Been after a 3dr for a while now, but Im not sure that I want to spend that much on a car that I want the to drive hard.
Is a Q plate car the answer, cheaper to buy and I wont shit my pants when I give it death?
Pro and cons please?
cheers.

 

Q for quality,Q for quickness!

 

Alot of insurance companies won't touch Q plates, Old Bill don't like them (especially the Cosworth / RS Turbo variety) as they consider them built from nicked cars (which some probably are). Resale values are usually a bit crap too. Saying that, they're cheaper to buy so it's horses for courses.

 

Q for Questionable car history.

 

Mr S1
yeah the insurance could be a bit of a shiter

 

Q for Queer

Get a real one, unless your building it yourself

 

Ahhhhh Q plated car's.... that brings back some memories

 

Its all about snobbery

Drive it with no plates on

The fine is cheaper than buying a legit one

 

AJ
Was it yellow??

 

ROFL

There's been a few

 

i had a Q plate rs turbo a couple years ago and had no problems insuring it with adrian flux ,they didnt even ask why it was on a Q plate

 

i had a black Q plate 3door cossie about 3 years ago.

the woman who owned it from new had it stolen recovered and had a few bits missing when it was found again, after a while of it being sorted out the dvla chose to put it on a Q plate, but the woman then kept it for about another 14 years.

luckily we knew this woman and a mate then bought it off her as the Q plate didnt bother him as we knew the car, he then had it about 6 months and i snapped it up off him for a bargain price of 3k and the car had only covered 43,000 miles so in my eyes i could hardly go wrong with it!

 

I personally think there's something quite cool about a car on a Q and I would deffo buy one at the right price

 

This car is now owned by simonc on here, he has spent loads of money on the car. It now has 330mm front brakes, coil overs, rebuilt engine to stage 3, all samcos, RS500 intrercooler etc

I think he will be selling it soon as well

Steve.

 

cossie4is dad, ive seen it floating about at a few meets etc, and at brands.

i sold it to a guy on the isle of white.

nice to know its still going tho

 

Yes it was at the last Kent RSOC meet at Brands along with me in my XR4i Cosworth

Yes Simon did buy the car from the Isle of White.

Steve.

 

Kelv

I think you brought a Bailey Breather off me a few years ago, you had just rebuilt the engine in the escort.
I live in Herne Bay in Kent.

Steve.

 

Q plates

IF the price is right YES
IF the history of the car is "proveable"/has paper work for why its a Q YES
IF you can get it insured YES

Those are the only important points in my opinion- the rest is like buying a normal car.

Jake

 

cossie4is dad

that certainly was me

 

Q plate cars easy to insure now, most insurance companies accept Q plate cars are comon as any othe now

I have shit loads of history, not that the DVLA give a toss..

 

I have had a Q plate 3dr for over 3 yrs & its been the best cossie i've had,better than both of the saph's i had, its the one you mention above & its still only done 58k in total. never been pulled by the plod either, my mate is a traffic cop in Maidstone & told me that he won't pull a Q plate car over anymore than any other car as if its on a Q the police know its been checked over properly & put on a Q.

I only bought a 3dr on a Q as i couldn't see the sense in spending 7k on a 3dr i was going to rag around a track !

Keep thinking of selling mine as i don't use it much but it won't be that cheap as its a very good spec, will be at National Day in the infield parking.

Simon.

 

simonc
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