Just passed test -insurance!

iamana1ias

Surely he isn't a full time student and a full time employee??!

Lum

Insurance generally have a first job and second job category for situations where someone does part time work in addition to their main occupation.

tiamaria

He's at college during the day and works most evenings and weekends

He doesn't get much time to be a boy racer!

shuaibf

When I passed at 18 even a 1.0 cost me on insurance about 1200 rip off eh but after driving so 5 years insurane is now at 300 yaaas

anniecave

If he uses the car to get to work/college then ensure the policy includes commuting to a place of work/study.

Adding one additional lower risk person normally does reduce the premium. Adding two probably wouldn't make much extra difference but worth a try.

tiamaria

Well I've got it down a bit (Punto), 2.2k with one additional adult and 1.9k with 2!

Would still like to reduce it a bit more, it's a lot of money for an 18 yr old.

EDIT 1.7k for the Saxo...

POPPYOSCAR

tiamaria wrote: »

Someone else said this to me today -seems strange but we'll try that:cool: Is it likely to work out better with one additional adult or 2?

Also, would it be more beneficial to put him down as a full time student or employed? Both of these can apply to him

It was cheaper with us both as additional drivers and we put him down as student and working part-time.


Just read your last post, think you have now found the same.

rev_henry

It usually makes no difference to the price include commuting, btw. One trick I discovered the other day is including 1000 business miles may actually reduce the premium further.

mikey72

Things must have changed.
I used to insure the beach buggy, with a 1600cc engine, with a shorrocks supercharger when I was a student, It was affordable for me then as an only car.

rev_henry

mikey72 wrote: »

Things must have changed.
I used to insure the beach buggy, with a 1600cc engine, with a shorrocks supercharger when I was a student, It was affordable for me then as an only car.

They really have, I understand. When my father was my age he drove his father's rover SD1 V8, and a friend of his drove his father's jag or something equally ridiculous. Can't quite remember, but my dad said such arrangements weren't uncommon and must have been perfectly affordable at the time.