- 1st learner car

[Powderpuff]

Brother is looking for a first car for his step-daughter to learn in.

 

They're looking up to about £1000 and are after a fiesta or something similar...anyone have anything suitable they're getting rid of?

[Adrian Williams]

Gordon, some good friends of ours are on the point of advertising their daughters Corsa as she's now at university and isn't using it.

 

They'll be looking for a bit more than £1,000, probably £1,600 as it's in good shape with very few miles. It's the 3 cylinder 1000cc job so presumably easy to insure and rather slow.

 

BM me if that's of interest.

 

Adrian

[Griff]

Not sure what insurance group Fiesta you're looking at but companies we spoke with wouldn't entertain anything more than a group 2 for my 17 y.o. daughter so we bought her a battered but reliable Micra 1L from my brother in law which fitted the bill, and got a year's (learner) insurance for around £350 without risking my no claims. We did have to top this up a little after she passed the test, but still pretty cheap and she earns her own NCD.

 

The Micra is now up for sale as she wants something better so if you're interested, let me know? It has some MoT (March?) but we could look at getting a new one if sold - nothing else fundamentally wrong with the car (I'm putting on some new front tyres at the weekend), starts first time, good mpg, no radio (bonus for a learner!), just that it's now served it's purpose as a practice car that won't show the odd extra bump or bang...

 

See here.

 

 

[Powderpuff]

Have mentioned both your suggestions to my brother, they don't want to spend quite that much on her first car re the Corsa but want to spend more than the Micra as they did for the other daughter...they're conscious to treat both equally.

 

Cheers though guys.