Along comes that time that most parents either love or dread!
Their child has reached 17 years of age and wants their independence – They want to DRIVE

Well, lets be honest, we have been saying that they have been driving us nuts for 17 years but now the time has
come for them to be let out alone behind the wheel of a car with a motor and not a pedal or push-a-long toy

This moment truly is a milestone in any teenagers life but in later years it has turned into one of the most
expensive milestones they and you will ever have to face!

I can remember promising my children that I would help to buy them their first vehicle but that they must save
for the running costs and to get the vehicle on the road!  In most cases this actually means finding more money
than the car purchase itself.

I think it is fair to say that most 17 year olds have an older car, cheap little runaround, but one with ‘street cred’

These range from as little as £400 to maybe £2000 or more depending on your financial situation.

BUT

It is the Insurance cost that then puts this figure into obscenity!

The first quote my daughter managed to get for an 1100cc car was £1800!!!!

This figure was more for my son and was actually over £3000!!!

At this time it was an assumed fact that young woman were not as high risk as young men.

The reputation of boy racers had hit the Insurance Companies and their premiums escalated.

This did get challenged in the courts and eventually the Insurance companies conceded that this was discriminative but instead of lowering the
male fees that raised the female ones!!! ARRRR

So what do to about it…

If you are looking for CHEAP car insurance for 17 year olds – STOP – There is in my opinion no such thing!!!! You might as well be looking for a
leprechaun at the bottom of your garden.

However, once you have come to terms with the fact that your original quest was from a fantasy world all is not lost

You can indeed find find some young persons car insurance that is cheaper than many others