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Advice please teenage son with £1500 to spend on a car
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My 19 year old soon to be 20 year old has saved £1500 for a car- he has had his fingers burnt on an aged polo which ended up costing an arm and leg. Does anyone have some sound advice on a good purchase- low insurance group cheap to run and repair and a bit of street cred? :j Is a private buy better than a garage? I don't know much about cars so am pretty useless for advice. Hopefully MSE'ers will come to the rescue
Thanks
My 19 year old soon to be 20 year old has saved £1500 for a car- he has had his fingers burnt on an aged polo which ended up costing an arm and leg. Does anyone have some sound advice on a good purchase- low insurance group cheap to run and repair and a bit of street cred? :j Is a private buy better than a garage? I don't know much about cars so am pretty useless for advice. Hopefully MSE'ers will come to the rescue
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If it's his own money, get the newest car possible for the money.
If it's your money, spend 300 on an old banger because if it ain't his money he wont respect it.“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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From friends or relatives at least hopefully they won't knowingly leg him over.0
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Get a Mondeo, Vectra or Astra, etc. Keep away from the Saxos, Corsas, 106s, etc. Too many young people these days in small cars that struggle to move up to a bigger proper sized car.0
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Do do insurance quotes before you commit to buying any car - the insurance might shock you!0
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From experience, escort / focus / fiesta diesel is well in your price range, diesel makes it cheap to run and insure, save a bit of cash for some bling if necessary eg alloys from ebay and you're sorted. Both my boys have gone this route, the Fords have been cheap to run, not bad on insurance and easy to maintain.
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The question is with insurance, how long as he held a licence for and does he have any no claims bonus built up? Even a year with both is a godsend when it comes to insurance, if not then its still best putting it on the parents insurance instead.
No it's not, if he uses the car more than they, it is fraudulent.
Let junior pay £500 for a car and £1k for insurance, he can't afford street "cred", unless he goes illegal and I'm sure you don't want that for his or your sakes??I like the thanks button, but ,please, an I agree button.
Will the grammar and spelling police respect I do make grammatical errors, and have carp spelling, no need to remind me.;)
Always expect the unexpected:eek:and then you won't be dissapointed0 -
From experience, escort / focus / fiesta diesel is well in your price range, diesel makes it cheap to run and insure, save a bit of cash for some bling if necessary eg alloys from ebay and you're sorted. Both my boys have gone this route, the Fords have been cheap to run, not bad on insurance and easy to maintain.
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Diesel and "street cred" = does not compute, lol.0 -
Volvo 760. He can fit an airbed in the boot for the lucky ladies (or guys). Now thats street cred.0
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I did too when younger but perhaps they're cutting down in it more nowadays. Easier to get away with if its a zafira or picasso than a saxo or corsa though!0
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low insurance group cheap to run and repair and a bit of street cred?
this of course is always the problem since all younger drivers are looking for this and so the insurance can be shocking for the car
as people have said is the £1500 for the car alone or car and insurance? if its for car and insurance you will probably only be looking at about £500 for the actual car unless he has already got a few years no claims bonus behind him
also what is street cred to him, i know this sounds silly but is it a sporty looking car or a bigger car where he can get more of his mates in
also as others have stated dont just keep to the smaller sized cars as sometimes these are more likely to be hit with bigger insurance than a bigger car such as a focus/escort or mondeo, so set a bit of time aside to do a couple of comparison websites quotes on different carsDrop a brand challenge
on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)0
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