Discussion
Flanders. said:
Sexy Saxo Forte.
If you want to go with the mainstream then most hatchback with about a 1.0l or thereabouts should do. Just dont crash into halfords!!
However if you want to go PH, think outside the box, theres all sorts thats cheap enough on insurance. Have a good look at classics and kit cars.
James
I hear Porsche 924s can be had as a first car, depends if you can insure it on a classic policy at your age or not though really.
The insurance is the killer and the more common they are for young drivers (the ones with a tendency of putting them backwards into hedges) the higher the insurance will be even for a completely dull shopping trolley.
Whatever it is don't get a complete money pit unless you're willing to do lots of spannering yourself and if it is a dull shopping trolley don't mod it, just gain NCB with it and move on when you're ready.
The insurance is the killer and the more common they are for young drivers (the ones with a tendency of putting them backwards into hedges) the higher the insurance will be even for a completely dull shopping trolley.
Whatever it is don't get a complete money pit unless you're willing to do lots of spannering yourself and if it is a dull shopping trolley don't mod it, just gain NCB with it and move on when you're ready.
I've alway thought a 316i Compact would make a good first car only being a 1.6 and RWD chassis 
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Other than that, someone on here bought a Rover 600 as a first car and it was cheap to insure, maybe a saloon like that or a 406/Laguna.
It's getting something interesting, different, and with reasonable insurance.
I'd say good luck but you have plenty of time to plan.
Duncan
.Other than that, someone on here bought a Rover 600 as a first car and it was cheap to insure, maybe a saloon like that or a 406/Laguna.
It's getting something interesting, different, and with reasonable insurance.
I'd say good luck but you have plenty of time to plan
.Duncan
DuncanM said:
I've alway thought a 316i Compact would make a good first car only being a 1.6 and RWD chassis .
Other than that, someone on here bought a Rover 600 as a first car and it was cheap to insure, maybe a saloon like that or a 406/Laguna.
It's getting something interesting, different, and with reasonable insurance.
I'd say good luck but you have plenty of time to plan.
Duncan
I was looking at a few Laguna's, never thought of the Compact before though. Nice Cerb .Other than that, someone on here bought a Rover 600 as a first car and it was cheap to insure, maybe a saloon like that or a 406/Laguna.
It's getting something interesting, different, and with reasonable insurance.
I'd say good luck but you have plenty of time to plan
.Duncan
EDIT:
Some of those 316 Compacts aren't bad at all. Never knew they were RWD, either - an added bonus! Probably wouldn't make a difference for me until a few years of driving experience, though. Nice suggestion anyway!
Edited by 911p on Monday 8th March 21:47
DuncanM said:
I've alway thought a 316i Compact would make a good first car only being a 1.6 and RWD chassis .
Other than that, someone on here bought a Rover 600 as a first car and it was cheap to insure, maybe a saloon like that or a 406/Laguna.
It's getting something interesting, different, and with reasonable insurance.
I'd say good luck but you have plenty of time to plan.
Duncan
.Other than that, someone on here bought a Rover 600 as a first car and it was cheap to insure, maybe a saloon like that or a 406/Laguna.
It's getting something interesting, different, and with reasonable insurance.
I'd say good luck but you have plenty of time to plan
.Duncan
Do they not have a tendancy to swap ends a bit quickly and easily or am I confused as normal
?All I would suggest is a crappy hatchback, at 17 with 0 NCB and if you want fully comp you need to be prepared to spend most of your cash on insurance, because either way its going to end up costing much more than the car is worth. Sorry but thats the way it is. Just keep the crappy hatchback for a year or two to build up some NCB, THEN get a nicer car.
Beirut Taxi said:
You really really don't want a 316i. 114 BHP, 1300KG.
Less BHP/Ton (and overall bhp) than my 20 year old 190E 2.0. And my 190 is quite slow.
Yep I was looking at them before I got the ZR. And found the insurance was suprisingly cheap, cheaper than my 1.4 ZR! Had a look on parkers and realised why, 12.x to 60!Less BHP/Ton (and overall bhp) than my 20 year old 190E 2.0. And my 190 is quite slow.
Still nice looking cars IMO aslong as they arent a base spec model.
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