1st Car for the kids
Discussion
Decky_Q said:
Most people think of the smallest car they can for first car, but the risk is the one behind the wheel not really the car. As long as it's not a performance car it will make a difference of a hundred quid on a £3k insurance policy, so just get the best car you can.
I wouldn't be putting my child in an aygo c1 or any of those tiny city cars because I've seen plenty in the scrap yards completely mangled. Get as new as possible and a reasonable size imo.
Disagree. One of my daughters ran a C1 for 8 years and did moon mileage (my brother bought it off her and still uses it) and the other a Pug 107 so same as the C1.I wouldn't be putting my child in an aygo c1 or any of those tiny city cars because I've seen plenty in the scrap yards completely mangled. Get as new as possible and a reasonable size imo.
They both survived to tell the tale and the tax and insurance were substantially cheaper than most other cars they looked at.
I'd go for reliability over anything as daughters stuck on the roadside or on the slow lane of the M25 are more a risk than a head on and at least you can sleep at night knowing they will get home. Both of these had the Toyota lump and haven't put a foot wrong.
georgeyboy12345 said:
Renault Clio Campus
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208188...
Toyota Yaris 1.0 VVT-i
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208239...
Suzuki Swift 1.3 GL
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208098...
Swift is tempting although would it be good for long drives ?https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208188...
Toyota Yaris 1.0 VVT-i
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208239...
Suzuki Swift 1.3 GL
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208098...
Downward said:
ZX10R NIN said:
Downward said:
Ok
Dunno if this sounds right ?
Manual
Hatchback
£1500 ?
Not sure what Insurance is like ? Is it best to put the Parent as Main Driver and Child as named whilst learning ?
Have your child as the main driver, with you & you wife as named drivers. Dunno if this sounds right ?
Manual
Hatchback
£1500 ?
Not sure what Insurance is like ? Is it best to put the Parent as Main Driver and Child as named whilst learning ?
Cars that aren't so popular are sometimes cheaper than the regular options, take a look at these & see what the numbers come out like.
Vauxhall Astra 1.4:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208078...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202110208...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206086...
Alfa Mito Veloce:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208239...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208138...
Kia Rio Strike:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208229...
Ceed Strike:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208208...
VW Beetle:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202207157...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208118...
My approach was to buy my kids base spec cars. No buttons on the wheel to fiddle with, or touch screen features to distract them from the potential accident awaiting them outside.
Typically done Polo and Golfs which are pleasant to drive, and with a bit of metal around them if the worst happens.
Typically done Polo and Golfs which are pleasant to drive, and with a bit of metal around them if the worst happens.
Resurrecting this thread, I'm still searching for a learner car for the lad. Been through the Fiesta/i20/Polo/C30 lists daily but beginning to wonder about a Focus. Bit bigger, but when I learnt it was said "learn in a big car then a little one won't frighten you", and they seem cheaper than a Fiesta of similar age/spec.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
Sometimes the larger more boring family wagons are cheaper to insure then the typical small young person car.
When I was 19, it was cheaper to be insure myself of my mum's honda CRV then it was on a golf/astra. When you're looking at cheapish cars, often worth spending slightly more which can be offset by the savings on insurance
When I was 19, it was cheaper to be insure myself of my mum's honda CRV then it was on a golf/astra. When you're looking at cheapish cars, often worth spending slightly more which can be offset by the savings on insurance
Familymad said:
Curved ball but both our 18 and 17yr olds have a Defender 90 each. Bought ratty and tinkered them to health. £68.20 on NFU with 350 excess. I expected it to be more I have to say!
Very interested in this. I couldn’t get NFU to consider a new driver on a 2002 Defender 110 hardtop unless it was part of a wider farm or business policy. Did you extend a business policy?Gassing Station | Car Buying | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff