thinking about doing my car test

i may just have to plump up the extra for the mazda i cant be bothered driving a crap car just to get the no claim's and then have to sell it and buy another.

Originally Posted by zsv650

i think where i'm going wrong is most people who have no ncb buy something carp like a corsa or fiesta or summat ghey like that i want something that's gonna last me not get bored of it and be comfortable theres got to be something.

Don't completely go on engine sizes or insurance groups. When I was getting my first car the likes of a clio, fiesta, micra, 106, saxo etc (teen cars as I like to call them) all one litre engine size or thereabouts and all low insurance group, but they were all mega more expensive than my eventual car - 1.6 rover 200 ('99 model - which performance wise was quite impressive for a first car at 17! But...then the headgasket went and had to do an engine swap!)

I'm guessing your over 21 so I wouldn't at all be surprised if you can get yourself insured on a two litre for next to nothing. Try something like a Honda Accord 1.8, only insurance group 8ish and it's a Honda so bound to be reliable!

Also, I'd give Liverpool Victoria insurance a try! They undercut everyone else by a grand when I did mine and I got doube no claims for the first year of the policy and it was transferable to another insurance company. Don't know if they still do this deal though but you could always ask!

Apologies if the above contains major grammatical and spelling errors...I've been on the sauce this evening but I did my best!

an accord possibility i've been looking at 323 mazda's and nissan almera's so far they seem to be cheap to insure but you can get a fairly good sized car for your money.

[Wideboy]

modern cars are a lower insurance group aswell

i had a 1995 1.5D 106, only had it 6 months so didn't get any no claims, sold it bought a 2000 1.4 astra, faster, bigger, a million times more flashy............. 300 quid cheaper on insurance

newer the better although i'll probably only have about £1500-£2000 max for the car but it's a buyer's market hahaha.

[Wideboy]

Originally Posted by zsv650

newer the better although i'll probably only have about £1500-£2000 max for the car but it's a buyer's market hahaha.

sort of, at the time i was looking at year old cars and a 1.8 vectra was only 400 quid more on insurance than the astra, its wierd

oh brand new nah could never afford it.

[Wideboy]

Originally Posted by zsv650

oh brand new nah could never afford it.

lol, i didn't, went all faint at the thought of handing over that much money

I'm thinking about doing my car test eventually too, something that I should really do. I'm happy on the bike but it's so bloody cold all the time!

ha yeah amazes me the people who buy new bike's every year more money than sense.