I don't think there's a single insurance company in the UK that'll insure you anything over a 4cylinder anyway.
Insurance for me, third party only (not including fire or theft) at 17 with full pass plus (an extra thing you can do in the uk, teaches you some extra driving skills) on a 1.6l engine would cost ~£3000 a year. Once I've shelled out £1000 for my lessons, £1000 for a car that's £5000 , or $8,700 USD.

It's mental. I don't need a car because public transport where I live happens to be very good, I just want one

holy **** ^

driver education class:
- @ school = Free (1 semester long)
- outside = ~$100 - $200 (3 days long)

driver training: (under age 18)
- @ school = cheaper ~$100 (sometimes free)
- outside = ~$150 (sometimes cheaper if you get the driver education and training combo)

Driving Test:
- $24 for your license (if you pass)

$400 AT MOST!!

insurance.. two cars, full coverage.. multiple car discount, good driver discount, and good student discount = $1,500/Year

^Nice, here driving lessons are £20 an hour average. My brother managed to find his for £18 an hour, but only because he happened to slightly know the guy.
I just took the £1000 as how I'm going to get mine done, by buying in bulk, so I'm essentially hiring the guy for a week to teach me to drive. It's an intensive course where you learn to drive and take your test all within the week. Tests here cost £50, I don't know about tax and MOT, I should imagine they add up to about £400.
I suppose if you really went with the bare minimum you could get the tests down to £400, grab a car from ebay for ~£300, but insurance would still be ~£2000 once you've payed tax and mot that's £3000, $5,220 USD.

give us descriptions of the fees/costs and what they mean. mot?

I drive a 1994 Green Mazda Mx-3

Its a 4 cyl 1.6 litre, auto, 2 door

Its in good condition inside and out, just recetly put in a new sound system in couple months ago.

2 10" infinity subs as well, sounds good.

I drive a 1987 Renault 5 GTL It's old but fun to drive, and being a student I can't afford anything more right now.






Every car over 3 years old has to have an MOT done at a garage every year to check the car is roadworthy etc. Costs £44. Tax costs £110 a year under 1549cc and £170 over 1549cc <- really stupid price difference if u ask me..

jax.

^ Thanks jax, I was merely guessing by what I'd heard, tried to figure out myself.
Another thing you have to factor in is petrol, in the UK we pay ~97p per litre.
1 litre = 0.22 gallons
10litres = 2.2 gallons

10 litres = £9.70
10 litres = 16.8810 USD

Just realised, you work in gallons over there. Erm......you can work it out.

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thisone. not exactly that, i hadnt got the time to take some pictures. but thats what it looks like.

10L = 2.6417205G
10L/9.70 = $16.83 USD

or

6.37 per gallon wow

I'd hit it

I 3rd that.

Everywhere you go in Australia now you see these.

I just reckon they are too common and don't have any personality.

I drive a Mitsubishi Outlander VR-X 4WD.

How much do you pay?

Decided to take a pic of all the cars we own... - and grand prix.

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Yeah.. they are all dirty. Its the middle of winter... and I took it from inside... because its 8F outside. Burr.

The white one is a 95 Chrysler LHS. Good car aside for some transmission problems. Those are getting fixed right now. The LHS has a 3.5L v6 making around 215 HP and 220 lbs of torque. Has some nice passing punch... but its more of an old luxury car than a speed demon. Its got a moonroof, leather, and I completely re did the system. New speakers and subs. It has two 2-way speakers in the front doors.. 3 tweeters in the dash... 2 5-way speakers for 6x9's... and 2 10inch 10w3v2d2 JL subs. Sounds alright... but no sound system is ever perfect and I'm always working on it.

The red car is a 02 Oldsmobile Alero. It's got a 2.2L I4 Ecotec engine... it used to be my car. But my bro got that when I bought the LHS. He's done a couple of mods to it... I don't know the whole list. Most notable is a CAI and new exhaust (not a fart can one... I'd be ****ed if he did that). It does have some nice pep now and sounds pretty cool with the CAI. I do miss that car... Its so much easier to drive then the tank I have now. We took it out to the track awhile back for ****s and giggles and it did the 1/4 in about 15 seconds... was defiantly under 16. I don't have the time slips with me to get the exact number.

