[Lurch]

QUOTE (epoxi @ Friday, Jun 8 2012, 07:07)

You seem to have a lack of appreciation that we don't really have a choice being in our situation,

Oh, I do. But I just love to rub it in. WOooo! Amurka!

QUOTE (Black-hawk @ Friday, Jun 8 2012, 08:13)

Although, Lurch does have a tendency of laughing at anything with less than 3 liters in it, then again, I'd be doing the same were I in his shoes.

I wouldn't say that. I think each car has an engine size suited to it. Like 1.3 for a mini or metro or 1.6 for a beetle or 356.

But a 2.0 liter in a big heavy merc or bmw is just silly. At that point, I would just rather have a smaller car with the same engine that could move itself around a bit better.

This post has been edited by Lurch on Friday, Jun 8 2012, 17:05

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QUOTE (epoxi @ Friday, Jun 8 2012, 12:07)

and all anyone under the age of 25 can do is change the wheels before their insurance costs more than the car.

Can I just say that this is completely untrue? I'll happily admit that insurance is a nightmare when your 17/18 but by 19 you'd be surprised how low some policies can be. 19 year old with a years no claims and Pass Plus on a Volvo S60 T5? That will be £700, please. 20 year old with one accident and two years NCB on a Civic Type R? About £800. 23 year old with four years NCB on an E36 M3 saloon? About £1200. 24-year-old with a modified, 300+bhp Audi S4, four years no claims, one no-fault accident and IAM Advanced Driving certificate? Seven hundred quid. Its really not that bad if you avoid binning too many cars and are careful with what you buy and tweak.

[epoxi]

What companies are these people with, and are they main driver comprehensive policies? I am jealous.

As long as I don't crash my car by January I will have 5 years NCB and can start looking at decent cars.

This post has been edited by epoxi on Friday, Jun 8 2012, 18:11

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QUOTE (epoxi @ Friday, Jun 8 2012, 19:08)

What companies are these people with, and are they main driver comprehensive policies? I am jealous.

I ran a theoretical quote earlier for a 2001 Audi S4 saloon, basically same spec as my old one (coilovers, remap, exhaust, intake, alloys & brakes), Cat1 alarm and decent-but-cheap tracker fitted, agreed value £5k, 12k miles per year, decent postcode but kept on the drive, 2 years NCB and an accident in late 2009, male driver aged 24 with a standard license, no convictions or penalty points, no second named driver. It was £920-950 fully comp with a £450-500 excess with all the Admiral group insurers (Admiral, Bell, Elephant and Diamond).

[leik oh em jeez!]

QUOTE (epoxi @ Friday, Jun 8 2012, 06:07)

I am not talking about this topic, I am talking about your general attitude regarding every post from Europe, e.g. "That's what happens when you cram 50 million people into an island smaller than Texas." You seem to have a lack of appreciation that we don't really have a choice being in our situation, cars are barely affordable here and all anyone under the age of 25 can do is change the wheels before their insurance costs more than the car. And don't give me that "come to the US" stuff because it takes years of paperwork and visas before you can get into the country, in fact I plan to do exactly this, and if it was that straight forward I would already be in America.

My advice: Lighten the f*ck up. Don't expect everyone to appreciate where you live. I don't expect everyone to appreciate where I live. As long as it's not straight lies, people can talk sh*t about the U.S. all they want and I wont care.

Don't take things so seriously. Taking things too seriously is how you become depressed.