Buy Me A Ferrari

Yup - I know, I’ve been really lazy lately and haven’t been posting half as much as I should be. This is changing as of now as I am not going to stop posting like I did lately.

At the moment I’m looking for a job and selling stuff I don’t need from the house - this is in an effort to purchase car insurance and get myself a car as I have a license and no car to drive at the moment.

I have a load of random stuff on eBay at the moment from children’s books to DVDs, there will also shortly be a load of computer parts going on as I need to have a clearout and generate as much money as possible.

If you’d like to have a look at what I’m currently selling and possibly even have a bid or two you can do so on eBay here.

So the sole purpose of this blog at the moment is to document my path to afford a car and insuring the car. I will get back to the Ferrari one day.

Any web designers willing to do me a cheap page?

If so, I want a one page website set up. If you can help drop me an email: me [at] daviddunn.co.uk and we can discuss this a bit more.

Where is Buy Me A Ferrari going now?

I will be continuing along the same lines as I was before but I want to make money now rather than in the long run as I need a car and insurance now.

I’ll still be talking about different things to make money on the internet etc. but I’ll also be talking about the ways in which I am making money and how close (or far away) I am to being able to afford a car/insurance.

Anyone got any quick ways of making money that I could use? Also, I need a web designer for another project idea if anyone is interested? Drop me an email.

All donations to the same PayPal email address are great and you will get a mention. Bidding on my auctions is great too.

As most of you will be aware, I passed my driving test on Thursday 31st January 2008 (last Thursday) and since then I’ve been looking at the price of a car and insurance.

Now, the price of the car isn’t the problem I can pick up a car for anything from £300 upwards so affording that isn’t going to be a problem.

However, when I go to do a car insurance quote (with me being 17) the price is colossal. For what’s meant to be one of the cheapest cars to insure, an ‘N’ reg Vauxhall Corsa, we’re talking £2100 at the cheapest insurer.

So… looks like I am going to have to pay SEVEN times the amount that the car is worth for insurance alone.

I personally think that’s ridiculous, yes, fair enough, my age group might be one of the highest for accidents etc. but it doesn’t mean that all of us drive around like complete idiots.

I might even be tempted to start a new website named “Buy Me Car Insurance” haha!!

So this is just a plea for help really - I’m posting this on both FerrariDave and Buy Me A Ferrari to try and get some help:

Anyone got any ideas as to decent ways to lower the premium I’ll have to pay?

Any cheaper cars that I could buy to lower the premium?

Anyone like to donate an odd quid from their PayPal account would be great (anything at all from 50p upwards would be great - or even $1 if you are in the States): you can do so by sending it to: me@daviddunn.co.uk (not that I am expecting anyone to but it would be great if you did).

I’ll even give your site a mention or do a blog review if you are kind enough to donate.

Before I start with this post, I must apologies for the infrequency that I have posted on both this blog and FerrariDave - this will be restored, I’ve just been busy and had important stuff going on that I had to dedicate my time to.

Now, back to the title of this post.. Yesterday I sat my driving test at the Gateshead test centre. I’m happy to say that I passed (in the snow) on my first test attempt.

I passed with a total of 4 minor faults which I’m pretty pleased with considering my nerves on the day!!

Never felt so nervous in all my life to be honest… once I got going though I started to settle down a bit and I was pretty calm (although a bit of a dry mouth throughout haha).

So all I need to do now is concentrate on purchasing a car and being able to afford the whopping insurance premium that comes with being a 17 year old student!

Normal posting will now resume on both of my blogs now that everything is pretty much sorted, thanks for sticking here. I’m now off to end the Entrecard competition on FerrariDave.