And lastly the green thing is our Family van. A 95' Ford Windstar. Also known as the Loser Cruiser. 3.8L v6. Making about 210 HP. The thing sounds pretty sweet for being a van. People say "at least it sounds fast" lol. The thing has 160,000 miles on it.. has been to three trips to Florida... and its starting to have some issues.. but what do you expect for 160,000 miles.

Not in the picture is a 02 Grand Prix GT... black. Great car and have had zero problems with it. 3.8L v6 w/ dual exhaust making 200 HP and 230ish lbs of torque. Exhaust sounds sweet. 41,000 miles. Pretty fast car... with sunroof and leather. Not driven much... usually stays in the garage.

We had an 01 black impala... 3.4L v6 but sold that. That was an ok car... and it was fun to sit on corners or driveways pretending to be a cop. People always tapped their brakes when driving by. Downtown when people saw us they would go hide in the alleys. It was great. lol. Didn't need it... and we got an offer out of no where for it. I guess the guy who bought it noticed it just sat in the drive way... since it collected leafs from fall and never had the snow brushed off it. Asked 10,000 for it. Sold it for 11,000

Well, if Acura pays the magazine more than BMW and I were a writer, I'd praise the Acura too.

Don't have it yet but as soon as I pass my test it will be one of these:
Volkswagen Golf 1.9 TDi Final Edition

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Name and address please. I'm going to boost your ride!

Well I cant Drive yet, But this is what my father is getting (its on order, just waiting for it to come into dealerships)

My car: 2000 Ford Escort ZX2
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^only had 57K miles on it and the factory parts when we bought it (2 yrs ago)

Parents car: 2002 Nissan Altima 2.5S
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^my parents car looks exactly the same, I got my license with it

Dad's truck: 1998 Ford Expedition XLT (4WD, 4.6L)
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took some pics to show the ground clearance of my car for another forum.. might as well share them here..

aint she a beauty

believe it or not.. 3 hours before these pictures were taken.. it was pouring RAIN.. where else in the world does it rain and then by 2pm you can drive to the beach to enjoy a nice sun and surf?

2005 Accord Hybrid. I love this car and my 87 Jetta

my car is a Vauxhaul Vectra SRI 130.

It can be seen here:

http://www.cruise-cad.com/forums/index.php...&CODE=12&CID=17

This is my baby, a Porsche Cayenne Turbo '05.

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I drive a 2001 Nissan Sentra GXE. I am extremely happy for this is my first car I just got it yesterday. Got it used at a tidbit over 67,000 miles. The specs really aren't impressive at all though... 126hp/129ft.lbs of torque, 0-60 @ 9 secs. I'm gonna buy many different mods for it in the future.

Vauxhall Vectra
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Here is some shots i decided to take before I left for school. Its a bit dirty hasn't had a wash in a while.

















Yes i know the plates are still on it, but do i really care? no. anyone can get anyone else's plates by just walking onto the street.

Just bought myself a 1996 Toyota Celica SX (2.2L) in the last month. Just thought i'd share a few pics of her and i must say i love her very much

Car Specs:
- Year: 1996.
- Model: Celica SX 2.2L.
- Transmission: 4 Speed Automatic (Soon to be converted to manual).
- Colour: Teal (Greenish).
- Engine: 5SFE.
- Current Fastest Speed: 164km/h.


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Just dropped my car 50mm. Since the pictures its probably dropped another 10-15mm.



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dropped about another 10-15 mil again as im using it more to settle the springs in more

What springs are you using on it? And also I've been trying to find somewhere that sells your air intake, not that I can drive yet I'm just curious, where di you get yours from?

