"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:48:17 +0000, Chris Bartram wrote:

Either of those with a 1.4TDI is pretty economical, and reasonably quick
too.

The OP is 17, "reasonably quick" won't do the insurance premium any
favours. Perhaps an ancient SWB Defender or even Series Land Rover
would be a better bet?

My son's first car was a V8 3.5ltr 110 running on LPG. It was cheaper to
insure and run than his mates old Fiesta, but sounded fantastic:-)

Sadly it was too big to park at uni, hence the Renault 5 mentioned earlier.

Mike