Driver..... sorry

Friend of mine is 19, passed her test last month, pass plus this month.

Any suggestions for insurance companies.

I ran her details through my insurers for a diesel Rover 100, valued at 200 quid and it still came to £1100

Is this the going rate now for young drivers?

Cheers
John

sadly yes

a young lad is lucky to get any car under 2k

Co-op (CIS) used to do good deals for young drivers.

Best quote my 18 year old son got (still on provisional) was from QUINN £300 cheaper than the rest.

Rover 100 1.1 Petrol

All seems OK so far.

Dave

[Edited on 22/12/06 by need4speed]

If you can get a classic car such as a mini or morris minor. Me and a mate did and I've never paid over £800 for insurance, even when I was 18, due to being able to use limited mileage classic policies.

I'll second CIS, I've been with them for 2 years now, not had to claim so don't know how they are on that side of things, they've been just about the cheapest for me, only got one lower quote with 2 years no claims, but that company didn't include legal cover.

My first year I went with Adrian Flux, 19 with a 1981 diesel Land Rover living in a the middle of nowhere with pass plus was about £900 TPFT.

Endsleigh, the student specialists, quoted me about £11000

[Edited on 22/12/06 by oily85]

Try Diamond
My daughter's 18 and got a very good quote.

my godson got quoted £550 for a classic 998 mini that i am restoring for him, he his 17 years old only this year.

only thing i have not done the mini yet

so he bought a suzuki alto which costs over £800 with him named on a policy with his dad (they wanted over 2k for himself)

My daughter got a good deal with Direct Line - quite surprised really as I didn't expect a mainstream insurer to be so competitive for young drivers. She is just 19, now has 2 years ncb and is paying £300 for a 1977 mini - 998cc, no mods

Bell Direct was always good when I was younger.... not so now with the Grp20 cars.

An outside chance might be mceinsurance. I use them for my bike and car and they have beaten everything by a chunk. Will be trying them for the missus car in January.

If you phone a company that seam to give u cheapest quote "forget" to tell them about the pass plus then they give you a quote then tell them about the pass plus and they have too give you a lower quote (my old instructor told me that) play them at there own game.

Tri

co-op did about £900 with my dad on the policy when I was 19 on a group 13 peugeot 406 2.0

Try confused.com got a quote for my son, Punto 55sx £1300 fully comp with Quinn Direct

Buy her a SMART CAR you will be very suprised at the low quote only 240 on top of our 200 per year.

SMARTS LOVE EM OR HATE EM
a BIKE engined car with reverse!

elephant.com did me pretty well for my 1500cc X1/9. Twas £650 for me (18) with pass plus and my mum as a named driver.

Iain

Try (no joke) the NFU ,just insured my daughter
just 17 last week for Peugot 107. Fully comp,£250 excess for just under £400 on my wifes policy.Their excess charges seem to be a lost less than other insurers and also much cheeper.
Mike

Oh my god!!

I bitch if I have to pay more than £150, my Falcon with the v6 was £175 and I was fuming!

You poor sods!!!