Advice for Young Drivers and Cheap Car Insurance
Unfortunately, most insurance companies will not cover a young or new driver without charging them an arm and a leg. This can be devastating to the young man or woman who has just bought their first car and walks into the insurance company looking for quotes. Sometimes the insurance will be higher than the actual car payment each month! This is even truer in cases where new drivers have purchased a newer model, higher priced sportscar. These cars can be associated with astronomical insurance rates especially for a young driver under the age of 25.
Obviously the first piece of advice for obtaining cheaper car insurance for a young driver would to buy a more frugal, less sporty car as a first car, however, if the car has already been purchased then it is a little late for that advice. The next thing a young person who is also a student may want to look into would be student discounts. Some insurance companies do offer a discount to students who bring home good grades. If none of those options apply, a student may want to consider having the car insured in one of their parents names because chances are their parents will have a much lower rate quoted to them. In any case, young drivers should try and remember that they will only be young once and one of the many downsides to being a young driver is a lack of trust on the insurance company’s parts.