My First Car

[Matthew]

Never seen someone wanting that type of car for their first

How much are you looking at to buy one? And if you've looked at quotes for insurance, what prices are you getting?

Also @Pezza; by 'barely get insured on a 1.1' do you mean because the prices are all crazy?
I'm 17 and my first car is a 1.4, and my insurance is far cheaper than I expected it to be

[Pezza]

@Matts;

Yeah lol, the prices are stupid. She looked at 1.2 and it worked out cheaper than a 1.1. I just meant that it's not guaranteed even at the low CC cars. She got off lightly to be fair.

A friend of hers got quoted almost £3,000 for a bloody corsa.

It does go down though eventually. I'm 25 this month and it is supposed to drop a ton so I'm looking forward to that. But then it did drop quite nicely after I was 21. I drive a 1.8 Honda Civic and I pay 580 for the year.

Although it pales in comparison considering my dad drives a 3 litre Mercedes and it costs him 150 for the year lol. But then he's been driving over 20 years.

Insurance is mental in the UK... Americans, don't come here!

[Matthew]

@Matts;

Yeah lol, the prices are stupid. She looked at 1.2 and it worked out cheaper than a 1.1. I just meant that it's not guaranteed even at the low CC cars. She got off lightly to be fair.

A friend of hers got quoted almost £3,000 for a bloody corsa.

It does go down though eventually. I'm 25 this month and it is supposed to drop a ton so I'm looking forward to that. But then it did drop quite nicely after I was 21. I drive a 1.8 Honda Civic and I pay 580 for the year.

Although it pales in comparison considering my dad drives a 3 litre Mercedes and it costs him 150 for the year lol. But then he's been driving over 20 years.

Insurance is mental in the UK... Americans, don't come here!

@Pezza;

£3000

Mine is just over £2000 for myself as the main driver, and my 17 year old sister and my parents as named drivers (my parents have never driven it but want to be named just in case)

My car is a '12 Corsa 1.4 SXI- I'm assuming my insurance is pretty cheap then? I certainly was expecting it to be a lot more but I don't really know anything about cars or insurance

[Pezza]

@Pezza;

£3000

Mine is just over £2000 for myself as the main driver, and my 17 year old sister and my parents as named drivers (my parents have never driven it but want to be named just in case)

My car is a '12 Corsa 1.4 SXI- I'm assuming my insurance is pretty cheap then? I certainly was expecting it to be a lot more but I don't really know anything about cars or insurance

@Matts;

Yeah £2000 is cheap for a 17-year-old new driver in this day and age. You'll be lucky to get it for less. These companies sponge so much from new drivers and especially teenagers. A good way around it is to put a parent on as a main driver. This will lower it usually by quite a bit, but then it'll still rise once you name yourself, a person who's just passed, is a teenager and has no NCB.

My dad went on as main driver for my sister because he has over 20 years experience plus around 18 years of NCB.

The money they charge for insurance isn't worth it but they can get away with it sadly. It's just going to go up and up. They say they charge more because the drivers are less experienced, but how can they expect people to gain experience if they can't afford to run their car in the first place!

Oh well.

[j0rd]

@Pezza;

£3000

Mine is just over £2000 for myself as the main driver, and my 17 year old sister and my parents as named drivers (my parents have never driven it but want to be named just in case)

My car is a '12 Corsa 1.4 SXI- I'm assuming my insurance is pretty cheap then? I certainly was expecting it to be a lot more but I don't really know anything about cars or insurance

That's cheap.
First year driving in a 1.3 suzuki swift glx ex-top gear model. Paid £3600 w/ no mods declared.
Had a wide body, WRC spoiler and full stainless system

[Pezza]

That's cheap.
First year driving in a 1.3 suzuki swift glx ex-top gear model. Paid £3600 w/ no mods declared.
Had a wide body, WRC spoiler and full stainless system

@j0rd;

Good job you didn't declare the mods... hate to think what the price would be. Did you just put it in to find out the price anyway? I'd be curious to see what ridiculous prices they came up with.

[Matthew]

That's cheap.
First year driving in a 1.3 suzuki swift glx ex-top gear model. Paid £3600 w/ no mods declared.
Had a wide body, WRC spoiler and full stainless system

jesus

[j0rd]

@j0rd;

Good job you didn't declare the mods... hate to think what the price would be. Did you just put it in to find out the price anyway? I'd be curious to see what ridiculous prices they came up with.

Did try but nowhere would insure. Stupid looking back at it, any accidents and insurance would have been automatically void.

Declare your mods kids!!!

[Pezza]

Did try but nowhere would insure. Stupid looking back at it, any accidents and insurance would have been automatically void.

Declare your mods kids!!!

@j0rd;

Yup, even things like declaring that you store your vehicle in a garage when you don't can void it. But a lot of people do it to get the insurance down, I must admit I did it in the beginning too until my insurance dropped and my NCB climbed.

Mods have never really interested me to be honest so I've never had to worry about that, but it's bound to be extortionate to insure, especially now. Insurance kills the 17-21 age bracket massively.

[j0rd]

@j0rd;

Yup, even things like declaring that you store your vehicle in a garage when you don't can void it. But a lot of people do it to get the insurance down, I must admit I did it in the beginning too until my insurance dropped and my NCB climbed.

Mods have never really interested me to be honest so I've never had to worry about that, but it's bound to be extortionate to insure, especially now. Insurance kills the 17-21 age bracket massively.

Its disgusting tbh. My mate had his insurance void because he had a bumper sticker not declared. Literally do anything not to pay out at the moment.