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• what first cars are young people buying these days 24 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  So if the kids are not buying these what are they buying? newer cars? different cars to Corsas? Is a 10 yr old car too old for todays young drivers?! Or maybe £1000 for a 54 plate Corsa 1.2 is too much money? any thoughts?
• car insurance + young persons 11 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  Wonder if anyone on this site has advice or knowledge of the following I have an 18 yr old daughter who is learning to drive. would like to purchase a new car, one with a low insurance group such as vw polo or toyota yaris. Not sure whether to insure the car in my name, then include my daughter as a named driver, I have full no claims bonus on my own vehicle which I will be keeping. or to insure the new car in my daughters name only. I assumed that if I did the former it would be cheaper, however I have been told that insuers have cottoned on to the fact that parents insure cars on behalf of their offspring, and that the cost we be similar whichever way I do it. any comments or if anyone knows of a decent insurer for young persons would be much appriciated
• Win a sat nav - of interest? 22 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  You might be interested to know that the Young Car Driver website is running a giveaway to win a sat nav. Possibly of interest? You've got to be in it to win it, and all that! http://youngcardriver.com/competition/ 
• Indicators and roundabouts 26 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  I've noticed an increasing number of drivers that indicate right at all roundabouts, even when going left. This used to be the case when I was young, I'm now 65, but it was modified in the Highway Code years ago. So why the change?
• Young driver- help with first insurance,first car 17 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  I wonder if anyone has recent experience of insuring a new driver/young person for the first time? My son is 18 and about to take his 2nd practical driving test (he failed the first one 2 weeks ago), he is due to start work very soon and will need a car to commute the 10 miles each way and - living in rural Gloucestershire ?
• Insurance: change car / add young driver 24 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  4. Any other suggestions for getting young driver's costs down? Had a quick look through previous posts but didn't spot anything much, apologies if I missed something! Did also start to have a theoretical conversation with the insurer, but didn't find them that helpful once I stopped asking for insurance on a particular car!
• Learner Driver 26 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Following hot on the heels of recent thread about 17 year old car owners....apart from Pass Plus in due course....have Backroomers any suggestions to make...
• The driving test 25 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  IAM chief executive Simon Best said: “More than half the cars on our roads are rated as four or the maximum five star in European safety tests, and the figure is even higher for new cars. Our roads are also getting safer in their design*2. “But the roads where drivers, especially young drivers, are most frequently killed and injured are still not consistently part of the driving test. The minister recently announced young drivers would be allowed to use motorways when accompanied by an instructor, but it is single carriageway A-roads where the real problem lies.
• Young lad speeding in fast car 27 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  So I crossed over the road, and had a work with the driver. He was a young lad, about 20-ish, in a new looking Nissan 350Z. Nice car! I told him that I thought his driving was dangerous. He said his foot slipped. I told him that if he couldn't control the car he shouldn't be in it.
• Skoda Octavia - Young driver insurance:car choice:classic car? 18 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  A hackneyed subject but no doubt someone has been here before. Household situation is self, wife and some approaching 17 years and desperate to learn...
• Text death driver gets four years 27 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6908710.stm "A teenage driver who caused the death of a woman in a crash as she sent a mobile phone text message has been sent to a young offenders' institute.........Newcastle Crown Court heard that she had used her phone nine times during a 15-minute journey last November" "He added that motorists should be aware that police carry out inquiries to see if a mobile was in use prior to a serious or fatal crash."
• Tyre Pressures - incorrect advice given 23 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Conversation in flow between young lady customer and young lady cashier as I went in to pay for my diesel: "what do I pump them up to?" "you'll find the tyre pressures marked on the side of the tyre".... I normally ignore these sorts of conversations but intervened and suggested looking in the handbook, and that any pressure marked on the side of the tyre would be the maximum, and would be way too high for her car.
• Co-Op young driver insurance renewal joy 16 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  Approaching the first year with the Co-Op, renewal due 1st July. I posted last year how competitive their premium was at £400 odd to include my...
• Too many young drivers dying 7 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  http://tinyurl.com/28zkff Quote from the above report is that one in 3 deaths on Scotland's roads this year have been under 25. What a waste of life. But...
• Quinn Direct Insurance 24 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Confused.com has come up with them as the lowest quote for my renewal. They've only been mentioned once on here as being good with young drivers - hardly something I can claim to be anymore! Any tales to tell?
• Rear fog lights 13 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Not so long ago young drivers considered it "cool" to drive with rear foglights permanently on, day or night. I haven't noticed this lately so has this fashion been superseded by something else? Or have their rear foglight bulbs all burnt out through over-use?
• Driver training - any recommendations? 22 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  As a young, fairly enthusiastic motorist, I am interested in investing a little time and money in pursuit of becoming a better driver. It is quite difficult to know where to focus my energies as I would like to do something that would be good fun as well as making me a safer driver.
• Various small hatchbacks - Young drivers, their cars and their parents 12 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  Four of my teenage daughter's 17-year-old school friends who've passed their driving tests this year have parked outside my house, so I try to do at least...
• Any - Wondering about clutch life 1 Jul 2017 (Forum)
  Yesterday I saw a young driver motoring in an 'enthusiastic' style - lots of screetching.  It made me wonder about car parts and longevity.  Is there an average clutch life ? what are the main causes for it to wear out ?
• BMW 1 Series - Other party offering to pay for repairs 12 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  Parents of young driver have asked to pay directly for repairs to my daughter's car avoiding making claim on their insurance. This was a bump into her parked car with modest damage. What are the pros and cons please of accepting this proposal.