PI -50mm

I got it from Carazy Motor Sport
http://www.passionmotorsport.co.uk/soleairmenu.htm

mom: 320ci cabrio
dad: x5 3.0d
sister: x3 3.0d




as from may my car will arrive..

hopefully a Impreza WRX STI, or Lancer EVO 8 but probably again a BMW

this forum makes me feel poor. hahaha
I drive a '91 Acura Integra

edit: 290,000kms on it! Still runs great, might paint it this summer.

i now RIDE one of these Yamaha V-Star 650 Classic...just got it last week, damn nice bike!!

You have a nice BMW family there..

no pic..but i drive a '94 cavalier that just hit 196,000 miles on it. decent maintenance on it and it has almost always started for me each morning.

Cool, check out the BMW collection!

Do you have BMW mugs? Egg-cups?

awsome

Mine: 1998 Range Rover 4.6 HSE

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how's your 98 Rover holding up?

i've got the 4.0 model and it is truely a work of **** the problems that thing has is phenomenal.. every electrical thing in ****ed in that car, they can't repair it anymore.. honostly.. the only thing that works in it is the AC and the height adjuster.. thats it. sometimes the lights don't work, even though the bulbs are new. i hate that ****.

I absolutely LOVE my car. It sounds like the opposite of your. perfect condition, awsome sterio, amazing car all togeather. I'll get some more pics. But it only has about 60,000 miles. (I think, I'll check up on that later)
But hmm.. maybe you should try not driving it off cliffs, because thats certainly how you made it sound.

I'm doing it up in one of these. It's diesel and handles like a tank. I fit a shwack of people in it and I can drop the front end on it with my hydraulics. Oh yeah, it's also got an extending ramp on the front side and surprisingly it generates revenue for me with the adverts I have on the inside and out. Not much of a sound system and the mileage sucks bigtime but it sure hauls *ss when it gets going!


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^haha, you mean like in the movie speed?
that would suck.

traded in the '02 GTI for 1 of these Badboys
btw, it is an '04 R32. i think i should take a few more pictures of ...maybe...the exterior.

no way.. we got when it had 20k miles on it back in 2000. it was perfect then.. just last month it hit 100k thats about 17K miles a year. did regular service on time and little by little it just fell apart. our sunroof is off the railing on one side. the stereo is asking for the code, we put the right code in and it doesn't work, even though we left the ignition on for 90 minutes and even reset the battery a few times, its weak, sometimes the windows don't open, the keyless remote doesn't work sometimes.

i can go dig up the repair costs, but i don't have time for that.. there have been a few occasions where we payed over $2,000 in maintenance and other repairs.

we also had the shrub bars and rear light guards installed for $700 when we got it.. a few months later the rear guards fell off.. they were plastic and they used weak double sided tape to put them on.

before that rover we had another one, champagne color, but after a few days of driving it the air bag light came on.. they couldnt fix it and said we had to get another one.

and before that one.. we had a 1991 Range Rover and that thing was awesome! we drove it until 130K then it died all of the sudden.

That sucks. Maybe... I dont know. But I do know that mines still awsome and I still love it.
I was about to take some more pictures today but i never got around to it. Besides.. its dirty so I guess I'll wait until I get a carwash.

I got some more pics today.
Here yas gos:

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1.6l 16v corsa ye i know there not great but power to weight is pritty good
106bhp@6000RPM in a car weighing about a ton

took a few quick pics of mein r32




General Information
Year 2004
Manufacturer Volkswagen
Model Golf
Trim R32
Body Type Hatchback
Base MSRP $27,995 USD
Curb Weight 3,256 lbs.

Engine / Transmission
Type 3.2 Liter
Cylinders 6
Horsepower 241 @ 6250 RPM
Torque 236 @ 2800 RPM
Redline 7000 RPM
Drive Train Front Engine / AWD
Gear Type 6-Speed Manual

Performance
0-60 mph 5.8 sec
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¼ Mile 14.2 @ 97.8 mph
Top Speed 153 mph
Gas Mileage 19 MPG City / 26 MPG Highway

1998 Ford Contour (lil 4 banger)
1999 Mercury Mountaineer (big 5.0 V8 All Wheel Drive)

Nothing too exciting. I'll post pix later.