Car Insurance :(

[jimi kane]

Ah, cheers guys, I always wondered about that.

[DarthMaya]

Originally Posted by Talos

Where I live, you can get a driving permit at 15 and a half and your license 9 months later. That's what I did.

Same here....

[rojren]

The Secretary in my department at work pays about $4000.00 (US) a year for her car insurance. Of course that's the result of several tickets, (underage) drunk driving, and a bench warrant. I think a bit of 'drunk and disorderly' was added to the mix too. You'd never expect it, if you saw her.

I pay about $1000.00/yr. It seems that by the time I get to an age that means lower rates, there's an across-the-board rate increase.

[IRML]

Originally Posted by Talos

....one of the most highly-charged groups in the US.

no such thing as a highly charged group in the US

[Moonhawk]

Originally Posted by jimi kane

Just passed my test on thursday (YA!!!!!!!!!)

Just paid my car insurance (NNNNOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!)

My car cost me a grand, fair enough, my car insurance cost me £888.32.



It just plain sucks.

You think that is bad. I bought my first car aged 21 - three years after passing my test. Paid about £800 for a ford fiesta 1.1. Had a quote from the AA for £1500 third party f&f - that was 11 years ago. I dred to think what they would charge now.

In the end I managed to get it down to about £800.

Still paying £500 a year now - but I am driving a Lotus Elan