First Car

[Dubs10]

Hey, i just need a few ideas for a first car. I not really after anything special just sumthing that fairly cheap and its going to get me from A to B, cause im 17.
I've been looking at vw polo, fiestas. Along them lines....
Many thanks.
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[Shaw Tarse]

How much can we spend?

[Save Ferris]

What kind of budget have you got? Are talking hundreds or thousands?

[Dubs10]

Welll i wud say maybe £1000 is my limit maybe. Dont forget its me paying for it not my rents haha.
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[Dracoro]

Since you're 17, your biggest cost will be insurance.

Check out which cars are cheapest to insure, from that take a list and then go from there to ascertain which is best.

There are plenty of good (and bad) small cars, some will be cheap to insure, some won't despite them all being similar.

I would suspect something like a Micra would be cheap to insure, cheap to run and reliable.

[Jonny671]

Your looking in the right areas.. Go on Autotrader website, type in your budget and choose hatchback or the like, you'll find some things that you wouldn't normally think of.

Please insure it properly though, I've got my brother (17) telling me that I've been insuring my car wrongly and that I should have been froting, silly boy

[Leicesterdave]

Costs for insurance for 17 year olds are huge- i'd get the cheapest reliable jap car you can find.

[Dubs10]

Yeah i think thats what has been my biggest issue, the insurance. Down to the fact i am 17 and first time driver.

My bf looked at a fiesta other night for me and the insurance with just me on there was up to £3000 and NO way am i paying that. Its pretty stupid lol. But then it went down with his name on it.

So wud it be wise to have him on the insurance aswell, or just find a cheaper car with just me on it.

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[Shaw Tarse]

One advantage Dubs10 has re insurance is she's a female

[Leicesterdave]

Shaw Tarse said:

One advantage Dubs10 has re insurance is she's a female

It will help. A bit.

[Jonny671]

Think of it for the insurers..

Mostly commonly crashed cars at this age;

Corsa
Fiesta
Saxo
Punto

So they put insurance up on them.. Try and think outside of those vehicles

[Dubs10]

what the fact that im female will help haha.
Hows that then?

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[Dubs10]

VW?? maybe.

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[Jag-D]

Fiat Seciento/Cinquitento

[dylan0451]

Dubs10 said:

what the fact that im female will help haha.
Hows that then?

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women are safer drivers and have less accidents than men, hence their premiums are lower!

1980/1990's fiat panda 4x4

lancia y10

fiat uno? NOT the turbo one, same goes for the y10

[Shaw Tarse]

Dubs10 said:

what the fact that im female will help haha.
Hows that then?

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Females are generally considered lower risk by insurance companies.
At some point you will be asked to post a pic of yourself. (not by insurance co)
As Jonny points out it may be worth considering other/more unusual cars.

[Dubs10]

i would love to say yeeah i know what cars you lot are going on about. Will check them out. I just want to hurry and get driving it would make my life so much easier.

So my insurance will be lower cause i am female, and a lower risk haha. love it lol.

Is there anything in particular that i shud look at when finding a car, the mpg?.

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[Shaw Tarse]

dylan0451 said:

Dubs10 said:

what the fact that im female will help haha.
Hows that then?

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women are safer drivers and have less accidents than men, hence their premiums are lower!

Really?

[Jonny671]

Dubs10 said:

i would love to say yeeah i know what cars you lot are going on about. Will check them out. I just want to hurry and get driving it would make my life so much easier.

So my insurance will be lower cause i am female, and a lower risk haha. love it lol.

Is there anything in particular that i shud look at when finding a car, the mpg?.

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Well as a first car, you'll be looking for something with not a massive engine size, and so MPG shouldn't be too bad for you.. I'd look at things that won't go wrong all the time (This isn't always easy to tell though, hey!).

A first car can be a banger, until the next year, when you've saved up and have some No Claims Bonus, then you can get something better, and so on

[anonymous-user]

Fiesta. Cheap to buy, nice to drive and hardly ever go wrong.

Dont use comparison websites for insurance at your age. Go direct to the comapanies: Direct line, churchil and tesco have all been fantastic for me (I'm 20)