I dodged a bullet when looking for my first car...the car lot up the road had a rotten as a pear Mk1 3000 GXL? in that seductive green with a black vinyl roof, goodness knows what that was covering up. I had the foresight to check out the insurance for a 17 year old (me, not the car) before parting with my pocket money. I ended up with an Imp which cost the same to insure as it did to buy - £50
