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Not expensive to insure for a new driver in 30s.
Even in your 30s your first year will be brutal. None of the cars you mentioned are likely to be that cheap to insure I would assume. If you're in London and the bulk of your trips are just around the North Cirular and shops then I wouldn't worry about a much smaller cheaper car. Obvs a bigger more solid car will be nicer for long trips up north - but how routine are those? I used to drive all over the country in a Ka. My gut would be to look at a small engine Feista for ~£1k, (whatever the modern version of the old 1.25l zetec) then in two years get something you want.
Get some quotes for the cars you've mentioned, add the total and then double check if any lease deals will give you free insurance.
A Spanish work mate who'd been driving since 17yo with no UK NCB really struggled. But yet got close to free insurance with his Cupra R lease.
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Hello car people. Should be getting my licence in the next couple of months, after giving up on it over a decade ago after a couple of failed attempts.
Looking at a first car now for 6am rides around the north circular and going on climbing/Sainsbury’s trips, visiting family up north etc. Started off looking at small things like Polos but now looking at stuff like Golfs, Seat Leons, Civics etc from 2007-2010.
Requirements:
Around £2.5k
5 doors
Not expensive to insure for a new driver in 30s.
Big enough to fit someone over 6ft
ULEZ compliant.
Seems to be lots available in that category. Lots of them have around 120k miles on them - is that an issue?