First Car?

[Metric1]

It's a 2003 1.2 Dynamique, 45k miles £3100.

auto or standard?

[jesus]

auto or standard?

Manual - automatics are for old men!

[Metric1]

Manual - automatics are for old men!

I agree, but I know if I had a manual there would be some days I would be too lazy to leave the house if I knew I had to put all that effort into it.

[Adam$]

Get something with a small engine, a larger engine can be quite costly, unless you go on a parents policy. you probably don't want a large engine if you have no experience of driving. My car's a 1.9 and it costs me around £1500 p/a for insurance on my parent's policy.

go for manual, you don't want an automatic.

[Metric1]

Get something with a small engine, a larger engine can be quite costly, unless you go on a parents policy. you probably don't want a large engine if you have no experience of driving. My car's a 1.9 and it costs me around £1500 p/a for insurance on my parent's policy.

go for manual, you don't want an automatic.

In the States, the size of the engine has nothing to do with the price of the policy. My mom thought her insurance would go down when she switched from the 2002 BMW 745i, to the 2006 Lexus GS300 her insurance went up! She was shocked because it was going from a V8 to a V6! The insurance companys explaniation was "the car is a sportyer model, and it's an all-wheel drive".

Over here the insurance company basicly pulls a number out of their *** and makes up some phony excuse why.

[lAscend]

Honda civics, vauxhall corsa, ford feista, ford escort, hyundi accent, vauxhall vectra, renault clio, VX polo

[GommeInc]

In the States, the size of the engine has nothing to do with the price of the policy. My mom thought her insurance would go down when she switched from the 2002 BMW 745i, to the 2006 Lexus GS300 her insurance went up! She was shocked because it was going from a V8 to a V6! The insurance companys explaniation was "the car is a sportyer model, and it's an all-wheel drive".

Over here the insurance company basicly pulls a number out of their *** and makes up some phony excuse why.

The person wanting to know lives in the UK, so engine size effects the price of car and insurance. Jesus' Clio is a 1.2 model and the same age as my Fiesta, mine cost about £5000 because it was a Zetec (second highest model), a 1.4 sized engine and a 5 door (I think Dynamiques are 3 door only aren't they?) So all those things effect the price, even though the cars are just as good as each other really...

[Ramones]

iv'e been shopping around the past month, iv'e found cheapest to insure is a corsa or ford ka, i'm off on my own policy, buying a 1998 corsa 1.4 for about a grand with insurance at about £1600, if i go for a 1.2 it'll cost me like £1300 insurance. mehhh

[Metric1]

wait.. 1.2L engine? how many cylinders is that?

[piddle2k6]

Once I get my license, I'm getting a 25 year old Mercedes from my Uncle.

Good luck with the insurance on that one mate.