some ideas on how much it will be to...

[lumination]

ok so im thinking about learning to drive again, i last had some manual lessons ages ago and due to blindness in one eye i find automatic a lot easier for me.

on average how much do you all think it will be to get started and get a car (lets say the car is £1000). So thats tax, insurance and all that.
just some deatails im 21,female and not a girl racer!

[d9f1c7]

It's the insurance that'll hurt.

[jake-the-peg]

Depends on where you live and some other factors but your age is an issue - I'd be surprised if you could get insurance for less than £1,000 and I don't know if they'd load you for the blindness in the eye - I suspect they would due to the depth perception

[Electrochem]

Insurance won't cost a lot more, provided you have adjusted to the loss of sight in one eye.

How you lost the sight in your bad eye will make a difference. Was it an accident or a medical condition that caused it?

[lumination]

i was born with it, its a cateract.
i dont think my depth perception is really bad cause im used to the way i see things now.

so its the insurance i need to worry about more than everything else?

[Electrochem]

As it is a cataract, I think you would be better off speaking to your optician or GP. The main concern would be one developing in your other eye.

[jake-the-peg]

Yes Insurance is very expensive for young drivers in any case.

My son's insurance (18) was nearly £2,000 just as a named driver on my wife's Fiesta

[EDDIE51]

jake-the-peg is way out, obviously not needed insurance for a young driver recently , £3000 to £5000 is more close to the mark. The insurance will be far more than the cost of the car . My 26 year old daughter in law pays £2800 a year and that is with 1 years NCB. For a car that cost £300!!

[EDDIE51]

lumination, for a better idea go on one of the comparison web sites and put in you details . What you see may well make you decide not to bother with the cost of driving.

[NOX]

Actually EDDIE that's not always true, my son got insurance with NFU for way less than £1,000, for young drivers they always seem to be cheaper than any of the specialists companies that offer young driver special premiums- it does also of course matter where you live- don't think we've had a crime round here since 1685 and it was only for a Daewoo Matiz.