GranSportFan are you here to stay.....

[conaero]

...or just a fleeting visit?

So what are your plans, are you still gunning for a GS Adam, and when?

Beau has been in a 3200 for a couple of years now and he is a young'n, 20 I think?

You have obviously looked at insurance, when do you think your age will bring it down?

Job, how's that going, and what are you doing?

 

[philw696]

Yeah its nice to have the young gun back on the forum. Personally I was wandering if Adam had cracked his best mates mum yet ? But its nice to see Matt asking the sensible questions did surprise me mate.

 

[Andyk]

Hahahahahahaha...Forgot about Adams best mate Mum..........Still no pictures Adam..?

 

[mjheathcote]

I would have thought the insurance to be virtually impossible, unless you pay a mortgage amount per month.
However a 10 year plus 4200/3200 on a classic policy if you are over 25 years old would be possible at reasonable cost maybe.

 

[philw696]

Beau do tell us how you insure your 3200 because my 22 year old pays a crazy amount for his Honda Civic Vtech.

 

[Parisien]

...........fess up Adam..........have you secretly bought a GS.....put it up on blocks.............waiting til your 25 and can put it on the road??!!




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[MAF260]

Beau do tell us how you insure your 3200 because my 22 year old pays a crazy amount for his Honda Civic Vtech.

I believe he insures it through a trade policy as he's a mechanic (I think!)

 

[Andyk]

Thats the way to do it then...

 

[2b1ask1]

I believe he insures it through a trade policy as he's a mechanic (I think!)

I think you are right Mark.

 

[philw696]

My motor trade insurer won't let my son drive on my policy anything tasty. I would think he is chancing his luck myself. I have had my existing policy for over 20 years and you might be so lucky making a claim involving super cars. Probably satisfies the law just about 3rd party.

 

[Parisien]

Yeah...insurance companies will null and void any dubious policies if not up front..........plus ruins your NCB for decades after....


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[CatmanV2]

FWIW Felice says he's the only person allowed to drive my 4200 on the company trade policy

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[GransportFan1]

Here to stay Matt, here to stay.

Plans........ realistically i want a GS before i i purchase a house, the plan is to buy one and live the dream for 12-18 months and then sell for something called a Mortgage ? i dont know what that is but i dont like the sound of it from what my dad was telling me. It would be a dream to have both but realistically 20k on a GS (i am not sure they will lose much more in the next 5 years) and a house deposit is in the region of 45k unless i look into these 10% deposit mortgages which i believe are floating around.

Touch-wood at 25 i will have 5 years NCB and would possibly look at a modern classic policy with classic line (i know a guy who is insuring a track prepared 1998 BMW 328 for £800 at 21) but i will cross that bridge when i come to it.

Job is going well, i have nearly completed my qualification, originally i was due to complete in Feb 2014 when my contract is finished but i am hopefully going to be completed by the end of October giving me that bit of time to job hunt. I am quite sure i will be kept on but i fancy a change so will see how things pan out.......


Phil, no i have not found my way into my friend's mum, unfortunately i don't see her that often as my friend is at University now so only see her when he is back from Uni.

A Gransport is still top of the tree along with 2 other cars i desperately want but owning a Maserati is something special; loved the Gransport ever since it came out, remember seeing a Blu Victory Coupe around 2006 and fell in love with it; stunning stunning car, just needs a Larini and de-cat

 

[Parisien]

Adam...nice to have you back in the fold.


Great to see a young man with both a plan and a passion, as ever its all down to blood, sweat and tears to achieve the things on your (sous-25 yrs old) bucket list.

Hoping it all comes good and enjoy the intervening years and the hunt

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[GransportFan1]

I always told myself i must own a fast or very special car before the "grown up" life begins, i.e; house, marriage, kids etc......

 

[Felonious Crud]

I always told myself i must own a fast or very special car before the "grown up" life begins, i.e; house, marriage, kids etc......

Before, during and after, Adam.

 

[BennyD]

I always told myself i must own a fast or very special car before the "grown up" life begins, i.e; house, marriage, kids etc......

The son of a friend did that, he got himself a 135i and had it chipped to stage one. Very quick and he loved it, but I think he now regrets the money he blew on it. His mortgage is a lot more than it would have been and he will spend a long time getting it back. They wisdom comes with age.......

 

[GransportFan1]

I would hopefully be able to run a GS for 12-18 months and hopefully not lose anything, maybe 1k. A 135i is a fairly new run of the mill car (i don't mean it is a bad car but it is not a special car like a Maser) so it will lose a substantial amount in its first 5 years of life.

 

[Parisien]

...the thing to look out for Adam...is a big bill or two.....can completely hamstring you...........so loosing £1k is the least of your worries


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[BennyD]

Exactly. I'll tell you now, a year of ownership of a GS will cost you more than 1k. Servicing, fuel, tax, insurance, and that's not allowing for any unforeseen problems. If one of those hits you, you are going to need a fairly big war chest. Forewarned is forearmed. Be very careful.