That said you might be better off getting a Panda or a Corsa or something equally horrid for a year just to get no-claims bonus (and experience in something expendable during the year you're most likely to crash in) without having to spend insane amounts. £2600 for one year...... eeeouch. Thats... like... purchase price of my polo... two years insurance (20 thru 22 yrs old), tax and MOT.... all the oil and filter changes since... and probably most of the other servicing I've had done on it in the last almost-2-years.
((note: dont talk to me about fuel costs, thats an entirely separate matter... i've just finished rooting out all my saved receipts to date (*mostly* milage-marked) and put em all in a spreadsheet to do the math. Worrying trends on the graphs in terms of price per litre and recent MPG........ not to mention the bottom figure in the 'running total spend' column - and thats WITH the big gaps (a couplathree 3-month missing sections) not interpolated
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Having some of that...