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Great choice for a first car. Mine was a Dolomite Sprint that my dad bought me off the side of the road for £500. Insured for next to nothing and ran great with minor bodged repairs for four years. I loved that car...
Mikey51-
Yeah - it was great, and only about £3k back then (thank you graduate signing on / house moving bonus...)
It'd been totally bolts off rebuilt by a Triumph anorak a couple of years earlier and then garaged since. I felt a bit upset when I sold it!
I had a Dolly Sprint a couple of years ago as well, it sounded magnificent - both totally inappropriate first cars:)
christianSpaceman
First car I had was my Triumph GT6, aged 21, early 2000's. It cost about £150 to insure fully comp on classic insurance. I remember calling the insurer (Footman James?) several times before I finally bought it to check as it was so cheap compared to anything more modern (and less fun).
I'm not sure if that's still a viable route for young drivers nowadays but back then it was far cheaper compared the usual old Fiesta's and Corsa's my mates all had.