[Dan1971]

Scary thought but having turned 17 this month, my lad is now taking to the roads.

Unfortunately, as both Mrs C and I have autos, and he's gonna try and get a full licence, the only manual driving he'll get a chance to do will be during the lessons.

So, today I've been looking at a wee runabout manual to have as a learner for him and I've been a bit shocked by a few quotes I had for insurance - in a good way.

I looked at a banger Rover 45 1.6 up for £500 .... Insurance for him as the policyholder with me as a named driver, fully comp, £350 ! Looked up a Mk2 1.6 ZS saloon - the black one currently on the bay of E, fully comp, same quote £350 !

Its with a company called Collingwood and requires a black box to be fitted, via a comparison website.

I'll run it by him and see if he fancies parting with some of the wedge he's been building up.