First car choices

[Sundayjumper]

Rover 25s are very insurable as first cars for some reason!

And good to drive - they’re very popular with club motorsportists.

E36 Compact ? Getting harder to find but they’re easy to work on and no problems with parts.

[Beany]

Yeah, to be fair, even the 200 it's based on (I'd not go back that old though, rust etc) corner flat and steer pretty nicely. As a first shed, if insurance is cheap you could do far worse.

[ZedLeg]

You'll be lucky to find a decent old civic for first car money. Cheap ones are very much project cars these days.

That might not be a bad thing, depending on how spanner-curious he is and how much he 'needs' to drive.

My mates first car was a shagged Suzuki Jimny. Absolute piece of piss to work on, means he's not afraid of doing his own oil changes and brake jobs (which were black magic to him beforehand).

I mean like shells with a half finished B16 swap .

I’d agree with getting something you can work on.

Just get something cheap and basic. If he decides he wants something nicer he can get it later.