Car insurance for my 19yr old son!

Hi all,
My son has just passed his test and the father in law has given him his 2003 1.4 Fiesta. The problem being is insurance! I've tried Co-op young drivers and then gone through confused.com and I can't get his insurance any less than £3000!!. I've chosen fully comp as it doesn't seem to affect the price that much, but at that level it just isn't viable for him. Any takers on other sites/places to try??

Cheers Jamie

DOH can a moderator move to the correct section please

Try I-cube on the net it means having a box fitted to monitor his driving but its cheaper. plus you should have posted this under insurance not tuning

Try the "compare" sites - but adding yourself as a named driver. I did this for my daughter and it made a huge difference - ended up with Tesco, but that was 6 months or more ago.

The fine for having no insurance is now far less than actually having insurance.

That price is ridiculous.

John you're right that the costs are ridiculous, I have now managed to get it just short of £2k but still doesn't make it any easier to swallow

Jamie

A lad I know got pinched for no insurance after 4 years.
Got fined £250 and 6 points.

Total saved £3200

And we wonder why so many take the chance.

It's like going into a car park and buying a ticket for the day for £30 or risk getting clamped with a release fee of £5.

I am currently insuring a 20v VIS and am 20. if I told you how much i am paying you honestly wouldn't believe me. we worked it out that they (the insurance company) expect me to write my car off 6ish times a year with a £1000 excess

Still wouldn't want anything else as a first car!

It won't be the potential damage to your car that makes it expensive; it's the damage they fear you will do to others due to your age and relative inexperience.

While probably a grey area, when I was younger, my parents were the main driver, and merely added me as a second driver. Still cost hundreds, but at least not thousands. Worth it for the first few years imo.

I was in Scarborough last week and passed police with a recovery vehicle putting a car onto it with a big sticker on the car. NO INSURANCE NO CAR.

Bloody hell! I am 5 minutes from Scarborough! Good job my Fiats been in the shed for 6 months!