Josh42 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I'd look at 1.0 3 cylinder corsa C's. My girlfriend got one for her first car, paid £800 for it, £900 to insure it and it did 55mpg no matter how you drove it. Was a great little car. Then she brought a 1.8 VVTi celica and only paid £700 to insure that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Why not lease something, a neighbors son just passed his test a got a C3 for around £80 a month and his insurance is around £1k ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cered Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Don't buy an expensive car as a first car. Get something like a £1,000 Ford Puma Thunder 1.7, prolly be about £1500-£2,000 to insure like most cars when you start out. Great MPG, superb handling, decent power and lots of toys. Looks modern too. If you crash it or scrape it it'll cost pennies to fix too, easy to work on so good learning experience in that department too. Use the money you save to buy something better when the first years no claims bonus knocks off £500+ EDIT: I'm sure your family have already told you to buy a cheap car as a first car... There's a reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azam Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I would highly recommend a pug 306 Hdi. I've had a few of them. For some strange reason the insurance is cheaper then a micra. I was paying just under £400 living in Birmingham aged 20. It was running on a stage 2 map, about 160bhp. Cheap to maintain and hit 190k miles in it. I also had the gti6 but the Hdi was more fun as it produced more torque. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/11/3b926771f7443305a972adfb093acde6.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I would go down the cheap car and (as cheap as possible insurance) It's all about getting your no claims bonus up together for the first two years. Try Aviva; they're not on comparison sites and count your full license from when you got your provisional.. so if you had a provisional at 17 and you're 21 now that's 4 years of having a full license in their eyes, which would make a hefty difference. Check what impact your parents have to making your insurance cheaper. I have my dad as a named driver, although women can sometimes make that even cheaper too, but watch out as their age counts as a negative at a certain point (no pun intended) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Also avoid getting a black box like the plague. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cered Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Also avoid getting a black box like the plague. 100% this. I hugely oppose the 'black box' scheme, insurers have too much power as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdavies Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 100% this. I hugely oppose the 'black box' scheme, insurers have too much power as it is. I helped a guy the other day who spun on a roundabout and crashed into a high curb, he had a black box and his insurance rang immediately, werent even bothered if he was OK, just chasing the blackbox message Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cered Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I helped a guy the other day who spun on a roundabout and crashed into a high curb, he had a black box and his insurance rang immediately, werent even bothered if he was OK, just chasing the blackbox message ££ chasers, the lot of them. Any excuse to avoid paying up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T14PPA Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Get an ep2 chris. Lovely cars and reliable. Nippy for a 1.6 and insurance aint mega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra Size Me Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 How about a Hyundai Coupe ? 1.6L Insurance group is quite low for them too: 8D on 1-20 scale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Buy something cheap and get saving. It's a total false economy to do anything else. Give it two years and then get something interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jord Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Would you be able to insure a Mk1 1.6 MX5? Would be a fun first car, tons for sale and well within £3k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cered Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Would you be able to insure a Mk1 1.6 MX5? Would be a fun first car, tons for sale and well within £3k. May as-well get the 1.8, price difference on insurance is negligible. can get an easy 145BHP out of the post 1994 (most reliable of the lot) 1.8s too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Don't get anything you'll "love". Get something small and underpowered to get you from A to B, safely. You will have an incident of some sort (whether it be curbing wheels, nudging a bollard or something else), so get something you don't care too much about for around 2 years, then get a better one. As Jay said above, a 1.4Tdi VW is perfect to start. The most valuable lesson I was taught was "The day you pass your test is the day you learn to drive". There's nobody there to advise you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlukey Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Lambo! What about a Toyota Starlet Turbo? They're only a 1.3, but can be made quite nippy if you play about with them. My mate at work had one and it was a great laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Step away from the lawnmower lad and get one of these [ATTACH=CONFIG]201011[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjy Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That man speaks sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdavies Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Don't get anything you'll "love". Get something small and underpowered to get you from A to B, safely. You will have an incident of some sort (whether it be curbing wheels, nudging a bollard or something else), so get something you don't care too much about for around 2 years, then get a better one. As Jay said above, a 1.4Tdi VW is perfect to start. The most valuable lesson I was taught was "The day you pass your test is the day you learn to drive". There's nobody there to advise you. This is a good idea, Buy a nice polo or fiesta something that is common and you can get bumpers for. You will scratch and dink and dent it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOSSIL_FUELS Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Toyota Yarris. Brilliant first car and cheap as chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT Paul Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 reliant robin won't rust and only 3 tyres to change, very retro like skinny jeans winner!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra matt Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 As phil said starlet gt 1. 3 turbo and very quick and your staying in the Toyota family [emoji2] http://www.gumtree.com/p/toyota/toyota-starlet-gt-turbo-ep82-huge-spec-dave-burwash-td04-hks-fcon-fully-forged-wiseco-270.1bhp/1113782576 http://www.gumtree.com/p/toyota/1992-toyota-starlet-gt-turbo-ep82-257bhp-quaife-atb-lsd-greddy-emanage-ultimate-td04-zisco/1112125570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That man speaks sense. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisgowing Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I had a 1.2 punto ELX which was a 1200 quid car and cost me 1200 to insure. Sure it was an italian unreliable car with odd paintwork, the floor needed welding just to hold it together in the end. And you know what I loved it. Your first car will always be great no matter what because its your first car. Your bound to go over bumps to quick , scrape it and curb it it's all part of the fun!! You gotta start somewhere my advice would be. But at the end of the day its up to you, you'll love whatever you get in the end mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bailey Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 A few interesting comments The problem I have is my mind is pretty much made up on the civic, purely for the fact I love hondas. As I've said insurance is only £200 more for the car I want than it is for the normal 1.2 corsa's, clio's that everyone has when they first pass. But bearing in mind I'll be 21 when i pass my test so insurance companies will "assume" I'm more mature than a 17 year old who has just passed. I'd like to think im mature anyway I'll do some quotes on the cars that have been suggested and see what comes back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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