Right give me some 1.0L I can insure for my 17 year old lad.
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17yr old male, London postcode, license held for a few months, £2100 on a 1.0 Corsa. Bloody good considering. I made this thread a while back explaining how I got it that low;
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t...
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t...
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
kamilb1998 said:
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Or, nearly as ridiculous as the tractor...
A Reliant 3 wheeler?
I bought one, one winter, because I used to ride bikes all year round, and then one winter got fed up with the cold. Hadn't passed my car test though, but you can drive a Reliant on a bike license.
My round trip to work was 90 miles a day which it did quite happily. It also did some long trips up North without complaint.
It was unbelievably cheap to run, and was pennies to insure.
It was so basic, that a bit of attention with a few rudimentary spanners was more than enough to keep in running in good health. Nothing ever went wrong or broke, and tyres seemed to never wear out.
Your feet go down one side of the engine / box, so it had loads of leg room even for me (6' 2")
Fibreglass bodywork = no rust = flew through MOT's each year.
Not as unstable as people make out - as with a lot of vehicles, it's how you drive them that matters.
And the best thing for me - much to the annoyance of my 'Mini' owning mates, it had a similar 850cc engine as their cars, with similar power, but being much lighter was actually faster than their Mini's!! Ok, not Mini agile round corners, but on straighter roads I used to just bugger off!
What's not to like???
I was actually considering a Reliant three-wheeler for when I'm 17, to get my NCB up before moving to the Jag. But Mum has decided they're dangerous and I wouldn't be allowed one. A Reliant 3 wheeler?
I bought one, one winter, because I used to ride bikes all year round, and then one winter got fed up with the cold. Hadn't passed my car test though, but you can drive a Reliant on a bike license.
My round trip to work was 90 miles a day which it did quite happily. It also did some long trips up North without complaint.
It was unbelievably cheap to run, and was pennies to insure.
It was so basic, that a bit of attention with a few rudimentary spanners was more than enough to keep in running in good health. Nothing ever went wrong or broke, and tyres seemed to never wear out.
Your feet go down one side of the engine / box, so it had loads of leg room even for me (6' 2")
Fibreglass bodywork = no rust = flew through MOT's each year.
Not as unstable as people make out - as with a lot of vehicles, it's how you drive them that matters.
And the best thing for me - much to the annoyance of my 'Mini' owning mates, it had a similar 850cc engine as their cars, with similar power, but being much lighter was actually faster than their Mini's!! Ok, not Mini agile round corners, but on straighter roads I used to just bugger off!
What's not to like???
I never crashed it, but I did get it up on two wheels once or twice by driving like a tw@t - but it just dropped down again and it was a fairly simple job to re-fibreglass the corners
I never rolled it onto it's side or right over.It's built on a pretty sturdy A-frame chassis with steel outriggers - so I don't think it's as dangerous as people think. Ok yes, 80 mph head on into a wall / lorry might not see survival, but as I said, it's how you drive them.
If you drive it a bit carefully and with respect to the road, I think you'll be fine and as you say, a great way to build up no claims.
I rellly did have the MOST FUN in mine without any mishaps - and my Mum was like yours - luckily to her it was way preferable to me riding a bike, so she was ok with it! I then built up 3 years no claims in it, passed my full car test, and then had reasonable insurance in a full 4 wheeler after.
The only other thing I was a bit scared off was p1ss taking - but you know what? My mates all loved it and thought it was hilarious, and as I said in my post before, it was faster than their Minis too - so eventually they all wanted to come out in it!
I think you should go back and persuade your Mum again...
I currently do around 200 miles/month on a Sinclair C5 and she doesn't mind that so what makes her think a Reliant three-wheeler would be unsafe, I really don't know. The school I go to doesn't take the piss out of the Sinclair so doubt they would out of a Reliant three-wheeler.
sawman said:
There was a thread on here last week about a young chap who had got a spitfire to learn in, iirc the insurance was pretty reasonable
Hello there! 
yep, less than a Derv Fiat Panda... however, does require some effort, compared to a modern car... however, if you like getting your hands dirty...
kamilb1998 said:
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
kamilb1998 said:
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Or, nearly as ridiculous as the tractor...
A Reliant 3 wheeler?
I bought one, one winter, because I used to ride bikes all year round, and then one winter got fed up with the cold. Hadn't passed my car test though, but you can drive a Reliant on a bike license.
My round trip to work was 90 miles a day which it did quite happily. It also did some long trips up North without complaint.
It was unbelievably cheap to run, and was pennies to insure.
It was so basic, that a bit of attention with a few rudimentary spanners was more than enough to keep in running in good health. Nothing ever went wrong or broke, and tyres seemed to never wear out.
Your feet go down one side of the engine / box, so it had loads of leg room even for me (6' 2")
Fibreglass bodywork = no rust = flew through MOT's each year.
Not as unstable as people make out - as with a lot of vehicles, it's how you drive them that matters.
And the best thing for me - much to the annoyance of my 'Mini' owning mates, it had a similar 850cc engine as their cars, with similar power, but being much lighter was actually faster than their Mini's!! Ok, not Mini agile round corners, but on straighter roads I used to just bugger off!
What's not to like???
I was actually considering a Reliant three-wheeler for when I'm 17, to get my NCB up before moving to the Jag. But Mum has decided they're dangerous and I wouldn't be allowed one. A Reliant 3 wheeler?
