Insurance

CSween133

I'm 17, going on 18, with full licence.

I'm still undecided on my first car.
A diesel Golf or Bora can be bought cheaper for the price of a petrol one, while the petrol one is cheaper to insure.

Should I go for a diesel and pay more for insurance, will I save more money in fuel on a diesel?

Also anyone know companies that will definitely insure me as a named driver?

Cheers!

Atlantic Dawn

What mileage will you be doing? Diesel cars typically cost more to maintain than petrol cars.

Henry Ford III

Diesel Golf/Bora will be a 1.6 or 1.9tdi most likely.

Insurers will charge plenty to cover you in one of those.

Best advice is probably to go for a smaller engine to begin with, and build experience and your NCB.

CSween133

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

What mileage will you be doing? Diesel cars typically cost more to maintain than petrol cars.

Fairly low maybe up to 8000miles? Only using it for school and going to work.

Gatling

Your looking at the guts of €3000 on your first insurance at your age

frozenfrozen

ring up and try get a quote on a bora.. they'll probably want 3 grand from you at 17 years old. if I was you i'd be looking at a 1 litre petrol car with the cheapest insurance you can find

CSween133

Boxymo quoted me €1900 on a 1.4 Bora in my own name, but I'm unsure whether to trust them.

Gatling

CSween133 wrote: »

Boxymo quoted me €1900 on a 1.4 Bora in my own name, but I'm unsure whether to trust them.

Got the same on a 2 liter merc but that can increase depending on your driving habits apparently