need help on a first car want something unique..

[mcnultycallum]

hi im just about to pass my driving test and am decding what first car to get ! ill have about a 1000 to spend but dont just wanna get a boring corsa like every other lad, mainly because of the insurance, so any ideas that ar e unique and will be suprisingly cheap to insure..and isnurance companies!!! thanks !

[badlands1]

Youngdudes are going for Citroens.
The C3's are ok, but I don't know if a grand will get you one.

[iva cosworth]

mcnultycallum said:

hi im just about to take my driving test

editted ,assume nothing .

[16v stretch]

Shed of the week perhaps?

[pauldm28]

Given my time over again. I'd go for a Rover 200 BRM. Cheap to run, standard running gear. That front grille gets everyone second looks.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-200-BRM-LE-/220888...


Hmmm I've just noticed. I've seen those teeth before!

Edited by pauldm28 on Sunday 13th November 13:36

[Mastodon2]

pauldm28 said:

Given my time over again. I'd go for a Rover 200 BRM. Cheap to run, standard running gear. That front grille gets everyone second looks.

More often than not it's a second look of disgust!

[iva cosworth]

Mastodon2 said:

pauldm28 said:

Given my time over again. I'd go for a Rover 200 BRM. Cheap to run, standard running gear. That front grille gets everyone second looks.

More often than not it's a second look of disgust!

What were they thinking at Rover ?

Joblot of orange paint in the stores ?

[rottie102]

Get something classic/older.

Unique, interesting, and cheap to insure being eligible for classic insurance policy.

Like a nice E30:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/E30-BMW-318i-tax-and-MOT...

[chrisispringles]

pauldm28 said:

Given my time over again. I'd go for a Rover 200 BRM. Cheap to run, standard running gear. That front grille gets everyone second looks.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-200-BRM-LE-/220888...

There's absolutely no chance of the OP being able to afford to insure that having just passed his test, no chance at all.

If you want something completely different to the Corsa/Fiesta/106 selection that young lads always go for then look at older stuff like a Morris Marina or Austin Maxi. I've had quotes of less than £2k on them, which when you are a new driver is bloody cheap to say the least. Oh and good luck with your test.

[WeirdNeville]

Get quotes.
"Unique" and "Interesting" and "Fun" may have to wait until car number 2 or 3.
Do you have a budget for insurance?

See if you can get a good Mk1 MR2, they're fun and cheap and teach you a lot about driving but I doubt they'll be insurable for a brand new driver.

[ShampooEfficient]

rottie102 said:

Get something classic/older.

Unique, interesting, and cheap to insure being eligible for classic insurance policy.

Like a nice E30:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/E30-BMW-318i-tax-and-MOT...

Stop showing me things like that!

[FreeLitres]

Good luck with getting insurance on anything other than the usual first car stboxes

[Waugh-terfall]

iva cosworth said:

What were they thinking at Rover ?

Joblot of orange paint in the stores ?

Harking back to the BRM racers of old.

[iva cosworth]

Those M3 wheels don't suit that E30 ,luckily not included in sale.

[iva cosworth]

Waugh-terfall said:

Harking back to the BRM racers of old.

Hope they asked nicely before slapping a legendary name on a dull hatch.

[mrtwisty]

badlands1 said:

Youngdudes are going for Citroens.
The C3's are ok, but I don't know if a grand will get you one.

For gods sake don't get a C3 as your first car, it'll put you off motoring for life.

Just had one as a courtesy car - horrid beyond accurate description.

As suggested above, consider something like this weeks SOTW. You'll learn a lot about oily bits, and patience...

[Mastodon2]

Whats the betting OP is a 17 year old lad? You are talking real money just to be a named driver on mum's 1.0L Clio, I doubt any insurer will give him a sensible quote on a RWD or turbocharged car. Better off getting a few years in driving something cheap and dull so that he can afford something better with his NCB. I used to know a lad who got a 1.8L Zetec Focus complete with ste bodykit and had his mother front the insurance for him, while he was a named driver on it. Then came a time when she didn't want to insure that car anymore and having no NCB, he was forced to sell up and pay a horrendous amount of money for a 106 with a vacuum cleaner engine.

[s m]

iva cosworth said:

Waugh-terfall said:

Harking back to the BRM racers of old.

Hope they asked nicely before slapping a legendary name on a dull hatch.

Not exactly dull compared to some other stuff around at that time

[mcnultycallum]

would i get insured on the likes of the old 3 series and mercs and that? iv been looking at civics but theyre really expensive to insure and iv had a quote on an mg zr for 2 and a half grand , thanks for all the ideas!

[Waugh-terfall]

I found VW Lupo Sport 16v's were inordinately cheap to insure and rather good looking too.