Z4
Insurace £220 fully comp, group 16.
S2000 £620 fully comp, group 20, much larger xs too.

Sometimes the wallet has to rule the head. Sadly.
( The Lone Groover has mal des nuts., Tue 28 Jan 2014, 16:48, 2 replies)

Jesus, that's a little stern
Is it prone to being nicked or something?
( pineapplecharm D d M Y, H:i, Tue 28 Jan 2014, 17:32, closed)

No, it's prone to fucking you up and leaving you in a hedge backwards
It really is a handful in the wet, because the power delivery is astonishingly abrupt and there's an LSD and no traction control.

I bloody loved it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 30 Jan 2014, 11:45, closed)

Could have .....
....something to do with me being old. Once I get to the "age" question with the S2000 the line goes rather silent, and polite coughing noises are made. The Z4 is still rather mainstream, hence the affordability.
( The Lone Groover has mal des nuts., Tue 28 Jan 2014, 17:54, closed)

But £620 is hardly a 'fuck off' price
And wouldn't age make you a lower risk? Or do you need catlike reactions to keep it on the road? Frankly, given the state of its suspension and brakes, I'm amazed insurers will issua a policy for an MGB driven by anyone less alert than Lewis Hamilton. This doesn't seem to bear out in the prices I hear, though. Mainly because they break down before they get up to ramming speed...

I hear you on the age thing though. Some cars are .. better suited to the more mature gent. I am not very young, and also quite tall, and have suffered many 'did it blow your hair off then?' jokes over the past year.
( pineapplecharm D d M Y, H:i, Tue 28 Jan 2014, 19:02, closed)

Being retired.......
..........is a major no-no. Swiftcover simply cancelled my insurance & told me to look elsewhere when they knew I'd retired. As for hair, what's that?
( The Lone Groover has mal des nuts., Wed 29 Jan 2014, 10:16, closed)

The classics one is really interesting
because you're spot on. My '72 B (in profile) was more terrifying at 70 then innumerable other new cars I've driven at 140. It could get sideways at about 10 mph with no difficulty and I had to disconnect the servo assist on the brakes because it actually made them better.

Yet it cost me £150 a year to insure. Go figure.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 30 Jan 2014, 11:48, closed)