Help daughter almost 17!!!!

xxlaurissaxx

mikey72 wrote: »

Is that recent, we just checked, her best quote was just over £1500 fully comp on a full licence at 17, for a 2001 model with direct line.

It was 4 years ago. xx

kirkwisebeard

best recent quotes i could find for my son.... £580 tpft for an Astramax van (proper X reg with the X at the end...) and £450 for a 1.6 MkII Capri.... interestingly, a 1.3 Capri was £1100, and a 1275cc Chevette hatch was a whopping £2500..... most expensive quote was from some people who claim to insure "greener " cars cheaply.... a triumph dolomite 1300 for £82,000... seriously....

In response to the original question... to cut the cost... put a woman over 40 as a named driver, don'yt get a chav mobile, don't buy anything remotely sporty, or under ten years old, or valued over £500.... and don't modify it, fit alloy wheels, or anything else... join a car club if there is one.... and tell her not to have any accidents....

on the subject of safety... I was in a 50mph crash in my cortina.... I walked away, the 2yr old BMW 528 driver had to be cut out.... so much for new cars being safer...

flippinmental_2

DirectDebacle wrote: »

Perhaps you can do the next best thing. The most important thing is that she receives the best instruction you can find for her and after that it is practice, practice and more practice. A good driver should be able to drive any vehicle (that they are licensed to drive) even if they haven't driven it before. All they need is a short time to familiarise themselves with the layout of the controls.

To that end perhaps you and her dad can help out. Between you pay for lessons and if you both have your own vehicles have her as a named driver on both of them. When her instructor is of the opinion that she is safe then allow her to drive your vehicles. This should not be a white knuckle ride for you. Turn it into an enjoyable learning experience. For example go to a nearby supermarket with a large car park when it is quiet. Find the most deserted spot and get her to reverse park into a space. If she does it wrong, get her to do it again. If it is not the way you usually park then you do it too. Turn it into a friendly competition. Whoever is best at parking centrally and parallel to the lines with front wheels in the straight ahead position doesn't buy the coffees. A useful skill of car control will be learnt in a fun way. More so she will learn to adapt to driving other vehicles, not just the driving school vehicle. Her dad could do the same.

Experience has to be gained and is not easily taught. As much as vehicle safety has been improved, the best safety feature of any vehicle has been and always will be, the one sitting behind the wheel.

Our 17yrs DD has had 5 lessons now and we have just put her on our insurance to drive our car Skoda Fabia. Looked at getting a small car but prices are so high (hubby says due to govt car scrappage scheme). Anyway, cheapest way we found was to insure in hubbys name with me and daughter as named drivers. Shopped around on internet and found www.elephant.co.uk was by far the cheapest (my insurance company wouldnt do so had to move). Hope this helps. The instructors car is quite different to ours which worried her, but we have assured her that it can be good to learn to drive different makes. Last night, took her on large car park and practised in and out of parking bays and gentle manouveurs (brake was said quite a lot!).Enjoy!