Young And Wondering About Stuff

[epic9387]

ok guys question for you all, I'm 17 and my dads got a Geep thats been sitting in his garage for about 3 years, I started it up the other day and its running fine, mechanically its sound but needs some cosmetic work as at the moment its a little shabby looks wise...anyway, hes said that if i promise to look after it and if i can get it insured i can have it...i passed my test about 6 months ago...so I'm guessing the insurance is gonna be pretty high, but I'm going with my mom as the named driver if I can. Anyway, i was just wondering if anyone knows roughly how much I'll be looking to fork out...thanks

dan

[IanA]

Hi Dan
Suggest you phone Adrian Flux or Footman James asap and put us all out of our misery.
Cheers
Ian

[Logibear]

Logibear here
If you are going to use the GP - then
you just have to pay the price for being young.
Shop around - like IanA suggested - I use Adrian Flux.
Think about a policy with limited miles etc. as you probably will not do that many miles over the bad weather ( borrow your Dad's car when it is raining or buy him a "Biggles hat and goggles for his Xmas )
An old type Ford engine is good to learn the basic's on
Good luck ( I wish I was 17 again )
Old Logi

[epic9387]

haha thanks guys, I'll give them a ring on wednesday seeing as I got the day off college then. I'll tell you how much after I phone up, I'm guessing its gonna be a lot but then again its not exactly a standard 1 litre fiesta so it aint exactly gonna be the cheapest, oh well...

dan

[mal666]

hi there Dan! this may rest your mind a little bit.....Im 21 and i have been a very naughty boy with regards to my licence in the past! i have er......a "few" points on my licence and was dreading the insurance on my geep but i was amazed when i found out that its almost half as cheap as a normal "boring" car!! after my ban had finished i got a quote for a 1.0 fiesta at the cost of almost £2000 on 3rd party only!!!!!! then i rang and got a quote with adrian flux on my geep! i only pay £640 fully comp!! quite a large difference im sure u'l agree!! and lets face it a geep is much more possy than a poxy little fiesta or nova anyday innit!! well all the best

Mal

[dave36]

Roadsure are another company with a good attitude to kit cars
mal you on the road again?

[epic9387]

thanks mal, was very helpful, I'm guessing its gonna be in the 800-1000 range then...now i just gotta convince my dad ive got the patience to do the work that needs doing on the geep and convinving him to let me have it haha...fun

[drseg]

have you serviced the beast yet mal?did you get a new arm for it? is it doing "sensible " mpg? all these questions will be answered in the next installment of "blue wolf" a bit like air wolf 'cept it dont fly !!!

[epic9387]

question...any of you lot got msn and pics of your geeps...i wanna see what else is out there for some inspiration and to make sure i dont just straight out copy no-one looks wise

[dave36]

smartgroups??????
not seen this one before, thought all the pics were on Yahoo!
more the merrier though, which group is it please?

[mal666]

well Dave(grandad), i hate to say it but the 'blue wolf' has taken a back burner for a bit!! ive got a new arm but havnt fitted it and i havnt had it serviced yet!! im running really low on cash so its been sat up for a little bit!! using a boring horrible normal car, but its diesel and returns almost 90mile to a fiver if driven sensible so i cant complain!! not only that but the misses is now expecting so she guna be finding it hard to get in and out of the jeep so had to find something a little more practical!! she been telling me the jeep has to go but i cant let it go!! its my toy!! i need my toy!! i wont let it go!! damn it!! lol
il have to have a normal car aswel but the jeep stays!! to right!! so i will continue to attend the shows and stuff but mite be alone!!

Glad i could be or help epic!!

Mal

[IanA]

All the pics you want are in the albums- just access this group via the home page at http://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.src=gr&.done=http%3a//photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/jago/lst&.intl=us&.linkdone=http%3a//photos.groups.yahoo.com/

Sorry for any confusion- it's on Yahoo anyway...
Cheers
Ian

[dave the steam]

Try graham Sykes, I get mine for about £100 TPFT (BUT I am over 50) only cost a phone call to ask.

0870 444 6330

When I looked around they were a lot cheaper than everyone else I tried, and at the time Norwich Union wanted about £450 for the same cover.

Good luck

[epic9387]

hey, sorry didnt get on here for ages, i got the quote...TPFT with my mom as the main driver and me as the name driver from footman james...£1600...:s ill find some way round that though...im sure ill find somwehere cheaper

[dave36]

You really do need to get the yellow pages out - or try the links you have from the rest of us, forget the high profile companies - they don't want young drivers.

failing that ring the brokers in the back of Max power, play one off against the other - you will be amazed at the discounts you can get

[matthewdoe2004]

You'll find that Companys don't like to insure kit car drivers under the age of 25, and only afew companys that are 21+ ..

1600 TPTF is a good price, but did you say you want to drive a kit car on your mums insurance, not just any other car !

[Mark 1]

Graham Sykes Insurance is the cheapest for me, but age may have more to do with that.
On a cautionary note, we used a company to insure my wifes (now gone, yipee!!!) modified xr3i caby and discovered that on cancelling the insurance policy ,we had a great big fat wad of money to pay as they had taken out a loan to cover the full ammount of a years insurance and we had to pay them the outstanding balance to cover the loan.Our fault its all in the small print,but i think this practice is rare.

[swizzjnr]

As hard as it may be, a rusty fiesta might be a better bet for your first couple of years insurance wise.
Insured by yourself rather than through your mum will get you on the no-claims bonus ladder.

[dave36]

just saw this on usenet
www.confused.com
could be usefull for the young driver to isolate that cheeper insurance