Renting a car?

[temo_shay]

Basically, i really want to rent a car but im only 17. I was wondering if anyone knows of any companies that will do this, or even let someone else like my dad rent it then put me on the insurance policy?

[Morgzc]

Pretty positive you have to be 21 everywhere, and even then they usually wont let you have any of the semi decent cars till your 25. I tried looking not long ago.

[temo_shay]

oh ok, cheers anyway

[werdna]

No chance at 17 i'm afraid.

[temo_shay]

dam! lol its just that i cant afford insurance on my saxo atm, so i wanted to rent a car to drive round for a while but i suppose it looks like thats not going to happen :(

[Saxo-SX]

Surely its cheaper to pay your insurance monthly than it is to pay to rent a car monthly?

[sneydster]

Surely its cheaper to pay your insurance monthly than it is to pay to rent a car monthly?

I'd have thought this aswell, cos part of the rental costs would be paying the company's insurance to have you on it.

But as others have said, pretty much 0 chance of getting a rental car at 17.

Could it not be possible to put your name on one of your parent's insurance policies as a named driver?

Or even try insuring your car in your own name, and adding your dad as a named driver? The missus had a play with compare sites and put the insurance in my name, with her as an added driver, (she's only got a provisional licence and I've been driving 5 years) and it came cheaper than me being on my own policy outright :wacko:

[temo_shay]

i only want to rent a car now and then when i need it which wont be regular, but aint going to happen lol. yes ive put my dad down as named driver, it takes my insurance down but is still above the £4000 mark!

[Lacey_106]

you can rent my car for £100 a day :)

[potatopete]

You can rent my car for £95 per day!

[Liamm]

get a van :y:

im actually serious!

i was getting quotes of £3000+ on a saxo furio under my own name.
and as a named driver under my mums insurance on her 1.2 corsa.... £2800 !

found out i can get a van, under my dads name and me down as a driver, brings it down to around £1090 for a 1.7 GLS corsa B van.
so im currently looking at small car derived vans :)

[Morgzc]

get a van :y:

im actually serious!

i was getting quotes of £3000+ on a saxo furio under my own name.
and as a named driver under my mums insurance on her 1.2 corsa.... £2800 !

found out i can get a van, under my dads name and me down as a driver, brings it down to around £1090 for a 1.7 GLS corsa B van.
so im currently looking at small car derived vans :)

If I strip my car and marker pen the rear windows does it count as a van?

[Liamm]

If I strip my car and marker pen the rear windows does it count as a van?

i wish it did lol.
seats in the back of a van make it go up to like £3000 again, even though its still registered as a van :S but if you take the seats out of a car and stuff it doesnt make it a van :( else id have a saxo one right about now :afro:

[Moke]

£4,000 for a 1.1?!

[coleman258]

£4000? I think you are doing something very very wrong.

[Manu]

£4,000 for a 1.1?!

Yea, that's generally what happens when people can't be arsed to get off the computer and face/phone real people for a quote.

[billytalbott]

Yea, that's generally what happens when people can't be arsed to get off the computer and face/phone real people for a quote.

i did phone around and on the internet and it is pretty hard for me to insure a 1.1 saxo, over 3k but in the end my mum owns the car and i am a named driver, good luck mate at finding insurance !

[Bound]

i only want to rent a car now and then when i need it which wont be regular, but aint going to happen lol. yes ive put my dad down as named driver, it takes my insurance down but is still above the £4000 mark!

Do you live in Baghdad?

What variables are you using? (information, details etc).

[Manu]

i did phone around and on the internet and it is pretty hard for me to insure a 1.1 saxo, over 3k but in the end my mum owns the car and i am a named driver, good luck mate at finding insurance !

go and see some insurance brokers. Over 3k for a 1.1 sounds unreal to me..

[temo_shay]

people, i am doing genuine insurance quotes. most people who have just started driving i know have been paying £4000 for insurance round here, its my area! se28 postcode :(

[Liamm]

the BB postcode is like that too, well, i think bb7 - bb12, im bb12, hotspot for tax and insurance dodgers :(

[Saxo-SX]

Postcodes are set into Bands. Low, medium, High Risk.

Im in a high risk area, which yes increased my insurance by a few hundred but not to the extent of £4,000. It doesnt matter if the high risk area is in Southampton or Scunthorpe, the price is the same.

Try Quick fit insurance I found them good. Under £900 for Saxo SX 1.1 / Megane coupe 1.6, mum on policy, high risk area, 1st car, 10,000miles use. If I wanted my own policy on the Saxo I think the cheapest I could find was about £2,400. Which is still considerably cheaper than £4,000.

Tesco compare is good too.

[VTHall]

rent mine off me for 94 pound a day!

[temo_shay]

tesco compare is another company which quoted me 4000! if people dont believe these quotes i will take all the details used on my quote and post them on here.

[Moke]

Confused.com - All of their quotes from loads of different companies where over £4k.

Just. Shop. Around.

I found my insurance that I'm with now in the booklet I got when I passed my test.

[temo_shay]

oh what a suprise, just got an online quote with quick fit insurance and it has quoted me £8285.97! yes very cheap indeed.

[Lacey_106]

oh what a suprise, just got an online quote with quick fit insurance and it has quoted me £8285.97! yes very cheap indeed.

Kwik fit wanted £5000 to insure me, but then I rang admiral and they insured me for £400 fc.

Internet is crap. Speak to real people they are able to realise when a silly mistake has been made.

[Saxo-SX]

Please post up your details. Your doing something VERY wrong.

[temo_shay]

the only thing im doing wrong is online quotes, ive called up companies and they have said whats your cheapest quote and i say 4200. They say ok we will try beat it, ill call you back in 10mins... so far i been waiting 2 hours for 3 companies to call back

[temo_shay]

no more worries, my saxo is officially for sale and im buying a van!

[MiniGibbo]

kwikfit are aways a joke on insurance they qouted me 9k on a m3 where admirla/elephant wanted jsut shy of 2.7k