Best First Car for 17 year old

[natty94]

Hi,

What would you all recommend as the best first car for a 17 year old? (in other words cheap to run & insure)buget is a max of £1500 for the car

Cheers
Nathan

Edited by natty94 on Monday 25th June 22:31

[steedy27]

Good Luck with that - For that money the car will need to be free or very cheap

[tbc]

take your pick

[crazy about cars]

Lots of usual suspects out there but I would look into Polos or diesel Corsa.

[TomN94]

natty94 said:

Hi,

What would you all recommend as the best first car for a 17 year old? (in other words cheap to run & insure)buget is a max of £1500 for the car

Cheers
Nathan

Edited by natty94 on Monday 25th June 22:31

Just pointing this out, I'm assuming you have a bit more money for insurance and running costs put aside, and the £1500 is solely for the car?

[natty94]

TomN94 said:

natty94 said:

Hi,

What would you all recommend as the best first car for a 17 year old? (in other words cheap to run & insure)buget is a max of £1500 for the car

Cheers
Nathan

Edited by natty94 on Monday 25th June 22:31

Just pointing this out, I'm assuming you have a bit more money for insurance and running costs put aside, and the £1500 is solely for the car?

Yes

[nsmith1180]

Volvo 850 m'Turbo apparently.

My little Citroen was only £1200 quid. Should be able to find a 1.1 out there for reasonable money. Christ knows what the insurance would be though. Im at Square One and handicapped by being a lorry driver. (26, no faults in the past five years, no points, OKish Postcode) I pay £1300 with the dude in the Nelson hat.

[natty94]

nsmith1180 said:

Volvo 850 m'Turbo apparently.

My little Citroen was only £1200 quid. Should be able to find a 1.1 out there for reasonable money. Christ knows what the insurance would be though. Im at Square One and handicapped by being a lorry driver. (26, no faults in the past five years, no points, OKish Postcode) I pay £1300 with the dude in the Nelson hat.

Is the Volvo a reference to TopGear?

Sounds good, insurance is looking roughly around the 3 and a half grand mark at the moment

[nsmith1180]

natty94 said:

nsmith1180 said:

Volvo 850 m'Turbo apparently.

My little Citroen was only £1200 quid. Should be able to find a 1.1 out there for reasonable money. Christ knows what the insurance would be though. Im at Square One and handicapped by being a lorry driver. (26, no faults in the past five years, no points, OKish Postcode) I pay £1300 with the dude in the Nelson hat.

Is the Volvo a reference to TopGear?

Sounds good, insurance is looking roughly around the 3 and a half grand mark at the moment

Yup, all that is needed is some green paint, a water bed and an anarchy flag. SORTED.

[natty94]

nsmith1180 said:

Yup, all that is needed is some green paint, a water bed and an anarchy flag. SORTED.

And a PH smiley

[wackojacko]

Volvo of some sort.


Simple
Safe
Reliable

[nsmith1180]

natty94 said:

nsmith1180 said:

Yup, all that is needed is some green paint, a water bed and an anarchyPH Smiley flag. SORTED.

And a PH smiley

Fixed

[pwrc]

what about some wildcards like a fiat 126, old minis etc. look awesome, easy to look after and learn about

[Johnboy Mac]

Anything with ABS,T/C & plenty of A/bags. Good lights would be a bonus too.

[danjama]

Something with front wheel drive and a low insurance group. The rest is up to you.

[CampDavid]

1. Pick up phone
2. Phone insurers.
3. Buy whatever is cheapest.

[nsmith1180]

Just remembered the 17 yr old that frequents my local sandwhich shop. Mk2 Escort on classic insurance. He pays about 900 for the insurance, dont know about the car though.

[NadiR]

K11 Micra. They are mechanically more solid then any other supermini of the same age, which means that they won't break like a Saxo or Corsa under the use of a 17 year old.

[PainTrain]

Classic mini?

[nsmith1180]

PainTrain said:

Classic mini?

Like rocking horse st. And not cheap these days. I looked for one when I ended up buying the Citroen.