best car for a 17 year old

[chadders88]

i have just passed my driving test and want to know what the best car to drive at 17 with cheap insurance. as i am going on my parents insurance i was wundering if i can drive any gti's, 16v or clio williams.

[NORMANTHEDOG]

your premium will be at its lowest with a car under 1,2 lt any higher,with gti attached will cost you a lot of money

[mkt]

depends whether you're male or female cos whether its right or wrong girls will always get cheaper insurance.....insurance on GTI's etc will be pretty expensive...could be up to about �2000. When i was 17 though i bought a 16v Fiesta Zetec 1.4i and the insurance on that was �850 fully comprehensive by going through a broker rather than a big insurance company. That was on my own too rather than as a named driver on my parents insurance. That way i started to build up no claims bonus from the start and every year have got a discount because of this.

If you are on your parents insurance you won't be allowed to drive someone elses car (a friend etc) only the one you are insured on. For your info you need to be at least 21 and Fully comp to drive someone elses car.

[Toureman]

Of coures you can if you can afford the insurance, you could drive a Ferrari aswell!

[erimus1]

I would get an old gti or something and try and get classic insurance if they will give it t you at such a young age.

[spaced]

certainly forget the clio williams, as the insurance would cost you an arm and a leg, and you probably wouldnt get insured on it. Youve just passed, so learn to walk before running, GTI and fast cars are for more experienced drivers. Get a couple of years of proper driving before thinking of buying a fast car. Its little boy racers that wanna drive fast 2 hours after passing their test, that cause accidents.

[darkmatter]

Insurance premuims cost a fortune for young dirvers, I'm taking a friend out for driving lessons just now, he's 17 and drives a 1.1 saxo he was quoted �3000 to insure it but got it reduced by transferring his mum's no-claims bonus to his name. I got my first car when i was 19 (i'm 25 now) a 1.1 fiesta insured it for �600 third party f&t. After a year, I had a year's no claims, i swapped the fiesta for a 1.8i BMW 3 series, it was a 1990 model but still a very cool car and the insurance was still �600.

My advice would be to get a decent wee car that's cheap to insure, build-up some no-claims bonus and experience and then get your GTI's and 2litre flying machines.

[imprezashit]

You are stupid if you are seriously considering the clio williams. Just get a crap car to start with, and if anything goes wrong it doesn't matter. Plus any of your mentioned cars will cost you on insurance.