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I’m turning 17 in July and I’m looking at my first car, in my area the insurance cost for a 2007 corsa is 3.6k and I can show evidence of it, so anyway,
Here’s the cost breakdown of each as a license being held for 0 months, 0 no claims etc etc

Road tax and insurance is the annual costs.

Lexus is200: cost of car 2.5-4k, road tax £445, insurance 2.3k-3.4k

Ep2 civic: cost of car: 1.7-3k, road tax £200, insurance 2.6-3.5k

Fn1 civic: cost of car: 1.6-3k, road tax £250, insurance 2.7-3.6k

While you guys may think I’m an absolute IDIOT for going for these as a first car and not going for an ecobox, I see where you’re coming from, BUT insurance on a fiesta, polo, Suzuki swift and a corsa is between 4k and 8k (annually) so I would rather have something with a little more power and something that looks better than pay pretty much double the insurance.

(Car in pic isn’t the exact car) Ep3 type r for my first car isn’t as much as you would expect, a friend of a friend is offering a full service history, 2 keyed, 62k mile ep3 type r. I ran an insurance quote and it’s 3.3k without a blackbox. In total it would cost me around 8k, I would need a little help from the bank of mnd but I could cover most it, what’s your opinions😛

I’m 16 turning 17 soon and looking for my first car, to all the people in the uk you will know what insurance is like, if you’re not in the uk, it’s EXPENSIVE, especially for first time drivers. I ran an insurance quote on this exact z3 and it is relatively good for a first car. I would just like to know if there are any common problems, running costs, potential issues in the future etc etc.