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#1 grumpy2

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Posted 25 August 2014 - 07:51 PM

friend has a son who wants a mini as a first car. Seen a nice 1275 but will he get insurance at 17?

 

anyone with experience please?

 

thanks



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Posted 25 August 2014 - 07:58 PM

Depends on your postcode.....

#3 grumpy2

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Posted 25 August 2014 - 07:59 PM

sorry, they are in outer London



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Posted 25 August 2014 - 08:05 PM

Why not do insurance quotes...?



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Posted 25 August 2014 - 08:12 PM

quotes are quotes, he was wondering if anyone had experience and if so who with

 

cheers



#6 HarrysMini

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Posted 27 August 2014 - 02:32 PM

Yeah he'll easily get insurance for a standard 1275. Try all the usual companies. Adrian Flux are likely to be one of the cheapest, they're who I will be using with my engine swapped, modified 1275 at 17.



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Posted 27 August 2014 - 03:10 PM

Why not do insurance quotes...?

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Posted 27 August 2014 - 03:16 PM

quotes are quotes, he was wondering if anyone had experience and if so who with

 

cheers

which is what you need in order to get an insurance policy :lol:  



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Posted 27 August 2014 - 06:07 PM

You'll be fine, not a massive difference between 998's and 1275s when i was looking at quotes back when i was 17. Although a 'Cooper' was considerably more. 



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Posted 27 August 2014 - 07:13 PM

Thanks for the replies, the online 'quotes' give him over £2000, hence the request for experience, and thanks for the heads up on Adrian flux

Over to him now to decide what to do

Cheers

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Posted 27 August 2014 - 07:16 PM

Try Swiftcover or Tesco



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Posted 27 August 2014 - 07:45 PM

£2000 isn't all that bad if I'm honest. Depending on loads of things, that could be as good as you can get. 



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Posted 27 August 2014 - 07:53 PM

Go direct to a few companies i shopped around (also 17) when i had a 1275GT
And managed to get quotes down to £1.3k

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Posted 27 August 2014 - 08:48 PM

I paid £870ish for my first year on my 1275 Tahiti. Was about 4 years ago though now.



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Posted 27 August 2014 - 10:55 PM

in december after having passed for 6 months i had £1083 a year on a standard 1275, it was with direct line as part of a multicar deal with my mums car and her as a named driver 






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