1st car ?

[Skeet]

Yeah, but Bling wasn't the issue...the claim was "THE cheapest"...

 

[jknight15]

Well there will be less boy racer wannabes once the DSA finalise the changes to the practical test.More expensive, more difficult.

Will be needing a BA in Vehicle Piloting at this rate

 

[Bud]

Forget trying to get a decent motor first time round, buy a banger for a couple of hundred quid and with the money you save go and do your advanced driving and if you can pay a bit more for the class 1 extra lessons, this will plummet your insurance down and with the money saved on ins you can splash out on a nice little number, nowadays i only pay 102 quid for a 2.3 galaxy full comp.

 

[seany boy]

Pass plus?

 

[Big Mac]

skeet why beige, i would have thought luminous pink would be cheaper to insure

 

[Skeet]

skeet why beige, i would have thought luminous pink would be cheaper to insure

Nope..of the "Average" cars, back when...Beige is the least racy colour, and red, obviously, is teh most. Beige 2CV cheapest Red XR3i dearest...same applies today...beige is cheaper to insure..assuming it isnt a beige Scooby etc.

 

[Big Mac]

what about blue
thats fairly neutral

and i have never been asked the colour of my car. - if you got a respray would it be worth it. would the amount you save in insurance cover the cost of the respray

 

[Skeet]

what about blue
thats fairly neutral

and i have never been asked the colour of my car. - if you got a respray would it be worth it. would the amount you save in insurance cover the cost of the respray

http://www.yesinsurance.co.uk/insurance-media-centre/safest-colour-car.html

https://www.comparisonmarket.com/LearningCenter/ArticleDetail.aspx/index/455

Couple of up to date ones...interesting...apparently, Blue cars are driven by Introspective, careful persons...

You haven't been asked your car colour...but...they have the registration number and they will get all the details of the car, from that.

I don't suppose a re-spray would be an effective way to reduce insurance premiums

If you do spray your car a different colour, be sure to advise the DVLA..or you could get stopped lots by the old bill (copied plate SUSPECT) or, void your insurance because the car isn't as specified.

 

[balf]

I've been looking into mini's quite a bit (I love getting my hands dirty, the old man knows a bit, Dropped a 1.3 twin cam cooper engine in my mum's mini, used to go like stink, and of course I know a guy...but he's not called Dave unfortunately) but more to the point, f**k me had a quick glance on auto trader coopers are 2g for a pretty beat up one up to 12.5g I think I saw for a 98 Cooper I sh!t a brick, insurance would be around 1k for me as a 21yo just passed, damn my guitars and beer always getting in the way

 

[Luke W]

Skeet, according to your second link, colour won't affect your insurance premiums:

Color And Your Premium - Any Relation?
What about the car insurance rates question? Does your auto insurance company use color to determine your premium? The answer is…no.

Some people have suggested that insurers use the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) to determine the car color and use that information, in part, to set the rate for each car. However, car color is not one of the details encoded into a VIN number. So technically, unless they ask you the color of your car when you buy your car insurance policy, they really have no idea what color it is. And thus has no affect on your rate.