To expect car insurance for less than £1,200 for my teenager?!?

[themueslicamel]

Hi,

I have been looking through the threads for newbie car insurance and have processed quotes through for DS (17 next month) and for a £500 with a similar excess, car in group 1 with 4,000 miles a year limit and a box fitted, I can't see any change from £1,200-£1,300 a year?!?

I have a Greater London postcode in a low crime area, and have moved his age back 6 months with a full "license from" date of a month ago to get a fair illustration.

I have tried Marmalade and Insure the box, AIBU to expect something for just under a bag of sand?

Any other suggestions?

I'll be amazed if you find better. We did a lot of research for DD and nothing cheaper than that with insure the box. Talking with her friends who also started driving at 17/18, £1,200 was the cheapest any one got.

That's bloody cheap ! Cheapest quote for ds's seat Ibiza was 2 grand with a black box (ended up paying more for one without cause I know what he's like)