Driving in the UK

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• UK Driving Licence (If you want to keep Chinese Driving Licence during the 1st year in the UK and swop it to UK Driving Licence thereafter, I strongly recommend you at least learn UK Highway Code or study for Theory Test)

• Motor Insurance – you need to ensure that you have insured the car you own & drive. Otherwise it is against the law. You may compare the quotes on Google as they vary significantly.

• MOT – An annual certificate to dem##被过滤##trate the basic safety & security condition of the car

• Road Tax – a label certificate where you can get from local post office. In order to obtain this, you must present Insurance Certificate and MOT certificate at PO counter.

• Where to buy – www.autotrader.co.uk a good place to compare loads of cars. I bought my car from this site.

• Recommendati##被过滤## – To be economic, I would suggest small cars with engine size 1.0 – 1.6L petrol 3/5 door hatchback. Three reas##被过滤## i.e. small cars are of lower band of insurance premium; small cars cost less petrol; small cars have lower road tax to pay.

• Give you a real life example here.

Male student, 25, holding UK driving licence for 1 year, parking cars at driveway (home)

Nissan Micra 1.0L petrol 3 door hatchback

Monthly insurance premium £45, half-year road tax £60, weekly petrol costs £15

To sum up, it only costs £115+ per month.


However, if you have a car e.g. Peugeot 306 2.0L petrol 5d hatchback

Monthly insurance premium could be as high as £100 depending on other factors. Half-year road tax is £90, weekly petrol costs around £40. Therefore you are looking at £285+ per month.

Therefore, think twice what car to buy!

[ 本帖最后由 britannia_kc 于 2008-8-1 19:53 编辑 ]

brady

Well done. Useful information.

moma

very clear, and thank you~!