Buying your daughter a Mk1 MX-5 as a first car?

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irocfan said:

The flip side of only 2 seats is no idiots persuading her to drive foolishly. No blue tooth and basic ICE = less distraction

Seems like a win/win

Exactly!

They're not that fast either and need revving to get any performance out of them. On the plus side, they're economical, reliable, and easy to work on. Buy a hardtop for the winter and she'll love it - she'll probably even give it a name.

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Dicky Knee said:

For my daughter's first car I would want airbags, ABS and Bluetooth for their phone and music.

+1

A MINI is what my 13yo has said she fancies and I think that will be just the trick. She did say she wants it to be a cabrio but Mrs PB has said no to that idea!

I hope to have a Boxster within the next year or so and, conscious that it's cheaper to insure a supervised driver, I'll be tempted to see what it costs to cover her on that, if I have one, just for the learning period!

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biggbn said:

Some classic policies may be available, even for under 21s

Please give details, I looked high and low for my son with no luck. (unless he wanted a morris minor - he didn't)