Learner Driver Abarth 595? What Unusual Car did You Learn In

[Gnevans]

Do you think this is plausible/possible or will putting my twins on my insurance as named drivers at 17 be exorbitant?

What is the most exotic/expensive high performance car you have learnt to drive in?

[Pit Pony]

If you Google marmalade provisional insurance you will find that it's fairly "cheap" to add provisional licence holders to a reasonably high insurance group
family car.
It's when they pass that the fun starts. We were insuring a mini Cooper with my daughter on as a named driver.when she passed her test we had a couple of days where we considered selling my wife's car and buying s Honda Jazz

[RDB]

My 17-year-old son is currently insured as a learner on my wife's Abarth 595 for just under £35 per month. I can't remember what the quote was to add him onto her insurance as a named driver, but this approach gives us flexibility.

[Gnevans]

Thanks for the replies super helpful.

[T6 vanman]

Gnevans said:

What is the most exotic/expensive high performance car you have learnt to drive in?

Quickly reviews my postings from 2019

[hersh]

Does a skoda 105 count?
Certainly exotic

[MattsCar]

I don't get this cheapness for people that have yet to pass their test?

Surely a learner driver in a car, even with someone watching over them, is a considerable risk. Scraping bumpers when parking, crossing lanes etc due to lack of knowledge/ skill.

Even when I was driving with a qualified instructor, i was more of a risk than when i actually passed my test as I had no clue how to actually drive a car at the very start.

Only thing i can think of is that once you are allowed out on your own, you can pack your car with 4 other people and give them all life changing injuries.

[Benni]

1977, winter time in Germany, me with moped boots on the pedals of a Golf mk1 GTI,
acceleration and braking were a bit jerky sometimes.

[rallycross]

A friend passed his test in his mums Ford Ka mk1 65 bhp and promptly bought a Ferrari 355 as his first car - which he demolished through a hedge into someone’s garden narrowly missing anything solid.

He then bought a 911 996 with his insurance payout which soon after killed its engine with cylinder failure ( having never checked the oil level).

I don’t think it’s a good idea putting a learner in a performance car but the story above proves that whatever you learn to drive in an idiot will always be an idiot!

[Rider007]

FB Holden. Column shift, drum brakes , crazy twist type hand brake , I was the coolest kid in the class. Try learning a hill start on that heavy bd

Edited by Rider007 on Tuesday 20th February 02:57

Edited by Rider007 on Tuesday 20th February 03:02