Mini coopers

[7SE]

850 Mini or a 2CV would be good cars to earn NCD (relatively) cheaply on.  You can go racing in either of them at weekends  

[karlgurney]

I had a mini 1000 as my first car, a great choice and a good car for learning to drive in.  The thing i found with the mini is you feel like your going quicker than you  actually are which is a good thing, anything over 60/70 in my mini and i was cacking myself maybe that was lack of experience driving at the time i dont know?     All in all i would recommend a mini, excellent value for money, cheap insurance - stick below a 1litre you won't need much more at 17 and a realively easy car to work on good practice for when you build your first westy, trust me it'll be easier changing a clutch on a westy than a mini!

Karl

[cidersurfer]

I think a mini would be a good choice for a first car. Don't forget the welding courses though, they're all getting on now

[Westfields Rock On]

That's the problem. Anything that encourages you to drive around corners like a loon before you have the experience to know how to handle 'moments' is just asking for trouble.

this is ture. span my GT6 on a wet night and spanked it a bit 3 hrs after passing my test.

but the council has accepted resposibility for having unprotected metal grates on a corner and big metal expansion plates on the bridge which caused my oversteer to go to ubersteer.

[Mark Stanton]

caused my oversteer to go to ubersteer.

Wroxy (aka Jack O) - Which part of Yorkshire is in Germany                  

[Westfields Rock On]

go put your home made tron suit on.

:laugh:

[Luke_Eliasz]

Well if i do get a mini, it wont be an "old" old mini, it will just be the old style of mini. Anyway, plenty of time to think about it, and thanks for everysone coments.

[scruffythefirst]

I had a 1094 cc vw polo (mk2?) which was crap.  Utterly useless.  Best car I could possibly had at 17.  Best thing to do with learning to drive is get as much experience as you can before they let you out on your own.

[Mark Stanton]

Didn't realise I'd lost sooooooooooooo much weight                (and height)      

[oldman]

Wot u need my boy is a Lada convertible.I'll give you 10 quid if yer take it off me hands

[Luke_Eliasz]

Wot u need my boy is a Lada convertible.I'll give you 10 quid if yer take it off me hands

No thx.  

[oldman]

Fiver?

[Chris Elworthy]

Look here

Then click on "book a driving experience" and then on "early drive"

I have a 15 year old son who has been on a couple of these since the age of 12. Just enough to keep him quiet.

We also have a Mini that we are slowly restoring together, and he is learning (albeit from me) as we progress. The hope is he will be so proud of that car when its done he will take good care of it. A word of caution though, Mini insurance can be pretty horrific too.

Good Luck

[Westfields Rock On]

when i rang FJ they said something like £450 TPFT limited miles.

FJ are good. get in a club and should drop the price. My being in the TSSC has got me TPFT unlimited miles £150 excess for £988!!  its a 2litre straight six GT6 !!!!! unt i got the cover when 17!  

[nlash]

One of the cheapest cars you can insure as a seventeen yr old is.... a van!

No honestly... get yourself an Astra van for your first "car". You'll be amazed how cheap they are to insure and it doesn't matter if you bend it slightly, as they'll still fetch good money when it comes to selling, even with a few knocks in the bodywork.

Seen a few kids out and about with tidy vans... all chaved up as I say. Thing is... they may not hold as much street cred as some cars kids are driving nowadays but they are really cheap to run.

Edited to say... I met a 19 yr old on the SELOC charity day a while back. He had a S2 Exige which costs him £4000 a year to insure TPFT.       ... I laughed out loud right in front of him, don't think he was too amused.