Thinking About A Glanza

[corollasr]

hey all,

once i come abck from canada i'm gonna be looking for soemthing new. dont really want muhc of a hike in insraunce from the rolla so was thinking of the most recent starlet/glanza turbo

just wondering what sorta perforamnce you get, insurance group, good points/bad points and all such info

cheers

ed

[Firthy]

Not had a turbo but i was really happy with my starlet and if joe's corolla hadnt have come along i would have turbo'd it....but if i were you id go for a glanza and after seeing some down at pod on sunday i have fallen in love with them even more they are awsome!!!

Think they are 130-140bhp standard (correct me if im wrong)

And they go like !Removed! of a shovell (sp?)!!!

Think the insurance is a bit steap with them being imports though...well it was for me, but depends on your circumstances i guess im sure one of the glanza owners will sort you out with some hard facts...but go for it

[Yarisboy]

yes very quick, basic little movers

you'll be in for a shock insurance wise though :)

[corollasr]

from what i've seen theyre group 10/11

[Scottish_SR]

Well your Corolla is a group 9 anyway ed!

[Yarisboy]

Well if you can get one insured at group 10/11 then my hat goes off to you, every insurance company i spoke to rated it as group 17/18 :(

[Scottish_SR]

Well if you can get one insured at group 10/11 then my hat goes off to you, every insurance company i spoke to rated it as group 17/18 :(

Surely not!!??

Are tubby's not around that group??

[Firthy]

I cant see them being group 10-11 because they are an import for starters and they are turbo'd....but if they are then respect and il go cry in a corner!!!

[starletsy]

Yep about right there is no group for these cars read the topic pinned above on insurance ring round and get some quotes they aint cheap at all.

They are very quick and quite easy to tune but parts are expensive, very expensive. To give you some idea have a look on the fensport site.

Getting one now is becoming harder and harder as there has been no modle report done for the cars after 96 and the 96's ones need to be bog standard to get through the SVA.

Any more questions?

Simon

[corollasr]

ummmmmm. wil anyoe cover me at 19 on one?

ed

[scutch0]

if they'll insure a 19 year old on one at a reasonable price i'll start saving today!!

i got caned with £1450 for my 1.3i last year!!!

completely standard you understand, (cough)

Rich.

[starletsy]

I had to wait till i was 21

[Yarisboy]

you'll have to fork up around £3000, maybe less if you have a couple years ncb

they were the kind of prices i was getting when i enquired

[corollasr]

may either do it TPFT or on parents insurance for a year or two though. plus i'll take pass plus

ed

[Scottish_SR]

I got told I could only take pass plus within the first year of driving.

[jechto]

yeah thats true, and if you take it and pass it - you only got something like 30 days to send off your certificate other wise it becomes invalid and you loose your money :hokus-pokus:

[scutch0]

i already had my pass plus, and i'd been driving over a year an i still had to pay £1450!!

what a ferkin jip!!

Rich

[streetracer_starlet]

I recieved a quote of £1616 TPFT if i put the turbo engine in my starlet cd !!! Obviously the engine being standard :P Thats with NO ncb,a years experiance,pass plus and a cat1. Just you wait till feburary (insurance is up)

[XR4x4Tony]

Hi

I'm also 19 and i have been quoted £1500 on a glanza, it took them a while to

come back to me with a quote though as it wasn't on their systems. That quote

was with Chris Knott insurance being 19 with 1 NCB and pass plus under my belt,

it is certainly higher than group 14 as my XR4x4 2.9 V6 was group 14 and that only cost £1000 to insure. So i bet your lookin at about group 17/18 easy. Thats why i'm gonna wait till i'm 20 and then get one.

Does anybody know any 1/4 mile times for them???

Tony

[whitestarlet]

my mate done 15.2 the other day there!

[Rubix_cube]

So i bet your lookin at about group 17/18 easy.

Well they sure as hell aint group 17/18 bud. I found insurance for a similar amount that I was paying for an RT Clio (1.4). Insurance varies due to it being an Import and no one having a clue what the hell they are.