£1000 - learn to drive and get a cheap car up and running, possible?

[TW]Fox;17777829 said:
It depends on his future prospects. If he cannot work and wont be able to work for a long time its unlikely he'll ever be in a position to afford to run a car properly. In this situation, then having a driving license is not a worthwhile investment of £1000.

If he envisages that in a year or two he'll have a decent income then absolutely, get the test out of the way now.
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exactly.
 
MrLOL said:
exactly.
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Well without knowing the op its hard to say. In the future a family member might give the op the opportunity to drive or future prospects opened up by having a driving licence. Even if ownership isn't a prospect, it's not to say a licence is totally useless.
 
The Taxi thing was a guess but seeing as the sole purpose for wanting to get on the road was to go shopping, if the scooter doesn't fulfill that then its pointless... unless you Luke doing shopping in 15 trips :D
 
Janesy B said:
The Taxi thing was a guess but seeing as the sole purpose for wanting to get on the road was to go shopping, if the scooter doesn't fulfill that then its pointless... unless you Luke doing shopping in 15 trips :D
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This is true, I also didn't actually see his comment about no bikes before I posted it I admit.

I still think though if he wants to get some mobility and freedom and next to no budget, a scooter or low capacity motorbike shouldn't be punted out of consideration. Cheap on every front - to learn, to buy, to insure, to maintain.
 
PardonTheWait said:
If he wants to get mobile it looks like that or nothing.

Also, how is he getting his fortnightly shop trip done currently? Surely he can just carry on doing it however he's doing?
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A car is used in fortnightly trips for shopping but i wont go into it as it is irrelevent to the topic at hand which is a topic about ability to learn and get a car on the road for a start for a grand, minus insurance and things as id probs pay that as and when it is required i.e not a years calculation worth out of the grand.
 
Skeeter, I personally think you'll have a (near) impossible time financing even the cheapest car you can find, however, my suggestion is, try a lesson or 2 and see if you enjoy or like it, if you think ''meh'' then just wait until a better situation pops up, if you DO like it, I'd think you should go on with it and hopefully get your licence, you'll probably enjoy it, I think your bro will have no problems you taking a drive once in a while, and what the heck, you might even like it so much that you want to become a driver for whatever, but I think you should take one or two lessons just to see how it's like.
 
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How much did it cost me?

I did 12 lessons at 9 pound each (dads best friend is an instructor) 108
Theory test was 40 I think
practical was also 40 + 1 more lesson for the car so 80
1.0 corsa 12v 900 pound
insurance on a group 2 car 1474 pound

Total
2602 pound to get fully insured on the road 6 years ago now.

I think the above guys are correct. Concentrate on passing your test first then start saving for your car and insurance ect. If you have 1000 then just use that purely for driving if its something you really want to do. Dont think "oh I can buy some computer parts because I have a bit of extra money".
 
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