust, hard pipe kit etc being fitted for the FQ 300.

I wanted a pretty standard car when I bought mine, as I had the Escos for a power hype but since owning the Evo for 6 mths now and not realising I would like it as much as I do, I am faced with a dilemma, after Nat Day I am 99.9% sure I will be selling the cossie, but I am not sure whether to sell / p/ex the Evo for either an VIII FQMR 340 or a IX MR340 or keep the one I have and get it modded to 360+ bhp and get a big brake kit. All that is needed to get it to this power is a boost controller and an EcuTEK reflash, as I have the other mods already that's needed..... and the price to get it to 360+ is only £800

 

i pay £800 for a 6 gsr 8 years no claims 26 year old Ralliart ECu hardpipe kit exhaust apexi avcr n stuff like that cat 1 alarm.. dont know if thats expensive--its a import....great car tho love it

 

Lynne get the mr340 thats my next car i think theyre grear

 

I am very, very, very tempted to Carlo.... I think they are the all-round package

 

it would be an every day car with the occasional run out some where, do they have tracker`s as standerd

will be looking around the 16k mark

 

Defo if i hadnt spent as much on the 6 this year i would have one just now
i grudge giving the 6 away & losing everything i spent on it

 

£2490 fully comp Cat 1 plus Tracker, locked in garage of the road if fact it is very hard to find....... i hope,

That completly standard at the moment, A Plan insure it i am on a Overseas driving license so that why the high price also i dont work or live in the UK there fore i have never had cars insured for that long to collect NCB's


Oh and i fucking love my car

Mike

 

I got a tracker fitted to mine & a cat 1 alarm..the alarm on the 8s arent that good -well they keep going walkies at santa pod ect...something to do with the side repeator..
For 16k you will get a good 6 & change..

 

Captain Mike£2490 fully comp Cat 1 plus Tracker, locked in garage of the road if fact it is very hard to find....... i hope


I paid £2000 when i was 20 for my escort cossie & i thought that was bad
what age are you?

 

I think I'll be going for a 340 haven't decided if its going to be an 8 or a 9 yet though.

 

I think the 6's look to dated...

I went for a 7 as i'm not so keen on the rounded front end's on the 8! Mine is the latest 7 i've seen been on a 53 plate....





Best car i've owned!

 

You will get a good low mileage VIII FQ easily for that. Tracker isn't standard, luckily mine already had it and a Clifford alarm.

Paul My dilemma too.

 

Ive had 2 saph cossies & 1 escort cossie i spent so much money & had to look after them so much i just got fed up evon though i love cossies i dont think i would have another one..
last night was the first time a lifted the bonnet in the evo in 3 month now to check it for oil ect & it was fine..it gets a sore time too..
Best car ive had

 

Mine...

 

i was qouted £1600 hence the Audi

 

Redkop

My next will be a 9, i'll be waiting till they come down in price though!

 

Go on Lynn, a nice Gun Metal grey one


I am

 

Redkop and Maxest both cars are the muts nuts

 

It would defo have to be Gunmetal or maybe the IX in blue

andyt Thanks

 

The car in my sig is an 8 with 9 front and rear bumpers. I saw an 8 in extreme with the same for about £22k. I like the 9's rear venturi like bumper although I doubt it does a huge amount.

You can get an 8 for sub £20k and then spend a bit on big brakes etc

 

My VIII cost me a lot, lot less than 20k

 

I am 26 mate, go it just after my 25th birthday, like i said i am on a overseas license and have worked over seas since i was 18, fortunately i am in a position to pay it with out any worrys

It should come down this year massivly and i will also be hoping to get a UK license when i get some time of this winter, i best had as my American license expires, but i might get a Jamican one before then

Mike

 

im lookin at the evo 3 as my first mitso dunno what it will cost me as my s2 is very cheap..

andy

 

We paid £700 on a Evo ix FQ340

 

cant reccomend the evo enough

 

sadly time has come to say bye to my s2 i will always love them and hope to still do a nice s1 restoration job one day



its going down to stu,s on the 11th to be set up then will sell her
but its evo time
4wheel drive and 270bhp..should be fun

andy

 

escort cossie is my favorite car ever mate but i spent so much money on the one i had i had to sell it....i always promiced myself to get aother one then i drove my mates evo then that was it they are gr8...the 6 only holds just over £30 of fuel tho so if you want to go any where far your in trouble i went to rail got 70 miles into the journey &couldnt find super unleaded or optimax & had to put normal uleaded in which resulted in a slow drive home & everyboady was blasting past..

 

We had an Evo 8 fq300 about 10 month ago. It was in the wifes name with her insuring it and it was about £640 from Bell insurance. She too has full no claims and is 31

 

its worse than all my cossies on fuel tho

greedy get

 

My Evo is far better on fuel consumption than my cossie by a long way.

When we went to TOTB I got 289.3 miles to the 55 litre tank, that equalled 26.7mpg. I get nowhere near that in the escos.

 

Not to bad on the later models Carlo.

Motorway cruising between 3000 & 4000 rpm in 6th returns around 27mpg.

 

Too right Lynn, my dad has full NCD and has a good history with saff cos`s n M3 etc on his insurance, the said cars he was paying between 4-500 pound, gets one for an Evo 6 GSR ......£980.00
All Group 20 cars as well

 

this one any good

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MakeTrack=true

 

Can't see how it would be 4k, for 375bhp, unless its been played with internally....

 

yeah andy my car is bad on fuel same as ollies i would hate to take it down south dont know why the tank is so small