Do you drive a hot/warm hatch and how old are you?

Do you drive a hot/warm hatch and how old are you?

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321boost

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69 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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As the title says, which hot or warm hatch do you drive and how old/young are you?

Montybaber

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61 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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FK8 type r, 40 in October, clearly not image conscious at all

LordHaveMurci

12,032 posts

168 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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I'm far too old to be driving my 172 Cup, do I care?

Nope hehe

Gulf310R

308 posts

57 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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Fiesta ST - age 42. driving

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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M140i / 46

haggishunter

1,315 posts

242 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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Focus ST - 38

CrutyRammers

13,735 posts

197 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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Fiesta ST - 45.

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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Swift Sport- 27

Saleen836

11,040 posts

208 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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Supercharged Mustang 50

Baldchap

7,473 posts

91 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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I'd imagine the days of hot hatches being affordable for kids are well behind us.

My nephew (17) got an insurance quote on mine and his quote was £5600. eek That's on top of the >£40k purchase price.

No wonder we're all old farts in this thread.

Rob197

781 posts

145 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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Clio 197, 31 this year

321boost

Original Poster:

1,253 posts

69 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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Baldchap said:
I'd imagine the days of hot hatches being affordable for kids are well behind us.

My nephew (17) got an insurance quote on mine and his quote was £5600. eek That's on top of the >£40k purchase price.

No wonder we're all old farts in this thread.
What would you consider “old” for a hot/warm hatch as compared to the past where younger people were driving hot hatches ?

TameRacingDriver

18,036 posts

271 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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Baldchap said:
I'd imagine the days of hot hatches being affordable for kids are well behind us.

My nephew (17) got an insurance quote on mine and his quote was £5600. eek That's on top of the >£40k purchase price.

No wonder we're all old farts in this thread.
It was unaffordable when I was 17 (1996). £5K for a Citroen Saxo VTS. 0-60 in circa 8 secs. I wouldn’t mind betting it’s easier for a young person to get a car as quick as one of those now than it was then (albeit, it wont be the range topper anymore).

Jerry Can

4,418 posts

222 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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TWINGO GT 133, 45 years old.

EDLT

15,421 posts

205 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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TameRacingDriver said:
Baldchap said:
I'd imagine the days of hot hatches being affordable for kids are well behind us.

My nephew (17) got an insurance quote on mine and his quote was £5600. eek That's on top of the >£40k purchase price.

No wonder we're all old farts in this thread.
It was unaffordable when I was 17 (1996). £5K for a Citroen Saxo VTS. 0-60 in circa 8 secs. I wouldn’t mind betting it’s easier for a young person to get a car as quick as one of those now than it was then (albeit, it wont be the range topper anymore).
Wasn't Citroen doing 1 year of free insurance at the time, did it apply to the VTS?

TameRacingDriver

18,036 posts

271 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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EDLT said:
Wasn't Citroen doing 1 year of free insurance at the time, did it apply to the VTS?
No only the VTR. I believe the lesser models were sometimes offered with 2 years.

Jasandjules

69,787 posts

228 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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Saleen836 said:
Supercharged Mustang 50
Is that a hot hatch?

Chestrockwell

2,619 posts

156 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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FK8 Type R, 25 years old

Edited by Chestrockwell on Sunday 14th July 17:09

snoopy25

1,857 posts

119 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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EDLT said:
TameRacingDriver said:
Baldchap said:
I'd imagine the days of hot hatches being affordable for kids are well behind us.

My nephew (17) got an insurance quote on mine and his quote was £5600. eek That's on top of the >£40k purchase price.

No wonder we're all old farts in this thread.
It was unaffordable when I was 17 (1996). £5K for a Citroen Saxo VTS. 0-60 in circa 8 secs. I wouldn’t mind betting it’s easier for a young person to get a car as quick as one of those now than it was then (albeit, it wont be the range topper anymore).
Wasn't Citroen doing 1 year of free insurance at the time, did it apply to the VTS?
In, 1999 i got 2 years free insurance when i bought my Saxo VTR although you had to be 21 and over to qualify and 25+(i think) to qualify for the Saxo VTS.

Bonus was that at the end of the 2 years Direct line i think it was, ended up giving me 65% no claims bonus for not having any claims hehe

Forgot to add with out the 2 years free insurance as a 21 year old the insurance would have been £1,900 for the year as i had 2 insurance claims against me at the time.

Funk

26,252 posts

208 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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Golf R, I'm 40.