I have always liked Felicia Fun's... I remember seeing them in showrooms and begging my mum to get one but she didn't. Anyway, I am shortly looking to change my car and thought I'd get a fun. That was until I ran it through an insurance comparison website. I assume it is because its a commercial vehicle but they wanted £2000 to insure me on the Fun!! For comparison I can insure my Punto Sporting for £750 or even a 200bhp 1997 Rover Vitesse for £1400.

Is there anyway around this considering the fact that I will never use it commercially and it will be my pleasure car only? I won't even be commuting in it!!

Thanks.

I don't think there's any getting round the fact it's derived from the pickup, but here's a couple of recent-ish threads which might help:

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/180908-felcia-fun-insurance/

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/136429-fun-insurance/

For some reason Felicias seem to be relatively expensive to insure - a year's fully-comp on my £500 12-year-old 1.6 only costs me about £5 less that it did for my £1000 8-year-old 1.8 Mondeo :(

Brilliant, thanks.

Seems a shame that I can now own one of these and it ticks all my boxes but insurance is so crazy!!

I insured mine through Adrian Flux in the end - they don't do an online quote, but, phone up cos its worth it!

My Fun is pretty modified (16s, lowered, stainless system etc....) and I had a bump about a year ago. 3 years NCD. Its insured fully comp with everything (other car cover, key cover, audio equipment cover etc...) for approx £700 a year. That includes a premium to pay monthly.

And I'm 26 so not too old...

Hope that helps!

I did a quote for 1 a while ago, and was surprised the quote was LESS than i'm currently paying on my Citroen Xsara

When i got mine 6 years ago, i remember it being just top side of £300, which was over a ton more than the Favorit i was running. You could always try and get it on a classic insurance, being that they are getting rare. There is a company that advertise on the back of Practical classics mag called Lancaster. try them

I'll give em a go. I love them but I find the engines a bit boring.

How much potential is there for engine transplants?

How much potential is there for engine transplants?

Plenty: http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/107541-felicia-1-4-16v-engine-transplant/