Cheap first car?

matty114 · 26 Jul 2009 at 20:45

Anyone recommend a car with dirt cheap insurance? I'm sending off my provisional tomorrow and i have been quoted at £2800 with a Peugeot 106. 1000cc and 5 doors would be great

Morba · 26 Jul 2009 at 20:53

Mondeo

SoundsGood · 26 Jul 2009 at 20:56

test

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matty114 · 26 Jul 2009 at 20:58

Morba said:
Mondeo

£3,500

Morba · 26 Jul 2009 at 21:00

Rubbish. You are doing something wrong or you have been nicking cars for years or live in beirut

Goksly · 26 Jul 2009 at 21:01

Focus

EdAllonby · 26 Jul 2009 at 21:02

Rover Metro or a Citroen Berlingo, Can't go wrong.

matty114 · 26 Jul 2009 at 21:05

Morba said:
Rubbish. You are doing something wrong or you have been nicking cars for years or live in beirut

lol i was, i said i had a full licence

£1000 with a Fiesta and 1200 with a Mondeo

ajstan · 26 Jul 2009 at 21:05

mondeo

matty114 · 26 Jul 2009 at 21:55

I might get a cheap write off Mondeo and patch it up

thanks.

mattyprice4004 · 26 Jul 2009 at 21:56

Get a decent 2001 or 2002 plate Mondy for a grandish, job done.

allllec · 26 Jul 2009 at 22:38

matty114 said:
Anyone recommend a car with dirt cheap insurance?

Morba said:
Mondeo

I hope that was sarcastic?

matty114 said:
lol i was, i said i had a full licence

£1000 with a Fiesta and 1200 with a Mondeo

And what about when you do get a full licence? Insurance as a provisional licence holder is always a hell of a lot less, and the insurance company will demand the increase in premium when you tell them you've past your test. Unless you acquire 1 NCB, however obviously that'd require you to not pass your test for a year. Probably not ideal...

Jonny Wright · 26 Jul 2009 at 22:41

matty114 said:
lol i was, i said i had a full licence

£1000 with a Fiesta and 1200 with a Mondeo

£1000 insurance on a fiesta if your 17 and it's your first car snap that up in a heart beat

Gilbretto · 27 Jul 2009 at 02:58

Jonny Wright said:
£1000 insurance on a fiesta if your 17 and it's your first car snap that up in a heart beat

True true!

I'm 24 with 2 years NCB and i'm still paying over a grand! :mad:

TBirdUK · 27 Jul 2009 at 08:34

get a peugeot 206, 1.9 DLX, can pick one up for about £2K with less than 60K on the clock - I just got my gf insured on one, provisional licence, me as named driver, 3rd party fire and theft, £650.

Car is quite nippy, over 50 to the gallon, seems just the job for a new driver (although vis out the back is a bit rubbish!)

Moeks · 27 Jul 2009 at 08:39

rover416i said:
Get a decent 2001 or 2002 plate Mondy for a grandish, job done.

Agreed. Good advice.

Captain_Slick · 27 Jul 2009 at 09:47

His insurance will shoot through the roof as soon as he passes with a Mondeo though. I don't know where people get this idea that they are low insurance because hardly any young people have them. It's rubbish. I pay £2800~ on mine, but it's either that for a Mondeo or £2600~ for a Peugeot 106. Worth the extra £200, but still a fortune. Once you pass, you're going to be charged a ****ing fortune for the first year regardless of what car you have, just simply because you have a car.

Moeks · 27 Jul 2009 at 10:10

Those numbers are utterly outrageous though, you should be paying half that really, even in your first year.

[TW]Fox · 27 Jul 2009 at 10:12

matty114 said:
I might get a cheap write off Mondeo and patch it up thanks.

Why not just buy a good one in the first place :confused:

waso_dude · 27 Jul 2009 at 10:14

Gilbretto said:
True true!

I'm 24 with 2 years NCB and i'm still paying over a grand!

your getting ripped then..

I'm paying £670 for my mazda 3 2.0l sport. i'm 21 with no NCB, but 1 year as a named driver!