Last Updated on 1 June 2026 by Colette
I’ve had several conversations about insurance over the last couple of weeks – mainly because my own car insurance is due for renewal next week and as always I shopped around for quotes. This year, for the first time in quite a few years I managed to find a substantially lower quote and was pretty pleased.
Of course I celebrated this with a facebook status which led to an interesting conversation with a friend about how her son couldn’t feasibly learn to drive as the cost of insurance is just so unrealistic for young people these days. Â I mean really what 18 year old can actually afford to pay thousands (and I’m not exaggerating here) to insure their first car for a year? It makes me wonder how my own children will ever be able to afford to learn to drive. I ended up having a similar conversation with a neighbour this morning about how her son was planning to learn to drive soon and I was totally amazed when she told me how much she’d had to pay to insure his little motorbike (twice my new car insurance quote in fact!)
I tend to use a standard comparison site myself as I’m just insuring my family car but these days you can get specialist providers for just about anything – van insurance, older drivers, classic bike insurance and its certainly worth shopping around. The reduction in my monthly premium this year can go towards the obscene cost of petrol instead!
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Car insurance is way too pricey.
I started to learn to drive about a year ago and had to stop. I have no started again. I have my 3rd lesson this weekend actually.
Luckily, My partner has a small van and i can get free insurance for that. The reason was because we're the same age – don't understand but can't complain!
Beth
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That's pretty random! Car insurance really is like witchcraft at times though! Good luck with getting that test passed! 🙂 X
I can't believe how expensive car insurance is for young people nowadays. Something has just got to change.
It really is bonkers isn't it. Between the cost of insurance & the cost of fuel its a wonder there's any cars on the road!
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Rachel Craig