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

[321boost]

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

[Montybaber]

FK8 type r, 40 in October, clearly not image conscious at all

[LordHaveMurci]

I'm far too old to be driving my 172 Cup, do I care?

Nope

[Gulf310R]

Fiesta ST - age 42.

[anonymous-user]

M140i / 46

[haggishunter]

Focus ST - 38

[CrutyRammers]

Fiesta ST - 45.

[anonymous-user]

Swift Sport- 27

[Saleen836]

Supercharged Mustang 50

[Baldchap]

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. That's on top of the >£40k purchase price.

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

[Rob197]

Clio 197, 31 this year

[321boost]

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. 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]

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. 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]

TWINGO GT 133, 45 years old.

[EDLT]

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. 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]

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]

Saleen836 said:

Supercharged Mustang 50

Is that a hot hatch?

[Chestrockwell]

FK8 Type R, 25 years old

Edited by Chestrockwell on Sunday 14th July 17:09

[snoopy25]

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. 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

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]

Golf R, I'm 40.