im gonna be 17 in feb but want to buy something now for a project, im not really interested in the average clio's and Corsa's i want something abit different to that anybody got any idea's ??

 

Sierra.

 

Capri

 

Anglia or 100E to keep it ford or Nova or a Uno if you can find one and do a turbo rep

 

depends on what you've got to spend on the car & what you've got to spend on insurance.

 

also, you looking for a project or something already done?

 

preferably a project

 

A mini or a mk3 fezza

 

mk1 fiesta.

 

there is so much choice realy i think it all depends on a persons taste what i like you may not you could do a 1.1 fez as a turbo rep an old mini a 1.1 205 with a big engine in mi16 or gti6 mk1 2 3 golfs old beetle what ever you get i am sure you will enjoy it been your first car

 

Mini ,was my first , awesome little cars ,with a metro turbo lump they kick ass even today.

 

Whats your budget?

 

Mk1 / mk2 fiesta, lower it on a set of minilites or something and it'll already be a cool little car!

 

My 17 year old son passed his test last week..

3000 quid for a 1.2 Clio insurance


Good luck in your search , I feel the insurance will be your problem ...


It really is wrong , 3k .......

 

Ł1000 max to buy the car really

 

Possibly worth your 17yr old doing the Institutue of Adanced Motorists (IAM) advanced driving course.

Insurers do give discounts for passing it i beleive.

Might be worth looking into, plus anything that makes someone more aware and safer behind the wheel is a good thing

 

For that budget, mk2 fiesta 950 or 1.1, thats what I'd get,

 

1st car wise, I say a mk1 Fiesta

 

Robin reliant

 

Anything thats cheap to insure

 

If you can afford it/find one, then my bet would be a 100e. Lovely little things.

Renault 4? Triumph Herald?

Maybe a Trabant?

When I was looking at quotes, I found out that if I did the pass plus my premiums went up

 

Don't even bother getting anything interesting for your first one. Get something uncool and cheap to insure, Daewwoo Matiz, Fiat Sceicento etc. Get a years NCD under your belt and get something interesting/ a project next year.

 

a friend of mine has got his son a quantum kit car, apparently they are cheap to insure, looks quite cool for a first car, and its ford running gear

 

Weren't them Quantum's based on an XR Fiesta?

 

Them quantums are ugly

Mk3 fiesta id say.....

 

Im going to get shot for this but..... Vauxhall Chevette, old school, small engine, cheap for young drivers on classic insurance (my mates 18 and payed something like Ł600 just after he passed) but most importantly..... RWD

 

Mate, you want an ugly kit car check this ile of shit out

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sylva-Lead...item25757d414d

Ford running gear though

 

Classic insurance isn't offered to under 21's. Certainly not from anybody I've ever dealt with anyway

 

This. For some reason if a young person drives it, regardless of how old the car is, it's not a classic

 

That's because many young drivers don't actually realise they can't drive properly yet but insist on believing they are Ken Block and wipe things out. To be honest if I was in the insurance business I would refuse to cover under 21's full stop and 25's for anything quick

 

Fiesat MK1 easy to work on reliableish for an ford and about Ł1700-1900 too insure look in the insurnace section

 

I'd get a Mk1 Fiesta Supersport

 

Mk1/2 fiesta, Orion!

 

On the contrary, all the young people I know who can afford insurance drive like grannies because they dont want to have to claim on the insurance

Besides, I'd let the idiots drive anyway. See it as natural selection in progress.

Back on topic, how about a 2cv? I know they've not got the best reputation, but cant cost much to insure

 

Opel Manta GTE! I had one for my first car at 17, insurance was cheaper on that than any corsa, fiesta or metro

 

A Supersport for a grand? Are you on crack?

 

Get a nova

 

Lol gotta find an owner that would part with one first

 

i had a mk1 fezzie i rescued from a neighbors garage and work on when i should have been doing GCSEs lol to get it running cool car and certainly different and getting rare these days

 

I do what I did mate, I can't insure my car at 17, no chance