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• Win a sat nav - of interest? 22 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  You might be interested to know that the Young Car Driver website is running a giveaway to win a sat nav. Possibly of interest? You've got to be in it to win it, and all that! http://youngcardriver.com/competition/ 
• what first cars are young people buying these days 24 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  cars to Corsas? Is a 10 yr old car too old for todays young drivers?! Or maybe £1000 for a 54 plate Corsa 1.2 is too much money? any thoughts?
• car insurance + young persons 11 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  as a named driver, I have full no claims bonus on my own vehicle which I will be keeping. or to insure the new car in my daughters name only. I assumed that if I did the former it would be cheaper, however I have been told that insuers have cottoned on to the fact that parents insure cars on behalf
• Indicators and roundabouts 26 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  I've noticed an increasing number of drivers that indicate right at all roundabouts, even when going left. This used to be the case when I was young, I'm now 65, but it was modified in the Highway Code years ago. So why the change?
• Young driver- help with first insurance,first car 17 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  I wonder if anyone has recent experience of insuring a new driver/young person for the first time? My son is 18 and about to take his 2nd practical driving test (he failed the first one 2 weeks ago), he is due to start work very soon and will need a car to commute the 10 miles each way and - living
• Insurance: change car / add young driver 24 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  , one of them being son? 4. Any other suggestions for getting young driver's costs down? Had a quick look through previous posts but didn't spot anything much, apologies if I missed something! Did also start to have a theoretical conversation with the insurer, but didn't find them that helpful once I
• Learner Driver 26 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  ? If the latter, the young man in question lives in Nottingham so any name of good instructor in that area would be appreciated. Thanks, as ever.
• The driving test 25 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  it believes the government should tackle deaths and accidents of the highest risk group on our roads, young drivers. This starts with improving the driving test to include training on our most dangerous roads – single-carriageway rural A-roads. IAM chief executive Simon Best said
• Young lad speeding in fast car 27 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  the street. He slowed in time, but I remember feeling surprisingly frightened and uncomfortable at what I had witnessed. Anyway, the car turned right, and then reappeared at a junction and stopped. So I crossed over the road, and had a work with the driver. He was a young lad, about 20-ish, in a new looking
• Skoda Octavia - Young driver insurance:car choice:classic car? 18 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  hero as named driver and off he goes, and I can drive a Mercedes 190E again just like in the '80s.
• Text death driver gets four years 27 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6908710.stm "A teenage driver who caused the death of a woman in a crash as she sent a mobile phone text message has been sent to a young offenders' institute.........Newcastle Crown Court heard that she had used her phone nine times during a 15-minute journey
• Tyre Pressures - incorrect advice given 23 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Conversation in flow between young lady customer and young lady cashier as I went in to pay for my diesel: "what do I pump them up to?" "you'll find the tyre pressures marked on the side of the tyre".... I normally ignore these sorts of conversations but intervened and suggested looking
• Quinn Direct Insurance 24 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Doea anyone have any experience with this company? Confused.com has come up with them as the lowest quote for my renewal. They've only been mentioned once on here as being good with young drivers - hardly something I can claim to be anymore! Any tales to tell?
• Rear fog lights 13 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Not so long ago young drivers considered it "cool" to drive with rear foglights permanently on, day or night. I haven't noticed this lately so has this fashion been superseded by something else? Or have their rear foglight bulbs all burnt out through over-use? -- L\'escargot.
• Co-Op young driver insurance renewal joy 16 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  Approaching the first year with the Co-Op, renewal due 1st July. I posted last year how competitive their premium was at £400 odd to include my...
• Too many young drivers dying 7 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  http://tinyurl.com/28zkff Quote from the above report is that one in 3 deaths on Scotland's roads this year have been under 25. What a waste of life. But...
• Driver training - any recommendations? 22 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  As a young, fairly enthusiastic motorist, I am interested in investing a little time and money in pursuit of becoming a better driver. It is quite difficult to know where to focus my energies as I would like to do something that would be good fun as well as making me a safer driver. I have heard
• Various small hatchbacks - Young drivers, their cars and their parents 12 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  ) with one being clearly very old, very low on tread and a with apparantly damaged sidewall. This young lady drives three other kids to school every other day on Motorways and A-roads. Fourth, a lucky girl whose parents bought her a brand-new Dacia Sandero
• Any - Wondering about clutch life 1 Jul 2017 (Forum)
  Yesterday I saw a young driver motoring in an 'enthusiastic' style - lots of screetching.  It made me wonder about car parts and longevity.  Is there an average clutch life ? what are the main causes for it to wear out ? Are all car parts affected by driving style or only
• BMW 1 Series - Other party offering to pay for repairs 12 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  Parents of young driver have asked to pay directly for repairs to my daughter's car avoiding making claim on their insurance. This was a bump into her parked car with modest damage. What are the pros and cons please of accepting this proposal.