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Best car insurance wise 18yr old

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  • 03-12-2007 12:01pm
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    Foleyart
    Registered Users Posts: 263 ✭✭


    My son has just started an apprenticeship as a carpenter and his place of work is 35 minutes drive in the opposite direction to my own workplace. He starts at 8 in the morning which adds ahell of a lot to my day. Solutions, 1 would be to buy him a car as he does have a provisional license.Public transport is not an option. My question is, what would be the best car insurance wise for him to get ?? appreciate any advice:)


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    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Get him to get a full licence first, asap! That should reduce the insurance premium significantly. Given that he's a carpenter I imagine some kind of diesel car-van would be best for him, and they're often cheaper to insure as there will never be rear seat passengers.


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    SMM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭SMM


    Hi,

    Your best bet is probably a VW polo or seat ibiza (1l) or a ford fiesta (1.2 or could be 1.3 not sure). A little less glamorous is the nissan micra, punto or VW lupo. Basically they're the lowest engine size you can get so he'll get the lowest premium and the newer versions ('00+) should have better safety equipment for someone just starting out. It really depends on how much he's got to spend?


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    As Stephen said, full licence. Then have him attend Hibernian Ignition course. Then get him an old banger less than 1.4 litres.


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    drdre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,245 ✭✭✭drdre


    Best solution is get him a 1.0 polo and tell him to get a quote from hibernian.Then do the Hibernian test and in the mean time apply form a full licence now as it takes a while getting it.


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    mvpr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 295 ✭✭mvpr


    Sub 1 litre Yaris might suit. (Comparatively)Cheap to insure and will run forever if looked after.


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    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    Opel/Vauxhall Corsa car-van 1.5L turbo diesel

    Good reliable Isuzu engines in them.


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    Earth Worm Jim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 251 ✭✭Earth Worm Jim


    Foleyart wrote: »
    My son has just started an apprenticeship as a carpenter and his place of work is 35 minutes drive in the opposite direction to my own workplace. He starts at 8 in the morning which adds ahell of a lot to my day. Solutions, 1 would be to buy him a car as he does have a provisional license.Public transport is not an option. My question is, what would be the best car insurance wise for him to get ?? appreciate any advice:)


    Corsa 1.0 - 99 upwards - cheap as chips to run.

    I have a Clean 99 3dr 40k - if you looking?


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    pwd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭pwd


    non-turbo diesels seem to be far cheaper than petrol cars to insure with most companies.
    Listing the car as being worth less than 2.5k can cause it to be more expensive to insure I've been told.


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    drdre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,245 ✭✭✭drdre


    Earth Worm Jim wrote: »
    Corsa 1.0 - 99 upwards - cheap as chips to run.

    I have a Clean 99 3dr 40k - if you looking?


    Good publicity.... :)


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    MugMugs
    Registered Users Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    What about the old trick of..........

    Buy a CarVan..... Insure it under your name, put him on as a named driver ?

    Alternatively, Buy him a Smart car 0.7 litre engine.... Cant do much damage in that wee thing !


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    Trampas
    Registered Users Posts: 7,668 ✭✭✭Trampas


    MugMugs wrote: »
    What about the old trick of..........

    Buy a CarVan..... Insure it under your name, put him on as a named driver ?

    And then if he has a crash he might not be covered.

    It was in the news that that old trick isn't a good option.

    Especially if traveling to and from work


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