Different engine on log book

bennyboy2606 · 2 Apr 2009 at 20:34

Hey,

I'm in the process of buying my first car, and looking for a cheap insurance car. I have found a couple of examples whereby the descriptions read for example:

"the car started life as a 1.1 sx and has now had a vtr turbo engine put in it so its cheap tax insurance ,up to new owner to change"

Can anybody explain to me what this actually means please?

Is it a total engine swap, and what are the implications of not changing this on the log books when it comes to insurance companies.

Thanks guys
Ben

bennyboy2606 · 2 Apr 2009 at 20:39

Okay thanks guys

I was looking in the region of a 1.3-1.4 can anyone suggest any cars that aren't too pricey on insurance?

bennyboy2606 · 2 Apr 2009 at 20:52

Anything up to £1500 I'd say. Thats all I can get together, Not a lot I know

bennyboy2606 · 2 Apr 2009 at 21:21

slinxy said:
get a corsa sxi, cheap to run and insure. Dead easy to drive and has some street gread. Stick with gm or if you can a jap car, french and german cars in your price range will most likely need a bit of work and will be expensive.

Whats your credit rating like? As you can bag some right good deals on new saxos at the moment, but you don't really want a band new car as your first car.

Credit at 17?