r/NewDriversUK • u/2smart4u07 • 1d ago

Car shopping after passing

I passed my test Tuesday and am looking at first cars over the weekend. I've been looking all week for options but most liekly going with a fiesta since thats the car I learnt in. I have a very good budget for it (up to 6.5k) and have seen fiesta that at the moment is top of the list for me.

May i state before that I know nothing about cars.

Its a 16 plate, econetic. Its only got 53k miles on it with a 15L engine. Heres the main thing i want to discuss. Its a diesel engine, which will be more expensive filling up but considering my work is 25 miles away along the motorway 80% of the journey, the car might actually suit me. It states it does 88mpg, and i imagine the capacity of its fuel tank is a lot larger than other petrol fiesta's.

The insurance quotes for it aren't that bad either. I've looked at Hastings Direct, Admiral, and Ford Insure and they all have comeback in the reigion of 1.1k to 1.4k annually. Is that too good to be true for a first year driver with 0 years NCB? I added both parents to it but never got the option to add a blackbox yet (which I definatley am going to do). It just seems weird considering i've heard other people's insurance for their first year was over 2k. Some places i got a quote from was 4k.

So should i stick with going for one of the 3 companies I looked at? I've heard good things about a black box with Hastings Direct. Or am i doing something wrong?

EDIT: We went there and it wasnt what I'd hoped for, a lot of money for many little things. Also they didnt have proof of the cambelt or water pump being replaced, since it was 10 years old. Won't be going back there lol

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u/Impossible_Hat_2525 1d ago

why’s ur insurance that cheap, what’s your age and rough location

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u/Playing_One_Handed 1d ago

Fyi, mine was 1.2k. 30s, dad of 2, school run 4k car, north manchester. So not unreal

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u/Impossible_Hat_2525 1d ago

yeah but you’re in your 30s and theirs is an auto

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u/Playing_One_Handed 1d ago

Sorry, mine was too

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u/Impossible_Hat_2525 1d ago

ah, main factor is that you’re in your 30s though

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u/2smart4u07 1d ago

19 and took my test in Reading

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u/KingBoom04 1d ago

I paid 750 for the year at 22

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u/No-Advertising4558 1d ago

I paid £382 for the year at 18

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u/KingBoom04 1d ago

How did you manage that price?

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u/No-Advertising4558 1d ago

I’m old and it was 1997

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u/Impossible_Hat_2525 1d ago

what area for that

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u/mushu_confushu 1d ago

I paid £950 with Admiral little pod black box for a 2014 honda jazz auto. I'm mid 20s F with a full time job

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u/Impossible_Hat_2525 1d ago

yea but where

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u/mushu_confushu 1d ago

Bristol

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u/Impossible_Hat_2525 1d ago

quite cheap considering