Insurance For 17 Year Old?! Help please

well hello there,

im 17 and drive a v reg landrover defender TD5 on provisional (my dads), (£430-6 months)

i was looking at getting a series 3 swb or something similar when i passed my test, been looking at insurance etc and the only person who i can find who will insure me on a series 3 is adrian flux, charging me a whopping £5000!!!!

my dad is with admiral and they wont allow my series 3 to be insured with them because its too old,

i was wandering on the next step or someone i could speak to about my insurance?

help would be greatly appreciated,

thankyou in advance!

get a fiesta lad

Having gone through it myself last year, and then again this year, you've not got much chance. They're trying to price young drivers out of buying land rovers.

Big Mat said:

Having gone through it myself last year, and then again this year, you've not got much chance. They're trying to price young drivers out of buying land rovers.

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oh right, maybe one day they will realise that it is youngsters like us that keep them in business! thankyou for the advice

basher79 said:

get a fiesta lad

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i would get a normal car if i could mate but where i live and also living on a farm i cant see this option viable

i was in the same situation untill a freind told me to try aviva van insurance you'll get a series 3 for £1200 a 2.5na 90 for £900 and a 200tdi 90 for £1200. well thats what i got as a 17 year old with 12000 miles for a year. give them a go online

Ferret123 said:

i was in the same situation untill a freind told me to try aviva van insurance you'll get a series 3 for £1200 a 2.5na 90 for £900 and a 200tdi 90 for £1200. well thats what i got as a 17 year old with 12000 miles for a year. give them a go online

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thankyou! will give them a go and see how i get on

Ferret123 said:

i was in the same situation untill a freind told me to try aviva van insurance you'll get a series 3 for £1200 a 2.5na 90 for £900 and a 200tdi 90 for £1200. well thats what i got as a 17 year old with 12000 miles for a year. give them a go online

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came out on aviva at £9637.50! unbelievable how these insurance companys do it

is that for life...

1spin said:

is that for life...

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you would think so for a series 3 haha

lorri789 said:

Car insurance up in the clouds - 4/25/2011 - Farmers Weekly

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Reminds me of my old van. With no no claims, it cost me £504 full comp to insure a 97 1.8D Escort Van, a year later when I was 25 and had 1 year no claims the same company wanted £800. I was able to get it down to £512 by shopping around and reducing mileage to just enough to get to work and home for a year. Even now, when I get quotes sent for my van (they seem to think I still own it and get sent a quote every now and then), the best I've seen is £650.

Insurance in the UK is a joke. Every other country in the world manages okay without exuberant prices, yet in the UK, they price everyone off the roads. I imagine if they did lower the prices, there would be less uninsured drivers, fixing two problems with one stone.

But I have to ask, how is 4 miles too far for someone to walk? Are kids today that lazy? I used to walk 5 miles to collage and 2 miles to uni, I still quite happily walk the 6 miles into town. Who really needs a car to commute 2 miles to work?

do what the pikeys do mate just drive it dont bother with insurance and if you get pigged tell em your insane !! theyl probabaly let you off !!!

ferretboy said:

do what the pikeys do mate just drive it dont bother with insurance and if you get pigged tell em your insane !! theyl probabaly let you off !!!

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****!

On several levels

I've had insurance with Swinton, but it was expensive. You're always going to be looking at high prices at your age... My brother had a fiesta <2.0l and he was paying nearly £2000. It's just criminal...

The Australians (unfortunately, as much as I have a foul taste for the country ) have this right... The Government guarantees insurance of the lowest standard for everyone in the country, so if you injure someone the Government acts as your insurance. It drives down insurance prices (because you don't HAVE to buy extra insurance) and subsequently, as said before, means more people buy insurance cover!

The Americans also have an alright system, where you insure the car and not the driver, which again drives down prices.

surely better govt system than greed system as ours

Actually come to think of it in the US the system produces some scary results... Because it's so cheap to insure younguns on big cars you get situations such as where seventeen year old girls are driving around in Ford F-350s doing their hair, talking on the phone etc. not paying attention. Maybe there are some benefits to our system!

i doubt it apart from profits ,education is needed if you want to try and alter young "im indestuctible attitude "

i dont think a 17 year old should be able to have a 3tonne truck anyway there should be 21 age limit or sumin like that.

sorry i know its not helpfull to here it but whats going to happen if you crash it due to inexprance whats going to happen to what or who you hit.

fix it said:

i dont think a 17 year old should be able to have a 3tonne truck anyway there should be 21 age limit or sumin like that.

sorry i know its not helpfull to here it but whats going to happen if you crash it due to inexprance whats going to happen to what or who you hit.

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hows that work at 17 id driven quite a few machines,but you get 30 yearolds that have only just passed their test with none