Hi. I've been wanting to get an RX-8 for years now and have been browsing this forum for a while. I have found a good deal on an 05 RX-8 in winning blue. I also just talked to my insurance company.... it will cost about $400/month to insure this bad boy I live in the Grater Vacouver region, have been driving for 4 years, 1 ticket and was recently in an accident that I am not at fault for. I knew I would be paying more than for my 04 Sunfire but didn't realize it'd be this much.

Well, I'm done my whining. Good day.

 

wow. that's ridiculous $ for insurance. and i thought NJ was bad!!

 

$400 a month!?? oh jeezz. no way dude, wtf is that!? change your insurance company.

 

call different insurance companies.
how old are you?

 

try to see about shopping around and see who has the cheapest.

 

Yea way tooo much $$. I have been looking to buy one as well and geico quoted me 180/month. This is in mid- michigan, with 2 tickets (both over 3 years ago), oh and i am 20 yrs old.


Id agree with the others.... check out some other insurance companies.

 

I am going to do some shopping around. I'm 20 years old but still $400/month is so bogus.

 

wow I pay that much for my monthly car payment

 

He can't change his insurance company in BC. It's government run over there.

I pay around $1100 per year for my car. What a difference!

 

Guys, in B.C., the only and best price you can get is ICBC... You can go through different brokers, but you get the same basic price.. It's kind of like a monopoly. You guys down south have a few more choices

I'm in Surrey, Matt! I pay about $5K a year for insurance, but its worth it to me!

The car's awesome.

 

Does it have something to do with it being rwd and terrible in the snow?

 

$5 k a year!! wtf guys!!?? you all are crazy!!

 

Yeah, I'm 22, with one at-fault accident, only at a 20% surplus...

I pay the same for this as I did my G-6 sedan (previous car).

It's just the ICBC **** rape plan.

 

I can't afford to pay 1/4 of the price of the car for 1 year of insurance.

 

omg. that's ridiculous.

 

Keep in mind, I've got a pretty decent paying job, and my RX-8 brand new was $51,000 :P

So, yeah, I pay 1/10 the invoice value every year on insurance.

Retarded.

 

wow makes me feel better about my bills! 51 grand is a lot!

 

I'd rather use the $5k/yr to live somewhere better than Surrey....

 

That's to much
I pay a little over 500/6mo. full coverage with all the goodies
But I am 29 with a clean sheet.

The ticket and the accident may hold you back no matter where you look for Ins.

Nonetheless, good luck

 

I just got a quote for 600/yr. I guess that's what happens when you are over 50.

 

My god....Canada does suck (well as far as car insurance)

 

You have to remember this is in Canadian currency... although it is still a rape job!!!!

 

Alberta is pretty bad for insurance too... I'm paying 450 a month for the 09 R3 I'm picking up tomorrow. I'm 20 too, hopefully It goes down a bit when I turn 21

 

Now I can't wait til I'm 50

 

When I found my rx8, first thing I did was called up a insurance agent and got a quote. I was 23, had two tickets (One was speeding and one for missing a red light) I only got my US license about a year ago. Prior to that I had a international license as I am from India. First quote I got was about $3200 for 6 months, but I wanted the rx8 so bad, i tried at-least 15-20 different agents and guess what in a span of 1 week, I got a deal for $460 for 6 months with a deductible of 500. So dont give up yet. There is always someone who will give you a good deal, it is a matter of patience and some persistence. Good luck.