Teenager/learner car?
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Quotes for insurance before passing are usually very different to quotes after passing.
You may be best to spend a couple of hours plugging in options to the confused meerkats and seeing what comes out.
You will also have to take a view on whether or not you are happy for Big Brother-tracking Black Box fitment - it can lower initial premiums but there has been anecdotal posts on PH about how it has been used to justify increased premiums in future years, even when it has been removed. (That and there has been some suggestions that drivers avoid braking for hazards because they don't want to risk a 'warning' on the system, which must surely mean increasing danger.)
You may be best to spend a couple of hours plugging in options to the confused meerkats and seeing what comes out.
You will also have to take a view on whether or not you are happy for Big Brother-tracking Black Box fitment - it can lower initial premiums but there has been anecdotal posts on PH about how it has been used to justify increased premiums in future years, even when it has been removed. (That and there has been some suggestions that drivers avoid braking for hazards because they don't want to risk a 'warning' on the system, which must surely mean increasing danger.)
2007 Fiesta 1.4 here. Bought for my daughter. Pretty cheap to insure and maintain, quite fun to drive for me (reminds you of the importance of conserving momentum)
In my daughter's case the car is a well specced ghia. I would however avoid the 1.25 Zetec it felt glacially slow, the 1.4 duratec is much better.
Example of how cheap it is ti maintain - I hit a deer with the Fiesta in the spring. It needed: new bonnet, new rad, new aircon rad, new front panel (mounts the rads, lights, bonnet catch etc), new grill trim, new towing eye cover. Total cost for new pattern parts was under £250.
In my daughter's case the car is a well specced ghia. I would however avoid the 1.25 Zetec it felt glacially slow, the 1.4 duratec is much better.
Example of how cheap it is ti maintain - I hit a deer with the Fiesta in the spring. It needed: new bonnet, new rad, new aircon rad, new front panel (mounts the rads, lights, bonnet catch etc), new grill trim, new towing eye cover. Total cost for new pattern parts was under £250.
We went with a '09 Jazz. They are mostly driven by old people and avoided by kids so the insurance was cheaper than something like a fiesta or corsa. They are well put together, much larger inside than corsa/fiesta, easy to drive and have a large glass house to help with visibility. They are pricey compared to the usual suspects but it should hold its value well. We'll be selling ours soon and should get about what we paid for it.
tankplanker said:
We went with a '09 Jazz. They are mostly driven by old people and avoided by kids so the insurance was cheaper than something like a fiesta or corsa. They are well put together, much larger inside than corsa/fiesta, easy to drive and have a large glass house to help with visibility. They are pricey compared to the usual suspects but it should hold its value well. We'll be selling ours soon and should get about what we paid for it.
Must depend where you live. The Fiesta was much cheaper to insure than the Jazz. For my daughter as a leraner the price is about £350 pa, when she passes I have been quoted £1250 with no black box.When we bought my sons first car a Fabia was the cheapest to insure but that has changed.
g40steve said:
Dicky Knee said:
Ford Fiesta 1.2 Zetec here.
Yes, cracking car & very good to drive, plenty of room for 5.Some good features, N cap5, smart key (you can set limits if required) + all the usual spec.
tankplanker said:
We went with a '09 Jazz
My daughters saw the top gear with the presenters’ mothers testing jazz and a couple of others and announcing the jazz at best. Killed it for them - convinced them only retired people should drive them. We got a Polo with 60bhp motor. Jolly slow but quite nice to drive and quite cheap insurance (we might have been fortunate with nfu but no more expensive for newly qualified driver than learner) - my niece has a 107 and it is tiny. Can’t be much of a crumple zoneFiesta all the way if you don't want to spend a fortune.
Bought a 2007, 70k, 1.25 for the daughter to learn in, then sold it on about a year later for around the same price, only cost a service & exhaust while we had it, both cheap as chips. Sold it on within the family about a year ago, it's given the new owner zero trouble & recently sailed it's mot.
Bought a 2007, 70k, 1.25 for the daughter to learn in, then sold it on about a year later for around the same price, only cost a service & exhaust while we had it, both cheap as chips. Sold it on within the family about a year ago, it's given the new owner zero trouble & recently sailed it's mot.
Bought a £500 206 for my eldest's first car.
Had it for 18 months and only problem was a knackered battery.
It was the 1.4 so wasn't that slow and did 40 mpg.
Needed a few quid spending on it's MOT so sold for £200.
Youngest daughter is 17 in a month so bought a Fiesta to replace the 206.
Had it for 18 months and only problem was a knackered battery.
It was the 1.4 so wasn't that slow and did 40 mpg.
Needed a few quid spending on it's MOT so sold for £200.
Youngest daughter is 17 in a month so bought a Fiesta to replace the 206.
jonny996 said:
Getting close to my sons 17th birthday so looking at cars for his birthday.
What's the best options out there for me/him. I am assuming it is going to be driven by the insurance but putting him on the families cars is not going to be an option so he will need his own to learn in.
I'd be tempted to look at cars like a Mondeo/Insignia/A6 or similar size. You'll generally get more car for your money and they are often cheaper to insure than small hatchbacks.What's the best options out there for me/him. I am assuming it is going to be driven by the insurance but putting him on the families cars is not going to be an option so he will need his own to learn in.
Plus learning to drive to a proper sized car is likely far more beneficial longer term.
300bhp/ton said:
jonny996 said:
Getting close to my sons 17th birthday so looking at cars for his birthday.
What's the best options out there for me/him. I am assuming it is going to be driven by the insurance but putting him on the families cars is not going to be an option so he will need his own to learn in.
I'd be tempted to look at cars like a Mondeo/Insignia/A6 or similar size. You'll generally get more car for your money and they are often cheaper to insure than small hatchbacks.What's the best options out there for me/him. I am assuming it is going to be driven by the insurance but putting him on the families cars is not going to be an option so he will need his own to learn in.
Plus learning to drive to a proper sized car is likely far more beneficial longer term.
I got quotes for a range of cars with Fiesta size at the bottom and Mondeo size at the top with focus size in the middle.
A 1.6 Mondeo cost nearly three times as much to insure for a new driver as a 1.4 Fiesta of the same vintage.
blueg33 said:
In my experience of comparing Meerkats cars like that are considerably more expensive to insure for new and learner drivers.
I got quotes for a range of cars with Fiesta size at the bottom and Mondeo size at the top with focus size in the middle.
A 1.6 Mondeo cost nearly three times as much to insure for a new driver as a 1.4 Fiesta of the same vintage.
Maybe things have changed. I know when my partners son was learning. An Audi A6 (think it was a 2.3 or 2.6 or something) was half the price of a 1.4 Corsa when we looked at insurance.Sadly he still went with the Corsa though.I got quotes for a range of cars with Fiesta size at the bottom and Mondeo size at the top with focus size in the middle.
A 1.6 Mondeo cost nearly three times as much to insure for a new driver as a 1.4 Fiesta of the same vintage.
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