For 40 miles day? Probably not worth it when you cost it all out fully.
2k reliable car for motorway commute
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For 40 miles day? Probably not worth it when you cost it all out fully.
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Found a nice Yaris and rang admiral to find out insurance quotes.
£2.4k up front
£3.4k over 12 months
Madness! We arnt blessed with a great postcode close to bootle but the area is very nice!
We tried admiral as they were open and always come out as the cheapest online. Intrestingly a 1.3 03 Yaris and a 1.0 Yaris 03 cost the same for insurance. I'll be happier with her driving a 1.3.
£2.4k up front
£3.4k over 12 months
Madness! We arnt blessed with a great postcode close to bootle but the area is very nice!
We tried admiral as they were open and always come out as the cheapest online. Intrestingly a 1.3 03 Yaris and a 1.0 Yaris 03 cost the same for insurance. I'll be happier with her driving a 1.3.
got one of those, not very nice on the motorway
Certainly a nicer place to be than a shopping trolley with a tiny petrol engine on the motorway.
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Can you please explain that? I don't understand how a car with better fuel consumption won't work out cheaper in the long run.
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For reliability go for something VAG with a PD diesel engine, not too sure what the prices of a PD mk4 golf are but there must be some around your price range.
There are plenty of calculators out there to show the difference in petrol v diesel costs over all. Quite a few here on this forum (someone made a spreadsheet) too. Take a look and see
Did your add her parents to that Admiral quote?
Here we go. 23 year old newly passed female, L22 postcode, Focus 1.6. A 10 month policy is 5% more expensive per month, but with some NCB and being an older female she will quickly have insurance rates dropping through the floor. Using the same details a 1.3 Yaris comes out as £1389.23.
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Because you tend to have to pay more for them (Or accept an older car for the same money, in which case the less fuel efficient car of the same age would give you a pile of change).
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For a reliable car for motorway cruising at 2k I'd look no further than a mondeo. Good solid car that soaks up the miles with reasonable comfort.
Here we go. 23 year old newly passed female, L22 postcode, Focus 1.6. A 10 month policy is 5% more expensive per month, but with some NCB and being an older female she will quickly have insurance rates dropping through the floor. Using the same details a 1.3 Yaris comes out as £1389.23.
2 additional drivers of what standard and history? It's not completely comparable is it.
No but it demonstrates what the OP should do - add both parents. Providing one of them doesnt have a drink drive ban and the other isn't a BBC News presenter it isn't going to be hugely different and will have a good effect.
Two 50 year old females with perfect history. I am fairly sure that everybody can think of two people to fit the bill! The more expensive the car to insure the greater the effect.
Yup, and it's quite a big effect too. The price jumps to £2102.08 with them removed, so they are a 30% / £627.17 discount![TW]Fox;19306595 said:
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L22 is the reason - in my experience any postcode with an L in is stupidly high.