Your first car!

Ex-RoNiN

Ex-RoNiN

Ex-RoNiN

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Don't think this has been done in a while/at all. Basically, you say at what age you got your first car, what it was, and how much it cost you, and how much your first year of insurance was.

When? @25
Which one? Ford Cougar, 2L
How much: £2500 (60k on clock)
Insurance: £1000 - 3rd party, fire, theft, legal cover

Your turn!
 
First car with everything in my name:


When? 19
Which one? Peugeot 205 XS 1.4
How much: £550
Insurance: £548 FC (with Pass Plus)
 
When? @17
Which one? Ford Escort mk1 1.1 popular. Ex panda car
How much: £50
Insurance: £can't remember

Frankly, it was rubbish. 65 tops unless slipstreaming someone, rolled like an RNLI lifeboat on the north sea and had black leatherette which melted onto you in summer. Still loved it though.
 
When? @19
Which one? Peugeot 306 1.4 XL
How much: £850
Insurance: £1000 - 3rd party, fire, theft, legal cover

I don't count my mini, since it was never actually insured or on the road :o
 
When? @18
Which one? Ford Mondeo Ghia X, 2L
How much: £900 (88k on clock)
Insurance: £2200 - 3rd party, fire, theft, legal cover :(
 
When? @19
Which one? Ford Focus Zetec 1.4 2001
How much: £4495 36k on the clock
Insurance: £1800 full comp

blah! :D
 
When? @17
Which one? Volvo 360 GLS!!!, 2L, electric sunroof - wind up windows!!!
How much: £50 (clock stopped on 93k)
Insurance: £1000 - FC
 
When? @17
Which one? 1982 Austin Mini 1000
How much: £500 (76k on clock - but the spedo cable often broke and so it didn't go up much!)
Insurance: £400 - Fully comp on my mums (£1200 for me alone)
 
When? just before 17th birthday
Which one? Fiat Seicento SX (899cc)
How much?: Just shy of £5k, new, sourced direct from factory with Tins
Insurance?: £1000 FC

6-and-a-bit years on, still got it :)
 
When? 18
Which one? Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 5dr
How much: £600
Insurance: £600

I still drive it :p It's a nice little car, not particularly fast at all, but it does me well :)
 
When? @17
Which one? VW 88' Mk2 Polo 1.3
How much: Free from grandparents (55k on clock!)
Insurance: On parents insurance as second driver. Around £500 I think.
 
When? 2 days after passing test if i recall (13/02/1987)
Which one? VW Golf 1.6 GTi Mk1 (YPP 690X)
How much?: Dont remember, around the 5k price rings a bell
Insurance?: £650-700 there abouts (F/C My policy!)
 
When? Before I passed my Driving Test Approx 19
Which one? Fiat Punto 1.2 2002
How much?: £6000ish
Insurance?: £1000 ish FC
 
When? 17
Which one? Hyundai Pony 1.5 GLS (50 something thousand on the clock)
How much: £0 - Grandad became too ill to drive it so gave it to me as an 18th B.Day present 6 months early.
Insurance: £1200 TPFT + legal + DOC
 
When? 22ish
Which one? Ford Orion, 1.6L
How much: £1600 (cant remember mileage)
Insurance: £800ish - Fully Comp (was on finance)
 
When? 17 (4 years ago :eek: )
Which one? 1997 Ford Mondeo Ghia, 2L
How much: £1650 (100k on clock and absolutely immaculate)
Insurance: £1200 - TPFT with Norwich Union with 48% (at the time) pass plus discount

It was more luck than judgement really since I knew very little about cars, I just wanted the biggest engine I could insure at the time ;). I didn't even test drive it having not passed my test at the time. Despite that, it was an absolutely brilliant car and took a lot of abuse in my first year of driving.

Since then... Omega 3.0l Elite, Citroen ZX 2.0 16v, Peugeot 405 1.9 SRI, Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0i LS, Omega 2.5l CD, 2007 \o/ A6 2.0 TDI. I've actually gone down in the performance stakes :p.
 
When? @ 17
Which one? 1989 Renault 5 Campus 1.1 (G reg...think that was 89...)
How much: £400 can't remember the clock
Insurance: about £900 F/C - having done PassPlus, else it was about £1700 I think...again, can't remember

I had to change cars as I flooeded the engine with oil...ahem

InvG
 
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