Cars for new drivers
Discussion
hello all, My son is 18 today & starts his driving lessons today as a pressie
appears it £25.00 a session now, was only £8.50 when i did mine!
anyway any suggestions to what is good for a first car?
he also into bikes so something he can get a push bike into even if he has to take wheels off!
He likes the Mustang GT500 but i guess he wont be able to insure that but one day!
appears it £25.00 a session now, was only £8.50 when i did mine!
anyway any suggestions to what is good for a first car?
he also into bikes so something he can get a push bike into even if he has to take wheels off!
He likes the Mustang GT500 but i guess he wont be able to insure that but one day!
How much are you able to put towards the cost of running a car for him? He is very unlikely to find insurance for less than £3k on anything, let alone something big enough to carry a bike, so it may well be worth just putting him through his test and telling him to wait a few years for insurance costs to become sensible before getting on the road.
I'd suggest a Polo, anything from late 02 to 2008, or whenever they changed to the new model. I wish I'd waited to find another after missing out on one when I turned 18, I'd probably still have it now. My ex-girlfriend has had her 52-plate 1.2 (65) S 3-dr from 17, we're knocking on 21 now, it's served her really well bar a coil pack in that time.
dave_s13 said:
It would be interesting to how much something like an e34 BMW 5 series touring would be to insure, or indeed an e39.
Bike will go in no probs and also plenty of room for other activities.
Cool enough for a young lad though?
No chance, this time last year I ran quotes on olb 518/520i tourings and nobody would touch me for less than £6k in a low risk postcode in Scotland, I dread to think what it would be like now.Bike will go in no probs and also plenty of room for other activities.
Cool enough for a young lad though?
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