Ew :) Diesel's are crap - the V6 is better. (just to drag this thread in yet another direction)
But the point (well, my point anyway) was that for a young person, the insurance on the VTR was going to be better than any of the other things listed.
I ran mums Triumph Acclaim :) The car control learning curve was steep, but i think it did me good. I.e. - In the wet, it didn't handle, and you never knew which end would break away first, it gave no clues and followed no patterns....
Rar :)