Hi all,
The daughter needs a new car to go back to uni,got to be smallish with 5 doors with a small diesel engine, cheap tax and cheap on insurance as she is a new driver .
Was thinking of of a Yaris or a Fiesta, any suggestions would be welcome.  gone fishin'

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Two door , no tax or insurance , comes with its own driver , some people call it a bus …..

Nice one Mick  gone fishin'

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We've run one for the last 4 1/2 years - It's regularly caned to within an inch of it's life and never drops below 57mpg. We usually get 62 though !
Plus:
No cambelt - chain driven
No EGR
No DMF
No DPF (pre 2010)
Bulletproof and a giggle to drive . . .

 Where do you go after one of these . . . ?

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Students have such a good choice now. When I was at uni it was a metro, a mini or a fiesta, and they were all utter crap compared to a modern super mini.

KurtVerbose wrote:

Students have such a good choice now. When I was at uni it was a metro, a mini or a fiesta, and they were all utter crap compared to a modern super mini.

Ok, they have a far better choice of cars, even if they can't drive them.

My first car was a beetle, and Missus had a (classic shape) mini
Wonder what the insurance is on those these days. So cheap & simple ...

Though I guess the underwriters are bothered on what a new driver can drive in to

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KurtVerbose wrote:

Ok, they have a far better choice of cars, even if they can't drive them.

haha true, don't knock old minis tho; I'm rocking an MPI and its great fun, if a bit noisy and not brilliantly built!

Nissan note maybe?

You don't say what your budget it is or how bothered about insurance so we could even suggest the Aston cygnet... FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
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SWMBO has a Fiat 500 which i think now comes in a 5 door model, you can get a diesel engined one too.
It isn't a bad car, quite good spec - air con, leather, voice control, ipod socket, half glass roof.
I wouldn't mind driving it but its just a little underpowered for my taste.
It is a comedy moment getting out of a FF and into a Fiat 500 though...  
Had it, loved it!
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At 17 is 'classic car' cover an option, on something like an old style Mini ? or do you need to be over a certain age.

To be honest I would think trade insurance is the better option even though she want get ncb if your paying for it it's your choice really  FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
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