Help! First car need help choosing!

Right, first of all I'm the same age as you and that's certainly not what I think about, what I care about is my education and what I do with my money, alongside that either in your case getting a job or earning money, what's the point in having a car if you can't afford it? The comment above is completely right, although not all students drive like maniacs on the road, only the ones who actually want to get arrested... I hate it when people make assumptions about teenagers, its like saying old people are no fun and sit there all day, its a lie and we all know it.

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Look at any young/new driver in a fast car (or indeed a slow car they try to make look fast) round here and they are always driving around foot to the floor and trying to show off to their friends or strangers thinking they are the best driver ever. Yes there are exceptions, but as insurance is so high for new drivers, especially on fast high insurance group cars, the stereotype is there for a reason.

Anyone, OP, just focus on your education and getting a good job so you can afford to run a car.

Silly idea to get an expensive, new, fast car for your first car.

For my first car, I got a Ford KA. It's cheap (£925, full maintenance history, etc), fuel economic (averages 45 MPG, better when on motorways), gets you from A to B, and has low insurance.

I got this when I was 17, a few days after passing my test. My insurance in my first year was £1,398. My insurance in my second year, when I was 18 was £750 (with 1 year NC), and I am expecting my third year's renewal to be around or below £500 (assuming 2y NC). Because the insurance company sees the Ford KA as a slow car, they don't think I am about to go speeding everywhere, getting into crashes, or what have you. This perfectly sets me up to get a better, more powerful car when I feel the need to do so, and retain low insurance.

Ford KA:

1.3 Litre, 70hp, 4-cylinder engine
0-60: 13 seconds
Top speed: 104 mph (struggles to accelerate past 75).

Right, first of all I'm the same age as you and that's certainly not what I think about, what I care about is my education and what I do with my money, alongside that either in your case getting a job or earning money, what's the point in having a car if you can't afford it? The comment above is completely right, although not all students drive like maniacs on the road, only the ones who actually want to get arrested... I hate it when people make assumptions about teenagers, its like saying old people are no fun and sit there all day, its a lie and we all know it.

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Why bother even looking/deciding on a car you can't drive for 2 years? But it now and you'll just lose loads in depreciation before it even turns a wheel.

Buy a fast/customisable car and your insurance will bend you over and fist you, if they even decide to cover you, and if you buy a fast car, chances are you'll end up in a crash.

Just get a car, learn to drive properly and not like a moron as most young people do. Then get something better when your insurance is lower.

you need to wait 2 years, learn to drive, buy a banger, wait another year or so, buy something less crap when your ncb goes down.

your plan is stupid and you need to think of other things, be patient.

Silly idea to get an expensive, new, fast car for your first car.

For my first car, I got a Ford KA. It's cheap (£925, full maintenance history, etc), fuel economic (averages 45 MPG, better when on motorways), gets you from A to B, and has low insurance.

I got this when I was 17, a few days after passing my test. My insurance in my first year was £1,398. My insurance in my second year, when I was 18 was £750 (with 1 year NC), and I am expecting my third year's renewal to be around or below £500 (assuming 2y NC). Because the insurance company sees the Ford KA as a slow car, they don't think I am about to go speeding everywhere, getting into crashes, or what have you. This perfectly sets me up to get a better, more powerful car when I feel the need to do so, and retain low insurance.

Ford KA:

1.3 Litre, 70hp, 4-cylinder engine
0-60: 13 seconds
Top speed: 104 mph (struggles to accelerate past 75).

Really, this is the thing you should look at for a first car. Maybe not a Ford KA (I really don't give a **** what other people think about it - girls car, hairdressers, whatever. It gets be from A to B without breaking), but definitely not a Nissan GTR. I doubt there would be many insurers who would actually insure you or anything like that.

Just for reference, my parents tried to get me added to their insurance on either their Jaguar S-Type, or Ford Galaxy. I had to be 25, with at least 3 years no claims, before they'd even consider giving a quote.

Be cheaper to get a hatchback like ford fiesta or fiat 500 or whatever and then when you're older get the skyline as insurance will be cheaper and you could have a job where you can afford to run it

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Look at any young/new driver in a fast car (or indeed a slow car they try to make look fast) round here and they are always driving around foot to the floor and trying to show off to their friends or strangers thinking they are the best driver ever. Yes there are exceptions, but as insurance is so high for new drivers, especially on fast high insurance group cars, the stereotype is there for a reason.

Anyone, OP, just focus on your education and getting a good job so you can afford to run a car.

You asked for help mate, not us, if you don't like the advice, that's just a shame ain't it really cos half the advice we have given would be good if you didn't think so negatively, you wanted more info, we gave it to you. Up to you what you do with it.

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