First car

June 20th, 2010

Everyone remembers their first car, mine was a pretty crappy Citroen AX, my parents brought it me when I passed aged 17. I was the first of my friends to learn to drive and I loved my car, 3 cars on I still love that car. It wasn’t much to look at but it was zippy and it got me and my friends around well enough. It even took us on a trip to France to buy cheep booze one year. This month my little sister has finally passed her test, shed now 22, and my parents accordingly are looking for a car for her.

She would like a new car, something like a Hyundai, they have the cheapest new car on the market the moment and it seems like a good one. The man problem of course will be the cost of insurance on a new car for a now driver.  The fact that she is a girl will help with the cost a bit, but any new car is a powerful car and the insurance mirrors that. The reason for the price hike is due to all of the accident claims for compensation  that occur within this age bracket. More recently though claims over whiplash injuries have become a major problem.

My dad’s plan was to be the main driver on the insurance policy of my sis’s car, but he found out from a guy at work, (who found out the hard way) that this is now illegal. His friend was found guilty of doing this and had to find advice from the law society  on which legal service would deal with their case as many now refuse car insurance fronting work.

Whatever my sister ends up getting I hope she loves it as much as I loved my first car.

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