Car for Daughter

[Pete7]

Originally Posted by Bri w

bu99er, beat me to it.

She is, but.......... we all call her "Da Mouth" and there is a good reason for it. She could easily embarrass a Guards Sergeant-Major by the way she shouts

You are probably best passing on this one.

Hopefully she will pass her test quickly and then step-dad won't be a 24 hour taxi service.

Pete

avoid late nineties fiestas, they rot from the inside out

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by Pete7

Quick postscript, we bought a rather nice little dark red Ka for daughter during the week. Turned out to be a luxury 2002 model which came with air con, leather seats and alloys. Why didn't my first car have things like this So thanks for all the suggestions.

She is chuffed and I am now a nervous wreck as we go out practising driving in the evenings.

Pete

Keep an eye on the sills for rust and the door looms have a habit of breaking between the door and the car if you see what I mean? Looking at about £120-150 for a new door loom

Originally Posted by Jammy

avoid late nineties fiestas, they rot from the inside out

Jammy, that's all Fords not just nineties fiestas (we've owned mk1,2,3,4 & 5 fiestas)

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by Pete7

Quick postscript, we bought a rather nice little dark red Ka for daughter during the week. Turned out to be a luxury 2002 model which came with air con, leather seats and alloys. Why didn't my first car have things like this So thanks for all the suggestions.

She is chuffed and I am now a nervous wreck as we go out practising driving in the evenings.

Pete

Keep an eye on the sills for rust and the door looms have a habit of breaking between the door and the car if you see what I mean? Looking at about £120-150 for a new door loom

Originally Posted by Jammy

avoid late nineties fiestas, they rot from the inside out

Jammy, that's all Fords not just nineties fiestas (we've owned mk1,2,3,4 & 5 fiestas)

[rowdy]

I know its a tad late to be replying to this thread as op has bought a car, but if any one else is in a similar position and the cost of insurance is a factor, it is better to look at cars that are less popular with young, high risk drivers.
For example, I was on the look out for a car for my sister in law a while ago, and the cars on her short list included a mk4 golf 5 door and the equivalent Audi A3 3 door.
You would have thought that the Audi, being a more premium (although basically the same) car over the VW, and being a 3 door rather than 5 door, would be more expensive to insure. It turned out that it was actually significantly cheaper to insure. The insurance salesperson on the phone told me it was because the Golf, being more popular with the younger at risk drivers, were crashed and claimed on more than the Audi.

yup, get yourself a nice vectra or something, no young people choose them.

[rowdy]

Originally Posted by Spank86

nice vectra

Really! contradiction in terms

Originally Posted by rowdy

Really! contradiction in terms

Pug 405?

[rowdy]

Originally Posted by Spank86

Pug 405?

As an alternative to a Vectra?
The 405 certainly had a good handling chassis, and the xud diesel engine is one of the best made so yeh, despite the French reputation for quality I would rather the Pug.

My point though, was that a more expensive and upmarket car doesn't necessarily mean a higher insurance premium.

You're right and in theory a vectra is a more premium car than an Astra but often cheaper to insure because little old ladies crash them less.