how much to insure 1.4 seat leon

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4060905 im 20 with a provisional driving lisense and no driving expierance, how much to insure this 1.4 seat leon under my own name roughly? also would it suit a 20 year oldlike i think it looks kind of sporty?

Stheno

Ring some brokers, if you've no driving experience it'll cost you probably as much as the car to insure it.

Better getting some experience as a named driver then getting your own car?

TestTransmission

Everyone is different, ring every broker/insurance company you can and look for a quote.

Alanstrainor

TheJiggaman wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4060905 im 20 with a provisional driving lisense and no driving expierance, how much to insure this 1.4 seat leon under my own name roughly? also would it suit a 20 year oldlike i think it looks kind of sporty?

This question gets asked daily round these parts, and the advice given is the only way imo.

If i had to guess, id say 1500 ish. Pulled that out of my hole tho so could be more or less!:p

Toyotafanboi

seeing as its a motors forum. some motoring advice. wouldn't touch that car with a bargepole

MuppetCheck

TestTransmission wrote: »

Everyone is different, ring every broker/insurance company you can and look for a quote.

There has been about ten answers like this the past week. It's quicker to get an online quote than to start a thread here!

Stheno

MuppetCheck wrote: »

There has been about ten answers like this the past week. It's quicker to get an online quote than to start a thread here!

Lots of online companies won't quote if you have no ncb, have claims, are on a provisional etc.

And if people get advice here, and it helps them, then why not?

It's that or redirect all "standard" questions to a pile of stickies that the regulars would soon tire of cluttering up the front page.

Queries like this are quick, the OP gets the information they need, and they might come back and start contributing to the forum?

MuppetCheck

Ask for a quote and they will say call them. Surely that is a better option? The replies here will either be guess work or give the same response that then online will give. With so many variables when deciding on an insurance premium calling the companies is the best option?

Stheno

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Ask for a quote and they will say call them. Surely that is a better option? The replies here will either be guess work or give the same response that then online will give. With so many variables when deciding on an insurance premium calling the companies is the best option?

Not if you are full of the joys of possibly getting your first car, and dead keen to figure out what it might cost, and not wanting to wait, and there's a small possibility you might get a ball park figure from an internet forum, where you also get told to ring brokers?

They might also know of brokers you don't or have a bit of advice about how best to go about it or whatever that brokers/insurance companies don't?

MuppetCheck

Stheno wrote: »

Not if you are full of the joys of possibly getting your first car, and dead keen to figure out what it might cost, and not wanting to wait, and there's a small possibility you might get a ball park figure from an internet forum, where you also get told to ring brokers?

They might also know of brokers you don't or have a bit of advice about how best to go about it or whatever that brokers/insurance companies don't?

The original post asked for a ball park figure, and if it was sporty for a young guy.

The answer to the quote is to follow the insurance company instructions. Call them or find an online quote is the only way.

I've ignored then second question, but a Leon to me is a nice looking car.

Stheno

MuppetCheck wrote: »

The original post asked for a ball park figure, and if it was sporty for a young guy.

The answer to the quote is to follow the insurance company instructions. Call them or find an online quote is the only way.

I've ignored then second question, but a Leon to me is a nice looking car.

Yep and the OP got some ballpark figures based on experience/previous posts.

I think the Leon is a nice looking car too, being very cynical I'm not sure I'd want someone with no driving experience in that particular car, it's a bit boy racer with the tinted windows etc, and the cops would take a less positive view of a 20 year old in that than an e.g. micra would be my first reaction, and I'd wonder why the Op specifically wants that rather than going down the "sensible" route of a small engined bangernomics to learn in and build up some NCB

sean1141

I had a 'sporty',1. 4 Leon in my early 20s. Never had any problems with guards while loads of other local lad got in plenty of bother and they were driving cars that did not stand out half as much...Why? Because because I didn't drive like a dick. I never went went down the town revving the ring out of it, I wasn't doing handbrake turns in the car parks, never had music blasting out when in pulled in to get petrol and most importantly I was always polite and respectful to any guard that I came across at checkpoints etc.

Drive like a clown and act the mick and the will hound you. Behave and you won't have a word said to you.

Stheno

sean1141 wrote: »

I had a 'sporty',1. 4 Leon in my early 20s. Never had any problems with guards while loads of other local lad got in plenty of bother and they were driving cars that did not stand out half as much...Why? Because because I didn't drive like a dick. I never went went down the town revving the ring out of it, I wasn't doing handbrake turns in the car parks, never had music blasting out when in pulled in to get petrol and most importantly I was always polite and respectful to any guard that I came across at checkpoints etc.

Drive like a clown and act the mick and the will hound you. Behave and you won't have a word said to you.

Yep, exactly why I said it was me being cynical

MuppetCheck

Stheno wrote: »

Yep and the OP got some ballpark figures based on experience/previous posts.

I think the Leon is a nice looking car too, being very cynical I'm not sure I'd want someone with no driving experience in that particular car, it's a bit boy racer with the tinted windows etc, and the cops would take a less positive view of a 20 year old in that than an e.g. micra would be my first reaction, and I'd wonder why the Op specifically wants that rather than going down the "sensible" route of a small engined bangernomics to learn in and build up some NCB

It's a 1.4 hatch. Being honest about it a micra is nearly as lively as it. I'm a bit stumped what I can say in reply. As relatively safe 5 door hatches go I can't think of a safer car for a starter. Good compliment of airbags, abs etc. It may look a bit tacky but there is plenty more of them out there less fiddled with...its not even powerful. I'd much rather a tip in that than a micra. Or even a 147 alfa tbh with their safety record.

Drivetrain can be pants in them though so check it out first poster.

bazz26

Didn't the OP ask a similar question yesterday about insuring a 13 year old white Golf TDi? I guess he ain't reading the replys to any of the threads he starts.

BTW those large rims just look silly on that Leon imo.

Stheno

MuppetCheck wrote: »

It's a 1.4 hatch. Being honest about it a micra is nearly as lively as it. I'm a bit stumped what I can say in reply. As relatively safe 5 door hatches go I can't think of a safer car for a starter. Good compliment of airbags, abs etc. It may look a bit tacky but there is plenty more of them out there less fiddled with...its not even powerful. I'd much rather a tip in that than a micra. Or even a 147 alfa tbh with their safety record.

Drivetrain can be pants in them though so check it out first poster.

Like I said, it's me being cynical, all the young fellas around here drive hot hatches with tinted windows or ridiculous looking boras

They drive at speed, have the stereo on mega loud etc, so I'm biased.

In the last place I lived in, it was small jap cars with lowered suspensions that were all the rage

bazz26 wrote: »

Didn't the OP ask a similar question yesterday about insuring a 13 year old white Golf TDi? I guess he ain't reading the replys to any of the threads he starts.

BTW those large rims just look silly on that Leon imo.

One thing I have noticed about these threads is that they can die a short death, if the Op doesn't respond.

To that end, I'll stop bumping it with my replies