MythSte Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Im coming up to my 17th, and with luck, i should be driving soon. And thus comes my first issue. I have an NC810. I have a budget of about 800 quid. insurance is a BIG issue. ill be working weekends due to college, so about 120 quid a month absaloute tops. and yeah! So far, i think a Ford Escort Estate would do the trick. but ideally id like something a touch smaller. What have you managed to squeeze a big amp into?! thanks guys! Ste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3792"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3792[/url] Might be of some use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumbo Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 I know a guy that has a 2x15 ashdown cab, which is in an 8x10 casing. He manages to lay the 2x15 across the back seats of his Corsa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MythSte Posted August 20, 2007 Author Share Posted August 20, 2007 Well actually! now you come to mention it, we did get a 2x15 PA cab in the back of our guitarists corsa once. But im sure it was shallower and not as wide. and some rather interesting angles where required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hit&Run Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 i used to get a peavey 8x10 in the back of a 1982 (Y reg) mk1 Ford Fiesta. I had to put the driver's seat forward a little too much though. I was only 17... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_the_bass Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 escort van estates are good cos most of them don't have a lip on the edge of the boot so you can slide stuff like big cabs straight in and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Thought Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 +1 for estates. I've had two Astra estates which I was very pleased with and would quite cheerfully buy another. I was in a similar situation, trying to find a decent car for not much money, earlier in the year, and down this way I had a hell of a job tracking one down. Would have liked an estate but none to be had. Eventually ended up with a Toyota Corolla hatch, not what I was after but works well. Mondeo estates are enormous and can be got sub-1000 now if you're lucky, as are Peugeot 405's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_the_bass Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 if you're only 17 you will go into insurance meltdown, regardless of what you buy, but if you got your folks to sub you for a new amp, you should be alright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Try to steer clear of vans as the insurance will be alot higher...... Estates are a good option, but do some research with an insurer as to what will be affordable before you lok at specifics. (old style) Rover 414 estates are pretty cheap too, but how much they cost to run is unknown to me..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-bitch Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 It'll fit in a black cab - unless you'll be gigging with it twice a week or more then I'd suggest you don't bother getting a car. You'll spend £800 on a car that will need regular work done on it unless you are very lucky - even then £200 over one year would be a conservative estimate for an old car. Then you will have spend £1K+ on insurance, then you will have to tax it and put petrol in (call it £1k over the year). That's c.£3K a year or £58 a week so if you ain't gigging regularly then getting taxi's and buying the odd pint/curry for the designated band driver will pale into insignificance - then you can save a little, spend a little and by the time you feel that you really want (it's never need is it ) a car to pootle around in (about 21 normally when you get a girlfriend who lives miles away so your car = getting your oats) then insurance will be a good bit cheaper and you might even be earning more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Yeah, to be fair, 17 and with a learners licence, good look trying to get a decent quote. I got my first car about a month ago (2.5 years on motorbikes with a full licence though), and am a learner driver. Quotes for when I was 19 were around £1500ish on a 1.4 60bhp P Reg Astra hatchback third party fire and theft, which is as slow as anything considering my general day to day is a 650cc motorbike which does 0-60 in 4.5ish seconds. Once I hit 20 (which was about 2 weeks after I bought the car, I hadn't insured it yet), the quotes literally dropped by £300-400 across the board with all the major insurance companies. Ended up going with Quinn-Direct (an Irish company) for a shade under £840 TPFT. I'd suggest getting added onto your parents insurance (and pay the difference) because it'll be a damn sight cheaper than running and paying for your own car, although the downside is that you won't have your own no claims, but that'll be offset a bit if you pass your licence and have a year or two on it by the time you get your own car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-bitch Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Good points from Buzz - if you can pay all costs to parents and reassure them that you will not drive like a tit (and f***ing mean it - a car is a lethal weapon when young adults start behaving like kids), then you'll save a fortune but still get the driving experience. Also look into the pass plus thing to get that first year premium down whenever you do sort it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Citroen Xantia - can take all forms of bass gear and the suspension can cope too because it will automatically raise to compensate for the weight in the car. You can also drop it right down for taking out the said heavy bass gear. I got mine for £600 and it is great. The non turbo version will be cheap to insure too. I am also with Buzz on this one - that is the way forward for the first couple of years. Don't bother with the direct line claim of building up a no claims as a named driver, because it turned out to be bollocks - some little loophole meant you don't qualify unless you spend more with them or some such useless, and in hindsight, fully predictable tosh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy67 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 my 2000 vectra has no probs taking a full size 810 cab...its a hatch, back seats go down giving it masses of room in the back...British car fairly cheap to insure...I'm forty, just blew my no claims and it cost me £400 fully comp this year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbloke Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 [url="http://www.wisebuyers.co.uk/index.jsp?guide=guides&page=car_insurance&id=18&group=1&x=12&y=5"]Group 1 Insurance[/url] [url="http://www.wisebuyers.co.uk/index.jsp?guide=guides&page=car_insurance&id=18&group=2&x=20&y=1"]Group 2 Insurance[/url] Stick with cars on the above lists and you'll keep costs down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 If you can afford one of those in the first place though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MythSte Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 Fully understand what a lot of you are saying. and thanks for your input so far! What i didnt make clear though, is that we do have a band van. But it would just be a bonus if i had the option to move my amp around on my own should i need too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugden Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Well in that case I would save your self a tone of money and not bother getting a car under your own insurance paying to run a car and insuring it taxing it andgetting it an MOT for £120 quid a month is almost impossible. Especialy if its main aim is to move gear around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobius Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 I used to fit a 1x15 and a 4x10 on the backseat of my corsa with room to spare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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