Interesting the response on P plates - while I certainly take notice and give more space, my general observation is that most people treat them in the same way as learners - i.e. an obstacle which shouldn't be on their road - and drive accordingly, e.g. tailgating, dangerous overtakes, and other general aggressive behaviour.
The wife has her first car. A couple of questions, if you will.
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Sounds like valid case to get a car to be fair.
However, not teaching you to suck eggs but bear in mind tobacco is addictive, so saying "we will save £300/month by not smoking" might not be that straightforward. 13 hour shifts and 3 kids. Family bereavement. Stress is piling up. Gonna get myself a box of 20 to tide me over. I've stopped before so can do it again.
You also need to factor in maintenance costs for 12 year old used cars which can be inherently volatile, you might have no problem running it but at 48k miles it is probably on the original clutch for example, and having averaged about 4k miles a year that clutch has probably had to deal with a lot of short journeys. So what I'm saying is are you in position to field £500+ bills the car could start throwing up?
Absolutely. Front, rear, and inside. Consider the following claims:
"She was on the phone."
"She was distracted by her children."
"She brake-tested me."
Well done!
Aye. Back onto the subject at hand, I'm not sure I'd regard a dashcam as essential. I guess it's easy to say unless you're in a position where you're getting shafted and you know it's not your fault, but certainly most of the time it's not too difficult to tell who is at fault anyway.
That said, I do have one in my car. But luckily I never told my insurer I did because at the weekend my car was ploughed in to but for whatever reason, the one file on the SD card that was corrupt was the one of the incident itself. Luckily liability wasn't ever in question anyway, but I can only imagine how difficult it would be in a trickier situation if I had told insurance I had a dashcam and was asked to provide footage only to find out that the damn thing had messed up for some reason.
That said, I do have one in my car. But luckily I never told my insurer I did because at the weekend my car was ploughed in to but for whatever reason, the one file on the SD card that was corrupt was the one of the incident itself. Luckily liability wasn't ever in question anyway, but I can only imagine how difficult it would be in a trickier situation if I had told insurance I had a dashcam and was asked to provide footage only to find out that the damn thing had messed up for some reason.
Its the OcUK way! Also, why didn’t he buy a Mondeo? (Is that still a thing?)Guy asks for advice on P plates and dashcams. Gets money lectures like he's a child
My point wasn’t a dig at the money situation so hope it wasn’t taken as such, I just don’t think a dashcam is an essential purchase right off the bat for a new driver, there’s other things to worry about.
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but it was a question I asked. What have we to worry about? I am sure we have gone through everything with a fine comb before purchasing a car. We have both come from a really bad credit score (mid to high 2 digits to very low 3 digits) to great/verygood/perfect in 3 years. All credit cards paid off, mortgage paid off. So for future posts, don't worry about money on our side of things.
Maybe if I rephrase my op.
Wife got a car, we are looking for a dash cam, any advice on what to get?
You dont need to explain your financial situation Droolinggimp. Congrats on your progress though.
No one is criticising, especially not myself.
Coming back to your original questions, as I said, don’t prioritise a dashcam but get P plates, they’ll make a difference.
No one is criticising, especially not myself.
Coming back to your original questions, as I said, don’t prioritise a dashcam but get P plates, they’ll make a difference.
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Yeah as a new driver i probably wouldn't get a dash cam yet at least as the chances of her causing the accident are way higher than it protecting you from anything else.
P plates, i'm not so sure. some people will give you more room but others see it as a ticket to take advantage of an in experienced driver by cutting you up and assuming you'll be dithering around on the road.
P plates, i'm not so sure. some people will give you more room but others see it as a ticket to take advantage of an in experienced driver by cutting you up and assuming you'll be dithering around on the road.
This has definitely been my experience, but then I live in the Midlands - looking at @Droolinggimp's profile, so does he. (at least there are now 2 of us on the road who actually have a licence!)
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Mine is the same -take her away from shopping run and she just goes in a wobbly.
I won't be passenger if I can help it - Having her drive me home from Hospital is way worse than eye injections.
Surely you mean leasuire drive?? Pleasure drive might bring some more money in, mind.
Disagree with this. You’ll always notice idiots being idiots but neglect the majority of people that are being considerate.
If it gives her some confidence, thats the main thing.
Seriously well done on getting of the smokes and putting the money saved towards improving your kids (and your own of course) lives. Top man.
And the below is the best bit of advice for a new driver. My driving instructor told me pretty much the same when I passed my test.