16v VWs have higher insurance premiums b/c of their performance potential and the additional cost for replacement parts. From what I can tell, any vehicle that isn't main stream is subject to some sort of an additional premium since the part.
--- R Blake <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't understand why the 16v would have a higher insurance > premium than > the other cars on this thread. They all seem to be in the same > category as > far as an insurance company would be concerned. Besides, anything > with "GT" > "X" or "R" in the model name is a insurance markup I would think. > The other > cars mentioned are good choices but why not just get another GTi? > I don't > think insurance will be much different. There is already talk > about > swapping motors, how about a bare bones Rabbit, Golf or Jetta and > drop a 16v > in it. ===== Matthew Yip http://www.geocities.com/mgyip/ '81 Rabbit diesel - '87 GTi 16v "General Li" - '88 M5 - '99 F350 psd __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
