Cars for kids...

Lum

If you don't fancy the classic car route, it's also worth looking at larger "old person" cars. Ford Mondeo, Nissan Bluebird and so on. As others have said all the smaller cars that are traditional for younger drivers have had their insurance reputation ruined by boy racers now.

Nissan Micra is also worth a look. Dirt cheap and all that lovely 90s Jap car reliability.

Matt1977

Lum wrote: »

If you don't fancy the classic car route, it's also worth looking at larger "old person" cars. Ford Mondeo, Nissan Bluebird and so on. As others have said all the smaller cars that are traditional for younger drivers have had their insurance reputation ruined by boy racers now.

Nissan Micra is also worth a look. Dirt cheap and all that lovely 90s Jap car reliability.

I recall the Nissan Bluebird 1.6 being in a low insurance group but these went out of production 21 years ago. Finding a decent one would be hard.

Agree with the Nissan Micra though. The smallest engine 1 litre models should fit the bill. Nissans they sit relatively under the radar of the insurers so a low-ish premium :cool:

HAYLEY8005

I agree car insurance is madness at the moment we have had 1 car in our household for about 11 years so my hubby is named driver but we now need 2 , ciurrently insure an audi a6 2ltdi at age 30 for £500 a year but to get a corsa 1 l or similar for hubby at age 32 even with named driver discount its more than the car is worth approx £800 and that is adding me as named driver to. Just going to bite the bullet so he can claim some no claims for the future.

danjones

Try an IKUBE policy, can't drive between 11 and 5 but when I first started out my insurance was only 1100. Well worth it in my eyes.

Shoshannah

Lum wrote: »

If you don't fancy the classic car route, it's also worth looking at larger "old person" cars. Ford Mondeo, Nissan Bluebird and so on. As others have said all the smaller cars that are traditional for younger drivers have had their insurance reputation ruined by boy racers now.

Nissan Micra is also worth a look. Dirt cheap and all that lovely 90s Jap car reliability.

Good idea - this and the classic car thingy are possible ways forward. Choose cars outside of the ones the insurance companies expect such as the Corsas, Fezzies and Saxos etc.

My first car (aged 18) was a 16-year-old Ford Sierra - insurance was £1100 3rd Party in 2003 but it was a 2.0i engine lol.

rev_henry

catflea wrote: »

Citroen C1 I expect. I'd love to have a 2cv but they are getting expensive now.

BLASPHEMY!!!

2CVs are very cheap to insure but getting pricey now as you say. I believe 12 years ago or so you could get a good one for much less than a grand. Decent ones now are £2k or so at least, or they were when I was looking.

catflea

When I was looking for a 2cv about 3 years ago you couldn't even get a total shed for less than a grand.

rev_henry

catflea wrote: »

When I was looking for a 2cv about 3 years ago you couldn't even get a total shed for less than a grand.

I missed out on one on ebay about 18 months ago that went for £1500 - wasn't perfect but was sound, iirc. That was unusual though I think.

jen_br

Skodas are class 2 I found out!

Kilty_2

danjones wrote: »

Try an IKUBE policy, can't drive between 11 and 5 but when I first started out my insurance was only 1100. Well worth it in my eyes.

Admiral Group companies tend to offer quotes around that for new drivers in a reasonable postcode area (plays a big part though) without the stupid restrictions.