Northwind on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
Yup, my Focus costs buttons to insure but it wasn't cheap to buy, very pleased with it mind but you pay more for what you get than you do with some of the alternatives,equivalent V40s were about 20%...
View Articlefubar on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
how about a ford Focus 1.4 or a Mondeo 1.6 ?
View Articletakisawa2 on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
What about a classic car, would a classic policy be any cheaper...?
View Articleallyharp on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
Keep in mind that if your mum isn't the main driver on a policy under her name then that's fronting - which is a hot topic for insurance companies now so you could get stung if you need to...
View Articlepetrieboy on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
Anything that young people don't drive really - play the statistics game. So nothing ford or Vauxhall. Something uncommon will most likely have less claims stats attached so will be cheaper (astras...
View ArticleIain Gillam on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
Astra estate might be a good bet, I've got an awfuly slow 1.6 petrol that insurance was cheap on. The back seats fold flat so the boot space is simmilar to the astra van easily big enough to fit me in...
View Article5lab on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
i've had a mondeo diesel estate (99) since I was 23. Highest insurance I've paid was well under £500. Should be able to pick up a that-shape model for around £500 now, mine's probably worth most at...
View ArticleAristotle on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
If you live in an urban area then car insurance for a new, young, male driver will be extremely high whatever the car. Even if your own car is almost worthless, the potential for causing damage to...
View ArticleMidlandTrailquestsGraham on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
I was going to suggest a Land Rover, but after the mention of £5000 above, maybe that's not a good idea.Classic car insurance can be cheap, but some of them insist on you having a main use vehicle as...
View Articlerusty trowel on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
Nissan Almera estate, dull but reliable and big enough.
View Articletrailertrash on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
Volvo V40.You can get a mint example with 100,000 on the clock for under £2000, they are bomb proof, petrols go to 150,000 and the diesels 250000+, you can get two bikes in the back each with one wheel...
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thisisnotaspoon on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
Good luck, at 23 I still couldn't get anything insured under £800, so bought an MG midget, roof's are overated anyway Classic insurance insn't an option untill your 21, and unless you can convince them...
View Articletrail_rat on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
when did you get that quote on a 1.9d ? was it an actual van or the estate car - the vans are astronomical but the estate car is cheap to insure ! try a 1.6HDI berlingo estate CAR (not the van...
View Articlethisisnotaspoon on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
Have you considdered car hire?When I looked into it, the cost of insurance+tax+mot+breakdowns(+service if you cant DIY it) meant it was cheeper to hire a car almost every weekend for a year than it was...
View Articletrail_rat on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
you cannot hire a car realistically for a 17yr old ... i tried. most are 21 minimum - those that do allow are silly money !
View ArticleMidlandTrailquestsGraham on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
Come to think of it though, in 25 years of driving Land Rovers, I've never had a random stop and document check. Get a Land Rover and don't bother with the insurance. As long as you can avoid crashing,...
View Articletrail_rat on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
goodpoint graham ... my granda ran an old S plate(as in **** XES format) landy for YEARS - up till about 98/98used to get stopped ALL the time - it smoked and it was rusty but ALWAYS passed its mot -...
View Articletron on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
Just run loads and loads of insurance price checker searches on lots of different models of car. There's no rhyme or reason to car insurance premiums - insurance groups are certainly a poor predictor....
View Articleuplink on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
We got our [fresh past her test] 18 yr old daughter insured for £750 with this lothttp://www.insurethebox.com/Bit different to other insurance but suits her needs
View Articlethisisnotaspoon on "What's a cheap biggish car with low insurance??"
Out of interest, why not a small car? Ok so the wheels have to come off but you can still fit 2 blokes and 2 bikes inside a small car, we did 4+4 in a 206!The problem is anythign that isn't 'gutless'...
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