First car!

[Slow]

stormy22 said:

Sadly, buying a first car isn't really fun anymore. Mine was a 1600 Capri back in 1991 when I was 17...my insurance was....I forget, but not ridiculous, but petrol was 49p per litre and I had a good job.

I bought my car when I was 16, ready for passing my test but like I said, there is no fun in buying a first car anymore. You MUST be sensible.
Unless you have rich, generous parents or a good job, it will be expensive as in the insurance probably twice or even 3 times more than the car costs.

A 1 litre, Nissan Micra, Pug 106, VW Polo, that sort of thing is the sensible route...ok, dull and unexciting but the best route to tempt you out of high speeds and then get that 1st years NCB (NCD) out of the way.

If your willing to pay £2000 you can get 328/528/728 at 17.

Brother just passed test and insured a 1.8l tddi focus for £1300, at 17 with parents on as named drivers.

[vxr1]

Get a Corsa. I had a 1.2 Corsa (09 Reg) for my first car - Slow but reliable and easy to drive.
Depends on your budget.

[Sten J]

martin mrt said:

Norbury90 said:

You will probably crash your first car into a hedge by trying to be a hero so don't waste money on something quick in order to crash at a higher speed... get something cheap.

Why does everyone say this?

Lad I worked with, and I'm now best if friends with had a Golf R32 as a first car in 07 and went on to have an Impreza STi hatch, E92 M3, Mk2 FRS and Evo Fq360, none of which he crashed.

To be fair, he said probably, not definitely. Clearly not every single new driver crashes, but statistically it's pretty likely to happen.