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so the wrx was what, 12-15% of its net value per year just to insure?
(i don't know what one costs) Mark Reda wrote: When I owned my WRX 3 years ago (27, single and a clean record), it was amongst the 10 ten stolen cars and I paid around $230/month (w/ a clean record). Probably due to the amount of people swapping engines into older imprezas, sounds similar to what happened years ago with the VR6 swaps into MK2's. Currently, my 03 Jetta 1.8T costs me about $175/month On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Dave <gtidave@xxxxxxxx> wrote:Don't forget insurance. Most VW's are silly expensive to insure. A 1996 Jetta is ok to insure, but newer Jetta's range from expensive to 'rape and pillage the bank account'. Take a look at <http://ibc.ca/en/Car_Insurance/Buying_a_New_Car/HCMU.asp> and download either the spreadsheet or PDF for details. I went through the spreadsheet eliminating any vehicle that included red or yellow. That left 46 vehicles that are "below average" to ensure. Obviously no VW's were left. As best as I can determine, it appears that the following are the least expensive vehicles to insure: 1996 Buick RoadMaster Wagon - What? The 3 left on the road have never been in an accident? Lord knows that nobody would steal one... 2004 Ford Econoline E350 SD Wagon EXT - The size of city block and enough seating for a crew of worm pickers and their worms... 2007 Buick/Chev/GMC Rainier/TrailBlazer/Envoy 4DR 2WD - now this is at least getting realistic, but who would want to own or drive one? I did this while waiting on hold with the insurance company, only to be told that they made a mistake and that it was too bad for me... <sigh> Dave On 2010-03-04, at 13:23, d8ve wrote: I think I've moved away from VW a bit because I was bored with what they were offering. I'm the same. I think I'll stop at the mk4. The mk5/6 really don't appeal to me at all. They're too big and heavy now. After living with the Subie for a while it's nice to have a car doesn't need to be wrenched on or develops a new leak once a month. Everything in the Forester still works. All the options are functional. This is how it's supposed to be. At the time I felt like Subaru wasn't afraid to take chances and offer a car that enthusiasts wanted (ie a rally car for the street). Yep, they not only gave us the WRX but also the STI. Meanwhile, VW won't bring an AWD Golf/Jetta to Canada....but offers it to the states. I don't get it. I'm quickly becoming indifferent to VW's offerings. I'll always enjoy the older models but have no interest in maintaining them for daily driving. I drove it in summer (it had winter tires on) and I was sold. I paid $2000 more than the 01 Golf 4-Door 1.8T I was looking at but I got soooo much more with the WRX. How do you find the 'feedback' with the WRX? This is really the only thing keeping me in german cars. I haven't found a Japanese brand with the same driving 'feel' yet. They're almost there, but not quite. -- d8ve 00Golf2.0 - 01Forester2.5 - 03Monster800-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This is an automated post from the list@xxxxxxxx mailing list. To stop receiving this list, send an email to "majordomo@xxxxxxxx" with the words "unsubscribe vwot" in the message body. For more about the VolksWagens Of Toronto group, visit http://www.vwot.org/community List Archives available at http://list.vwot.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- |