cheap to insure v8

[Wedg1e]

My TVR costs £110 a year f/comp insurance... but the 16mpg rather offsets that

 

[Gritineye]

Back in the 80s I had a Rover 10:5 comp V8 in a Series one LR, it had gas flowed heads with re-profiled (lager seat) valves, piper hump backed cam (quick open slow close), thicker Permatourqe head gaskets to lower the comp to 9.5 ish, Cloys roller timing chain and some other stuff I can't remember now. It had 3.5 diffs and an overdrive. Fastest I ever had it was 115 mph..slip streaming behind an Opel Senator.

I kept a petrol/mileage check over couple of weeks doing the same run to work, A & B roads and dual carriage way, 1st week I thrashed it mercilessly I got around 10 mpg, 2nd I drove it like a saint I got around 27 mpg, so a well set up V8 need not be too thirsty, just control your right foot!

And those days the ins company didn't load it, as they thought it was for agricultural towing use not speed!

 

[BrokenBiker]

hmmmm yeah I have been looking at some figures and a v8 and economy without it being a diesel or far to new for me to own isn't going to happen.

maybe a v6 with a decent set of pipes? any suggestions on a good v6 engine? my father has a 2.1 v6 in his jag and that flies when you kick down, and does around 28mpg on a run, which is only 2 less than my megane!

that said I was watching roadkill last night and they drove a '55 chevy gasser with 700bhp and managed 17mpg! although most of the time they were doing 8mph as it was raining and they were on drag slicks...lol

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Have you thought about a derv v8. Audi do a lovely one!

Dan

 

[BrokenBiker]

derv?

 

[the snooper]

derv?

diesel

 

[CRB]

Have you thought about a derv v8. Audi do a lovely one!

Dan

Just about to suggest VAG. Audi V8 1988, A8 D2.3.4 1994 to present.

 

[dan.taylor.1]

I want an a8 with the v8 diesel, love my a4 v6 diesel so the 8 can only be an improvement!

Dan

 

[daleyd]

Mk 1 Capri with the v4 engine. Fantastic noise with a loud pipe on Bit pricey to buy one in decent nick nowadays though

 

[BrokenBiker]

not a fan of the capri to be honest, trying to hard to look like a 944 imo.

I have been looking through youtube and quite like the audi v6's and v8's with straight through pipes, sound good and insurance is quite cheap, just not very cheap to buy a good one

 

[daleyd]

I was never a fan of mk2 and 3 but the mk1 is a great looking car in my opinion. The only problem is they are now of the age where they are getting hard to find and are going up in value.

There is a vid on you tube of the v4 engine, sounds great! A friend used to have a red one with that engine in and a loud pipe, it wasn't a fast car but it sounded awesome, right up until we hit a kerb and flipped it

 

[daleyd]

Alfa v6? they are generally cheap to buy, sound fantastic but the cars themselves can be a bit fragile.

 

[grim_d]

e38 BMW 740. cheap to buy, cheap to insure (about £300 @ 26y/o)

Lovely big car with all the toys, like driving a couch, just make sure you don't buy a dog.

I used to get 22mpg on the work commute which was mostly a roads. Possible to get almost 30mpg on a motorway run.

Feeling brave? Get a 750, v12.

 

[BrokenBiker]

e38 BMW 740. cheap to buy, cheap to insure (about £300 @ 26y/o)

Lovely big car with all the toys, like driving a couch, just make sure you don't buy a dog.

I used to get 22mpg on the work commute which was mostly a roads. Possible to get almost 30mpg on a motorway run.

Feeling brave? Get a 750, v12.

my missus father had a 728, straight 6 iirc, that had a custom exhaust on it and sounded awesome, shifted like a stabbed rat and according to the needle did 35mpg on a run and about 26 normally.

wouldn't mind one of those to be honest, lovely to drive, comfy to be in and looked like a bmw should, not like the stuff they produce now

 

[Robotstar5]

derv?

Acronym - Diesel Engined Road Vehicle

 

[CRS51]

I have a mk3 hilux with a lexus v8 in, drive like a hoon and you will get 15mpg - on a run 55mph it will return 24mpg.
V8 petrols and mpg do not go well together.

 

[Shox Dr]

Alfa v6? they are generally cheap to buy, sound fantastic but the cars themselves can be a bit fragile.

I leased a 156 v6 2.5, petrol/mileage records were kept over 3yrs, I never really gave it a moments mercy, and returned 24mpg average over the 3yrs. Best was 31mpg on a run down to Diss. never dropped below 22mpg on a tank.

Currently running a 1950 GMC 3.7 I6. Does about 20mpg. However a sticking float is dragging it down to 10ish

 

[daleyd]

I leased a 156 v6 2.5, petrol/mileafe records were kept over 3yrs, I never really had a moments mercy, and returned 24mpg average over the 3yrs. Best was 31mpg on a run down to Diss. never dropped below 22mpg on a tank.

Currently running a 1950 GMC 3.7 I6. Does about 20mpg. However a sticking float is dragging it down to 10ish

There is something about an Alfa, the v6 s always sound great.

I had a diesel 159 as a hire car in Turin for 4 weeks in 2007 and even though it was only a diesel it always felt special when you got in.

The wife had a giullietta until about a year ago, don't think I would actually own another though. The build quality and interior fit, finish was pretty shocking. (I might change my mind for a nice 159 v6 in red though )

 

[Shox Dr]

Definitely. I took the cat out of mine, gave it a beautiful growl. Very free revving engines. I will have a C4 when the price falls out of its 'arris

 

[Rig Pig]

Crossfires have dropped in price recently, nice meaty V6 to play with :-)