Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.

Our daughter, 17, wants to learn to drive. Do we buy a cheap car (that will cost loads to insure) that she can use to learn and practice? Or is cheaper to hand her over to a local instructor and pay for more lessons? What would other parents advise?

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