I got my first car is it any good?

The policy will be on my mother's name and i will be the additional driver on the policy and the website that i got my quote on asked who will be the main driver out of me and my mum, i selected my name and the insurance came to 1800

I wouldn't have such a flashy car myself if I was your age, as the chances of crashing in the 1st year of driving is 1 in 5. But it certainly is a nice car.

Can I ask, why you didn't just go for a car every 17 year old goes for, such as a, cheaper to insure, Corsa or Fiesta?

Oh i see, hopefully i won't crash, I'm going to very careful in the way i drive

OP, you will say that today, tommorow it will be a different story.

Please do be careful.

I do agree with the above posters that you should have gone with a corsa, fiesta or a renault especially for you for the first time.

All the best! 😀

ooo i would love to know what you're planning on getting

Wow that is a lovely car, i love jaguar's Hopefully you'll have fun with it The insurance must be really high on that! What quote have you got on it so far?

2,5k? Sorry to interrupt I get why and all but having a black box not reduce it for you?

Basically i ran the qoute as follows:

Policy holder will be my mum who drives another car and has 3 years no claim discount.

I will be additional driver ~ i said that i hold a full license for under a month even though i have not passed yet (i did this to see how much it'll cost once i have passed)

I will also be the main driver

Basically i ran the qoute as follows:

Policy holder will be my mum who drives another car and has 3 years no claim discount.

I will be additional driver ~ i said that i hold a full license for under a month even though i have not passed yet (i did this to see how much it'll cost once i have passed)

I will also be the main driver

The policy will be on my mother's name and i will be the additional driver on the policy and the website that i got my quote on asked who will be the main driver out of me and my mum, i selected my name and the insurance came to 1800

I'm going to keep the car for 3-4 years and i'll have a black box only for the first year

It's the car itself then.

Blackbox can be annoying but I guess if you want it cheap you have to tolerate it.


I've had it for 2 years now. It's getting uninstalled next month. 😁 Like everything you have the pros and cons.

You will be restricted a bit in terms of speed and turns and what have you, but you get used to it after a while.

You can't be the main driver whilst someone else is the policy holder. What you're doing is illegal and will invalidate the insurance, thus being a one way ticket to cancelled insurance, 6 points, losing your license and that's assuming you don't crash the car. My first car is 140bhp and I did some pretty dumb things with it in my 2nd/3rd week because I underestimated the power in 2nd gear (we're talking nearly overshooting into metal barriers whilst turning), the fact the car is still in one piece is because I survived that initial month or two of madness, but I've had enough near misses. I wouldn't wish that kind of fear on anyone. However my car is a 1l, that is a 1.6 turbo, your insurance is going to be ridiculous once you start telling the truth. I'm not going to imply you can't drive it, most people in my area learn in one of those cars due to bill plant, but you won't have an instructor to save you from your mistakes. Also really silly to buy a car before you pass and know what the (real) insurance is. You say you'll drive sensibly, that's a really difficult promise to make in your first month when you discover power (it's also why they aren't recommended first cars, because if you drive something you can happily graze and scrape, there ain't any power to enjoy)

But hey as a plus, at least she didn't buy you a Corsa.

I have a feeling this is bait anyway. I'm 24, that car would cost me £3600 to insure w/o a box (2900 with one) (without my on record accident). And we're talking a dog tier policy for that kind of money.