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omega 24 v6 - 23/3/08 at 08:38 PM

Any one out there had decent sensible quotes for a 17 year old guy lately??
Young lad is nearing that age and it looks like sexual equality does not exist in the insurance world. They want £900 for a 1.1 pug 206 OR an extra 600 on the wifes policy for a 1.2 clio. Seems I'm " out of touch with reality " thinking that he'd be able to get somewhere around the 6/700 quid mark in his own name.


MkIndy7 - 23/3/08 at 08:46 PM

I'm afraid that is pretty cheep!

Mine was £1700 for a 1.1 M reg fiesta fully comp in my own name 4 years ago!
Went down to £1300 with Pass plus but still, and thats in a pretty quiet suberb of Leeds.

That was with Direct Line at the time.. I even got a 5 door car because it was cheeper to insure!


omega 24 v6 - 23/3/08 at 09:01 PM


Fozzie - 23/3/08 at 09:11 PM

Yep, that is a very good quote!

Sadly, statistics show that there are many more insurance claims involving the male 17-20 age group than for females of the same age group.

Fozzie


iscmatt - 23/3/08 at 09:15 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Fozzie
Yep, that is a very good quote!

Sadly, statistics show that there are many more insurance claims involving the male 17-20 age group than for females of the same age group.

Fozzie


but are these things done by percentage???


Tim 45 - 23/3/08 at 09:16 PM

yep thats very good...mine last year (17 year old) on a 1.3 2003 punto diesel was £1900 third party fire n theft. As my 18th present this year i was allowed fully comp which set my parents back £1400. That was on my own policy with direct line.

Other quotes i had last year ranged up to £8k with admiral.


onzarob - 23/3/08 at 10:23 PM

A 17 year old lad that bought my old fiesta 1.1 popular plus for £300 a few years ago was paying £60 per month

I live in Cornwall


need4speed - 23/3/08 at 11:09 PM

I'll second Quinn direct eldest lad been with them for a couple of years and the youngest 17 next month been quoted £960 ish for 1.25 fiesta (1998) cheapest he could find.

Dave


omega 24 v6 - 23/3/08 at 11:16 PM

Mmmm Quinns quote him for a 1.2 clio at circa £1500.
BUT a very good quote indeed to add him to swmbo's clio.
Thanks folks.


blakep82 - 24/3/08 at 12:50 AM

i found elephant.co.uk to be the cheapest, ok so its been many moons since i was 17, but give them a shot, and put his mum (or any woman) as second driver, and you'll find it lowers the quote. don't know if you'll get £6-700 though.

but yeah, any female as the 2nd driver. thats what i did and it lowered mine by about £150 from whatit woud have been in just my name. thats for a 24 year old in a 1995 BMW 328 coupe


Stuart_B - 24/3/08 at 08:48 AM

i found that Cis is cheap for 17year old boys, i got a qoute for £35 a month, when tesco's whanted £1600 in one lump for the same car.

stuart


ch1ll1 - 24/3/08 at 10:06 AM

2 years ago our young un wanted a scooby (why im not sure)
he was 21, the cheapest quote was £1600 third party, which i didn't think was too bad !
so with out checking he went out and bought a mitsu evo 2, nice car,
went for an insurance quote ( he was thinking it would be around the same price)
C I S was the cheapest
cheapest quote to come back was £4000
third party !
so now hes on my traders policy ,
so lesson 1 always check,
as it now cost a fortune for traders policy !

paul

[Edited on 24/3/08 by ch1ll1]


ch1ll1 - 24/3/08 at 10:09 AM

try confused.com,
did all the car mags, still no joy
just keep checking,
the wife spent 2/3 days phoning round
still no joy !


speedyxjs - 24/3/08 at 03:46 PM

As said, put yourself or your wife down as second driver. They work out that 50% of the time your wife will be driving and of course is less risk. I still have my parents even though my dad is too scared to drive my car (apparently its too big ) drops my insurance by £300 (im 21)


ChrisW - 24/3/08 at 05:45 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ch1ll1
so now hes on my traders policy ,



I've always wondered... which companies offer these mythical 'trader policies' and what advantages do they give? I've got three cars, mainly because I'm greedy. Is it likely to be significantly more expensive?

Chris


ch1ll1 - 24/3/08 at 06:19 PM

mine works out at £130 a month
so its not cheap, but as you can drive anything you want,
the more people the more cost there is !
no charged more for 1 or 10 cars !

only charged more for drivers under 25 !
and you have to tell them what cars they
drive ! (which makes sense ) and then the cost goes up, but hes on it as business and pleasure ,they wouldnt let him go on it for just pleasure!
paul

[Edited on 24/3/08 by ch1ll1]

[Edited on 24/3/08 by ch1ll1]


ChrisW - 1/4/08 at 12:36 AM

Which company is it from?

Cheers, Chris


onzarob - 1/4/08 at 09:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ChrisW
quote:
Originally posted by ch1ll1
so now hes on my traders policy ,



I've always wondered... which companies offer these mythical 'trader policies' and what advantages do they give? I've got three cars, mainly because I'm greedy. Is it likely to be significantly more expensive?

Chris


I thought you needed trade plates to get a traders policy these days????


ch1ll1 - 2/5/08 at 04:06 PM

not any more !