Where's the best place to look for a shed?
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Insurance will not be cheap. I had a £500 Punto when I was 18. I had two year no claims from my bike carried over with Churchill and was still paying £1400 as I had just passed my car test.
At one stage when I Was buggering about with the Punto I bought a Volvo 440 off eBay for £50 tax and tested. Sold it a few months later for £200. I think I was just very lucky with the auction as eBay wasn't full of resourceful people back then, but it will be your best bet apart from potential friends and family "barn finds".
At one stage when I Was buggering about with the Punto I bought a Volvo 440 off eBay for £50 tax and tested. Sold it a few months later for £200. I think I was just very lucky with the auction as eBay wasn't full of resourceful people back then, but it will be your best bet apart from potential friends and family "barn finds".
I can get insurance of a defender/series III land rover (1980's models) for about £950/a from the NFU once I've been driving for a year.
Is there any sheds you could recommend? Can you not get an early 80's metro or something for a tenner?
Is there any sheds you could recommend? Can you not get an early 80's metro or something for a tenner?
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A few hundred for insurance is very optimistic.
You will find you could go 3rd party on something you bought for 20p and still pay over £1000.
You will find you could go 3rd party on something you bought for 20p and still pay over £1000.
If you're not bothered about what car you get, why are you asking for advice?
Just go to your local auction, or ebay.
Because I can't find anything online that runs for much less than about £200.
Surely you could get third party for an old 70s metro for £3-400?
No.
Third party risk is not really influenced by the value of your car, so the answer is almost certainly not. Even a group 1 POS is going to cost a new driver more than that.
You think it'd be better to just wait and save up for the landy then? And drive my mums Matiz in the mean time?
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No.
A Metro can still write off an Aston Martin.
If you could find something made of sponge that weighs about 50kg and does 10mph...
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I think your going to get a shock when you realise how much it costs to drive! It does not matter how old and cheap your car is, its still going to cost a lot to insure at 18 even 3rd party.
A lot of stuff on ebay that runs with T&T seems to go for £100+ so you won't find a metro for £10-50 unless you are lucky or know someone!
A lot of stuff on ebay that runs with T&T seems to go for £100+ so you won't find a metro for £10-50 unless you are lucky or know someone!
I know insurance can cost thousands for a new driver, but I was hoping it might be cheaper on some old POS, seems not though. Ah well, I'll just save up for a Land Rover Series III then if I'm going to have to pay thousands on insurance anyway.
Just because I've always loved them since I was young, there different, I've been off road in them before and it's great fun, there practical, it doesn't matter if you prang them, and they look awesome imo
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Ebay?
