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Civic VTEC insurance Cheaper then 16v

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:09 pm
by tobiasnugent
Insurance the faster car is cheaper ?

£1600 for VTEC

£1850 for 16v ?


WTF???

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:44 am
by NickD
Not a lot faster - 0.1 of a second difference to 60 iirc

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Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:20 am
by m@rk
NickD wrote:Not a lot faster - 0.1 of a second difference to 60 iirc
sounds nicer though.... :lol:

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:40 am
by nominous
16V's are probably crashed more than VT's.
There are more of them around and they are a cheaper car to buy.

It's much the same for when CRX insurance rocketted, once they became cheap enough that kids with fresh licenses could afford them all the premiums went upwards.

Now happening to tegs.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:08 am
by tobiasnugent
Just find it very strange :?

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:21 pm
by Rich4thGen
another plus for the vtec :wink:

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:32 pm
by tobiasnugent
Rich4thGen wrote:another plus for the vtec :wink:
out of price range ATM to much fuel/enitial purchase cost

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:08 pm
by 91civic_VT
Surely the fuel consumption can't be much different?

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:37 pm
by EE9 CVC
91civic_VT wrote:Surely the fuel consumption can't be much different?
I wouldn't think it, Mine gets on Average 31mpg, thats mostly stop start driving and not really trying to get good mpg either. On the motorway I get over 40mpg easily.

Can't see a 16v getting much better mpg than that.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:22 pm
by Rich4thGen
yeah, my mates 16v rex is better on fuel than my vtec civic. Think its cos i go over 5500rpm a bit too much. :lol: