Touring cars for a young driver?

[Bish1999]

Hallo all, I'll keep it short and sweet.

Having driving nearly a year now I've decided a touring car is what suits my daily life the best.

I'll have a years NcB when I go to insure so any ideas of what cars are viable?
gt's generally won't work as they have performance aspects but anything with space and that's comfortable would be perfect.
Cheers

[sc0tt]

This should sort you out whilst it is half term

[AllyBassman]

sc0tt said:

This should sort you out whilst it is half term

He may need a black box fitted with that.

[Leins]

sc0tt said:

This should sort you out whilst it is half term

Might have a better chance of getting classic insurance on this though:

[HedgeyGedgey]

I'll be the responsible one on pistonheads, what do you mean by touring car? An estate?

[culpz]

Half-term you say? MX5

[sc0tt]

HedgeyGedgey said:

I'll be the responsible one on pistonheads, what do you mean by touring car? An estate?

This for sure then

[Bish1999]

HedgeyGedgey said:

I'll be the responsible one on pistonheads, what do you mean by touring car? An estate?

cheers matey, and I just generally mean any sort of car with decent luggage space that would bode well on long journeys/road trips. The issue here is finding one with an engine I'll get insured on.

The two above would be great if I had an extra ten grand for insurance but I don't see that happening haha

[tektas]

What are the budgetary constraints?

[egor110]

If you want comfort and space try a citroen c5 estate.

Cheap to buy and very comfy with citroens suspension system.

[loskie]

volvo s60
yes its not an estate but will fit the bill

[Bish1999]

Volvo S60 would be great but sadly too expensive on insurance for me, Citroen is good tho. Any other suggestions would be wholly appreciated

[Bish1999]

tektas said:

What are the budgetary constraints?

The most I could get together would be about 4-5k

[joshleb]

Suits your daily life...

You're what 18 years old, should be causing trouble in a hatchback, not lugging people around in a large estate.

Unless it's a 3 series touring...

[Bish1999]

Believe me I'd love to be but all in all If I'm gunna be causing trouble I wanna do it in a car I've spent building myself. So for now practically and comfort are my priorites.

[Todd Bonzalez]

I'd seriously consider a hatch. One of my friends almost bought a dreary estate until he realised he could fit his bikes in a CTR.
Unless you're moving absolutely massive stuff I think you'll be pleasantly surprised what you can fit in a little hatch. Used my Clio to move 4 11J wheels and 6 295/18 tyres last week. Absolutely ideal

[Bish1999]

It's not so much for everyday lugging but more so for the camping/road trips that I need the space. I thought about just a hatch with a top box but my teenage/skint wallet can't handle the economy reduction from that especially as it would be for long trips.

Unless there are hatched with larger amounts of luggage space than most?

[Evanivitch]

Skoda Superb 1.6Tdi in taxi white.

[Bish1999]

I shall give the insurance a gander and report back

[Bish1999]

Evanivitch said:

Skoda Superb 1.6Tdi in taxi white.

Forgot about insurance companies reluctance for young drivers to have a hatchback.
Cheapest quite was 2000 and that was with a blackbox... I hate insurance companies