GOOD GRIEF .....

[Foggy]

My late teens grandson has just had insurance quotes for a Landrover Discovery (value £2k)........

Cheapest ....wait for it ......

£14 ......THOUSAND .... Five Hundred Pounds !!!!!

Methinks, he'll be walking for a while.

[kallis3]

Doesn't surprise me at all!!!

[plasticdaft]

To be fair the value of the car isnt the issue,its the value of things he may hit while out driving!!!

Big car for a teen,although quotes for even a corsa worth 2k may well be into the 4 thousand mark!!!

Get him to do the pass plus lessons and test,its well worth it as long as he doesnt have any bumps!!

Paul

[kallis3]

My daughter was quoted £3k 5 years ago when she passed her test and that was for a Fiesta 3rd party fire and theft!! She still has to pay a hefty premium even though she is now 23 and has full no claims!!

[Foggy]

My first car cost £35 to buy and £45 to insure TPF&T ( it also cost three quid to fill up the tank !)

[kallis3]

My first car was £30 and I'm afraid that my dad di my insurance with me as a named driver - you could do that way back in the early 70's!!!

I used to drive for pleasure in those days - I could afford to!!

I worked at a petrol station when I was 16 for 18 months and people would come in and put £1 worth of petrol in the tank and it was almost full!!

Those were the days!!!!

[Shining]

My daughters boyfriend has a KA and pays £3K for his insurance. Good job daughter doesn't want a car, she's passed but doesnt enjoy driving, think she gets that from me x

[kallis3]

I used to love driving when I was young - I'd go out on my days off and just drive because I enjoyed it.

I still enjoy driving but it is usually just between home and work and I have my CD's blasting out on the way!!

[carole2662]

My son drives a Golf 1.4 and we were quoted £2400 for his first year. As he had been on a moped for a year Tesco let him have 1 years no claims which bought it down to £1700. Now age 23 he pays £700. When he had his car off the road due to a breakdown I tried to put him on my insurance for my Peugeot 205cti but was told that as he was a student they wouldnt take him, and to put him on the Freelander would cost an arm and a leg infact cheaper to buy another car for him to use for a few weeks.

[angelrainbow]

I have a little old 306 diesel used just for the school run which cost me £250 and I pay more than that a year to insure it - being 37 and having full no claims discount!

[kallis3]

I pay just over £200 a year for our insurance for a six year old Skoda and that's fully comp with one named driver.

I think my daughter pays about £400 for hers.

[Struzzo39]

ours is about 400 a year for a megane which includes break down cover. where do they get them prices???

[kallis3]

It's a disgrace - all due to the spurious claims people make these days when they have a bump.

[Shining]

I pay about £300 for both of us, daughter was on it for a few months, December until this Wednesday coming to be precise and she was paying £100@month for the pleasure, she's coming off it on Wednesday!

[luluj]

For a 3 year old Fiesta I pay £350 a year - and this includes Legal and breakdown - actually don't think that is too bad !