On the insurance front it might not all be doom and gloom I have a mate who was caught for drink driving about 5 years ago (I think it's on your record for 10 years so his conviction code is still valid).
He also has 9points for various speeding offences, he is 27 and currently drives a corrado VR6.
I don't think he is paying totally silly money, I think it might be in the order of £1K but all things considered just shows it can still be done.
You can insure anything if you've got plenty of the green and folding (old skool reference) no matter what your history is. I know of a wagon driver who has a two year ban for drink driving, is currently shunting on the docks

and will be able to get a job driving HGV's :shocked:after he is retested both driving wise and medically

There are also wagon drivers with two driving licences noe clean and one dirty, as for the foreign registered trucks........no speeding tickets there then.......
