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@lae
Wow, since when did car insurance become so eye-wateringly expensive?
As a student five years ago I insured my MG ZS (sorry, I only bought it because it was cheap) for 300 quid a year.
I have been working abroad since then, coming back next week, looked at car insurance for a little 2005 Fiat Panda and it's 500 quid. For a car with less than half the horsepower. Add my partner (who only recently passed her test) and it's over 600. Same location, same mileage, same NCB (zero in both cases, since they won't accept foreign NCB).
And for what it's worth, here in NZ I have been insuring a 4.0l Ford Falcon for about a hundred quid a year, including my partner on a learner's licence.
It's just ludicrous.