First car - max budget £2000

tummelv · 14 Sep 2011 at 14:09

Thanks for the tip, todge. I'll check the site out.

shoes · 14 Sep 2011 at 14:12

tummelv said:
Is the comfort pack the one with aircon and the quickclear windscreen? Mine has aircon but no quick clear windscreen. I would have liked quickclear but it wasn't a dealbreaker for buying it.....

Just phoned the garage who have confirmed the car will be ready for me next Saturday to come pick up. It needed an MOT put on it and they were also going to change the cambelt. Gonna be a long wait till Saturday!

The garage is 40 miles from my house so it's gonna be a long first drive with my new car on fast roads. Still, should be a good chance to get to know the car.

I guess so, mine has the quick clear windscreen and air con. The windscreen is very useful IMO, I'm really going to miss it in my next car, assuming it's not a ford.

Disco Boy · 14 Sep 2011 at 14:23

Nice first car... don't be worried about not having a quick clearing windscreen, my first car (which I just sold after 4 years) was black with a black interior and no AC... I lost about half a stone going anywhere in the summer!

tummelv · 15 Sep 2011 at 13:07

Just went over my quote with my dad to confirm everything looked good. Had to change a couple of fields and the new quote went down further to £1071! So double checking with my dad saved me about £65. Really chuffed!

Steve2000 · 15 Sep 2011 at 14:11

It also works out cheaper sometimes if you enter it as being kept on the drive overnight as opposed to in the garage. Little things like that bring it down a bit.

DBT85 · 16 Sep 2011 at 09:55

tummelv said:
Just went over my quote with my dad to confirm everything looked good. Had to change a couple of fields and the new quote went down further to £1071! So double checking with my dad saved me about £65. Really chuffed!

Not bad going at all. My first year on my Focus was £1700 lol. And that was with Quinn Direct who at the time were the ONLY insurer who didn't cover glass on a comprehensive policy (I didnt even think to check this). Much to my distaste when my windscreen got a chip on the motorway which had cracked right around the tax disk in the next 5 minutes.

Also taught me to check things that are typically standard!

DiCe! · 16 Sep 2011 at 12:18

Todge said:
Not bad going at all. My first year on my Focus was £1700 lol. And that was with Quinn Direct who at the time were the ONLY insurer who didn't cover glass on a comprehensive policy (I didnt even think to check this). Much to my distaste when my windscreen got a chip on the motorway which had cracked right around the tax disk in the next 5 minutes.

Also taught me to check things that are typically standard!

Im with quinn, do they still do that :| must check when I get home.

tummelv · 6 Sep 2012 at 13:19

Just bought my second year of insurance for £515. Not bad at all, just under half of the £1070 for the first year. :eek:

TheDean · 6 Sep 2012 at 13:38

Good for you on not crashing in your first year!

MooMoo444 · 6 Sep 2012 at 13:41

I hate it when you read a thread and get to the bottom, then realise it's a year old

GravyMonster · 6 Sep 2012 at 13:50

MooMoo444 said:
I hate it when you read a thread and get to the bottom, then realise it's a year old

Ha! I got halfway down and saw a post from MikeH and realised I was time travelling

tummelv · 6 Sep 2012 at 15:59

TheDean said:
Good for you on not crashing in your first year!

Thanks! I did have a big slide in a blizzard at about 1am on an A road....thank god nudging the kerb straightened the car out. :cool: