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Owning an E30 as a first car?

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  • 27-03-2017 9:45pm
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    Smithayy
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭


    About a year from now I'll be have my license so i'll finally get to buy a car. I've only been looking at e30s as they are by far my favorite car, as much as i'd love to own one I'm not sure that I'll be able to with insurance. E30s will be considered classic cars meaning i'd have to be 25 to own one. I was thinking the car could be insured under my dads name as a second car and I could be down as a named driver but to be honest I havn't a clue when it comes to insurance

    Anyway I just wanted to know is there any way of owning one or being able to use it as my daily driver or if anyone has experience with owning an e30 as a young driver
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    Supergurrier
    Registered Users Posts: 7,298 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Older cars are getting alot harder to insure these days, how old are you ?

    For example my 2001 Seat Leon 20v T is over 900 quid a year for me and im 33 no points full no claims etc etc


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    Smithayy
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Smithayy


    I'm 16 now, Ill be 17 a year from now


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    Smithayy
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Smithayy


    Thanks for the advice , I didn't realise that


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    I'd say that plan will be prohibitively expensive insurance wise OP. Best bet is to start with a small engined car.


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    Smithayy
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Smithayy


    Yea, I was thinking i'll just go for a golf van and then later on buy the e30 as a project car and do am m60 swap on it


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Smithayy wrote:
    Yea, I was thinking i'll just go for a golf van and then later on buy the e30 as a project car and do am m60 swap on it


    That could also be a bit tricky. Commercial and a large cc engine.


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    As much as youll hate the idea of, get a Corsa or something until you're 20 and have 2yrs NCB to work with.


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