I bought one, one winter, because I used to ride bikes all year round, and then one winter got fed up with the cold. Hadn't passed my car test though, but you can drive a Reliant on a bike license.
My round trip to work was 90 miles a day which it did quite happily. It also did some long trips up North without complaint.
It was unbelievably cheap to run, and was pennies to insure.
It was so basic, that a bit of attention with a few rudimentary spanners was more than enough to keep in running in good health. Nothing ever went wrong or broke, and tyres seemed to never wear out.
Your feet go down one side of the engine / box, so it had loads of leg room even for me (6' 2")
Fibreglass bodywork = no rust = flew through MOT's each year.
Not as unstable as people make out - as with a lot of vehicles, it's how you drive them that matters.
And the best thing for me - much to the annoyance of my 'Mini' owning mates, it had a similar 850cc engine as their cars, with similar power, but being much lighter was actually faster than their Mini's!! Ok, not Mini agile round corners, but on straighter roads I used to just bugger off!
What's not to like???
I never crashed it, but I did get it up on two wheels once or twice by driving like a tw@t - but it just dropped down again and it was a fairly simple job to re-fibreglass the corners
I never rolled it onto it's side or right over.It's built on a pretty sturdy A-frame chassis with steel outriggers - so I don't think it's as dangerous as people think. Ok yes, 80 mph head on into a wall / lorry might not see survival, but as I said, it's how you drive them.
If you drive it a bit carefully and with respect to the road, I think you'll be fine and as you say, a great way to build up no claims.
I rellly did have the MOST FUN in mine without any mishaps - and my Mum was like yours - luckily to her it was way preferable to me riding a bike, so she was ok with it! I then built up 3 years no claims in it, passed my full car test, and then had reasonable insurance in a full 4 wheeler after.
The only other thing I was a bit scared off was p1ss taking - but you know what? My mates all loved it and thought it was hilarious, and as I said in my post before, it was faster than their Minis too - so eventually they all wanted to come out in it!
I think you should go back and persuade your Mum again...
I currently do around 200 miles/month on a Sinclair C5 and she doesn't mind that so what makes her think a Reliant three-wheeler would be unsafe, I really don't know. The school I go to doesn't take the piss out of the Sinclair so doubt they would out of a Reliant three-wheeler.
So you're commuting on an outdated, dangerous Professor's 1980's technology whim, and that's ok????Well then a Reliant will be like a bloody armour plated Rolls Royce compared to that, surely???!!!
My 20 year old son is on his 2nd Micra, the first one he got belonged to the Mrs. £1300 TPFT for a 1998 car valued at £400, he scrapped that after killing it and bought a 1999 1.3si Micra for £750 last year, Insurance for that was £800.
His Insurance is due next week and the cheapest he can get is £600 TPFT on the same 1999 Micra 1.3si.
When he passed his test I paid for him to do his pass plus, that helped lower his premium as did adding his mother to the policy.
There's a 22 year old lad at work with a rusty 1997 Micra 1.0l Micra that is paying nearly £2000.
Good luck.
His Insurance is due next week and the cheapest he can get is £600 TPFT on the same 1999 Micra 1.3si.
When he passed his test I paid for him to do his pass plus, that helped lower his premium as did adding his mother to the policy.
There's a 22 year old lad at work with a rusty 1997 Micra 1.0l Micra that is paying nearly £2000.
Good luck.
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
So you're commuting on an outdated, dangerous Professor's 1980's technology whim, and that's ok????Well then a Reliant will be like a bloody armour plated Rolls Royce compared to that, surely???!!!
As if that makes any diffrence...I think it may already be something to do with me already having a Jag on the drive and she compares every 'car' on safety with that now.
(badger golden champion) so alls good. How the feck did they manage to balls that up so badly though? ruff'n'smov said:
LIke the Lupo idea...checked them out and cheapest of the lot.
will also check the CO-OP i believe they will give dispensation about times if you let them know. He needs to set off for work at 4am sometimes,,,bless him
Went this route with the most recent of mine to turn 17. Make sure you get a quote on the exact car you're going to buy,we almost bought a Lupo 1.0 that for some inxplicable reason was £350 more to insure than the 1.0 Arosa of exactly the same year-the Arosaa's a better spec as well. It seemed every time my daughter put a different reg. in a comparison site it came up with different price even for identical cars,also add other older drivers-all my kids cars have me and wife plus other relatives down as named drivers each one you add(up to about 4) reduces the premium!will also check the CO-OP i believe they will give dispensation about times if you let them know. He needs to set off for work at 4am sometimes,,,bless him
Passed my test a couple of months after my 17th and insured myself on a VW Lupo 1.0
Very fun car with high safety ratings and reliability. Definitely worth a look in!
ETA: At its worst - the quote was ~£2200 but that was without doing too much looking around, and I would expect there to be better ones out there
Very fun car with high safety ratings and reliability. Definitely worth a look in!
ETA: At its worst - the quote was ~£2200 but that was without doing too much looking around, and I would expect there to be better ones out there
BuddyLove25 said:
Passed my test a couple of months after my 17th and insured myself on a VW Lupo 1.0
Very fun car with high safety ratings and reliability. Definitely worth a look in!
Sadly, small cars are fundamentally not very safe in collisions with "normal" cars and this is something that should be remembered and considered.Very fun car with high safety ratings and reliability. Definitely worth a look in!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXunnaaYtz0
and 5th gear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXeKSDpFjlg
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