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Car insurance for 17 year olds...any suggestions?
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Mary-Jane



Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 12 10:35 am    Post subject: Car insurance for 17 year olds...any suggestions? Reply with quote
    

Jack is now having driving lessons (I'm sure he's still only 4 years old - where did the time go to? ) and we're now looking at cars...and the dreaded insurance.

Has anyone got any recent thoughts or experience of insuring cars for 17 years olds - or heard of any good deals?

bibbster



Joined: 17 Apr 2009
Posts: 1233
Location: Just a bit inland from Aberaeron
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 12 10:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The best deal we got, for my daughter, was through Norwich Union, which is not on any of the comparison websites.
The other alternative, which we are looking at for my own 17 yr old son is
https://www.provisionalmarmalade.co.uk/?gclid=CNO-q4Co-q4CFQITfAodK2pRyA.

this if for provisional drivers only, and does not affect your own insurance re no claims etc.

Also, the car makes a huge difference...don't assume that the smaller the car is, the cheaper the insurance will be... we had a Skoda Fabia, and found it was considerably cheaper to insure than say a Fiesta, or Nissan Micra etc.

Last edited by bibbster on Thu Mar 22, 12 10:50 am; edited 1 time in total

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 12 10:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

start saving

from what i was told about £2 k a year

having a black box thingy can get a discount and makes for safer driving cos it records speeds and locations and times ,iirc there is discount for not driving at night and taking advanced driving lessons

option 2 is join the army and bring the truck home

Jb



Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 7761
Location: 91� N
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 12 10:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

... or buy him a bicycle

Hairyloon



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 12 11:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

A chap on another forum said he'd got together with some mates and got insurance collectively as a mutual.
Said they saved a fortune, but was not forthcoming with any details on how to actually do it...

ninat



Joined: 01 Feb 2009
Posts: 606
Location: Scotland
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 12 11:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Money saving expert wesite is good. Have yourself on as a second named driver. Consider insurance which uses one of those monitoring boxes- the better the car is driven, the lower the premiums.
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/insurance/car-insurance-young-drivers

Cathryn



Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 12 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Can you pick up any lecturing work of a weekend and evening?

Check the insurance before he falls in love with a particular car. It does make a difference.

Doing passplus used to and it was free to do in Wales. I am two years out of date on this though. His driving instructor will be able to advise him.

Rob R



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 12 1:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Don't bother, unless you're very rich & prepared not to be, is my advice. I didn't & just used hire cars if I needed to go far, or car-shared with mum if I didn't.

Mary-Jane



Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 12 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Cathryn wrote:
Can you pick up any lecturing work of a weekend and evening?


Errrr...why? My current working week, including travelling, is 7am to 7pm daily. Why would I want to work at night and weekends as well?

vegplot



Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 12 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mary-Jane wrote:
Cathryn wrote:
Can you pick up any lecturing work of a weekend and evening?


Errrr...why? My current working week, including travelling, is 7am to 7pm daily. Why would I want to work at night and weekends as well?


Jack's car insurance.

Pilsbury



Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 5645
Location: East london/Essex
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 12 1:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mary-Jane wrote:
Cathryn wrote:
Can you pick up any lecturing work of a weekend and evening?


Errrr...why? My current working week, including travelling, is 7am to 7pm daily. Why would I want to work at night and weekends as well?


To be able to afford insurance for a 17 year old.......

joanne



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 12 1:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I got a quote for Sam on my car and it was so horrendous I had to sit down - my insurance on my own is about £350 a year, add in Sam and it went upto nearly £3K, there is no way we can afford that at the moment

Pilsbury



Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 5645
Location: East london/Essex
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 12 1:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Actually we all know how bad it is, my insurance is 1000 a year for 38yo, employed, married with children in my area so its no wonder so many younger drivers drive uninsured is It? No excuse but simple fact these days.

sgt.colon



Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 12 1:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Indeed Pilsbury and it's not right when ones insurance probably costs more than what the car is you buy.

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45374
Location: yes
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 12 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

maybe a big spike in the middle of the steering wheel and a trunk monkey would avoid the need of insurance

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