Mine's just 3rd party fire+theft. There's no point paying an extra £200/year with a £250+ excess if they're just going to write the car off if anything happened and give me £400 for it. Seems like a really dumb idea to me
<steve_earwig> I think this forum is more about keeping our cars going with minimal outlay than giving our cars more reason to go bang
mjb wrote:Mine's just 3rd party fire+theft. There's no point paying an extra £200/year with a £250+ excess if they're just going to write the car off if anything happened and give me £400 for it. Seems like a really dumb idea to me
That's one of the good things about hitting 30! My bike insurance was £70 this year fully comp!
1996 406 1.8LX Got a bad case of hydro lock!
1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there
1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X
"Always look on the bright side of life, dedo, dedo dedodedo"
amron wrote:I got mine down from £460 to £215 through Sheilas Wheels, fully comp with hubby as named driver and we can both drive other cars 3rd party
That's pretty impressive - I got mine down to £255 ish with Castle, £250 xs, protected ncd, 3rd party cover on other cars. Mrs Doggy as named driver, (she doesn't drive any more, but it's cheaper if she's on it ). I declare 20k miles/year as I think it would be too easy to get caught out if I didn't, guess this might push it up a bit.
Next time, I'll get 'er indoors to try Shiela's Wheels.....
2002 HDi 2.2 Exec Estate, (2008-12) (wonderful)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
With Adrain Flux on a modified policy, 340.00 fully comp. guaranteed pay out of minimum 5500 if written off (like for like modified replacements), modifications where done 8 years ago. 10 yrs+ no claims.
£200 for the 406 in the Mrs' name and £300 for the 407 in my name. I'm 35 with 10+ years NCB - the Mrs has 2 years NCB, although they gave her an introductory NCB as she was on my policy for years.
Cookies wrote:I have both cars insured with Abbey here in NI
£200 for the 406 in the Mrs' name and £300 for the 407 in my name. I'm 35 with 10+ years NCB - the Mrs has 2 years NCB, although they gave her an introductory NCB as she was on my policy for years.
Great company and a pleasure to deal with.
Cooks
I found Abbey to be as cheap as some quotes, when I wasnt using any NCB. L Hughes blew them out of the water totally, never mind when it came to my bike insurance. Moving broker every year ensures a better deal.
i had bad experience with adrian flux so i dont touchthem now, last time i renewed my insurance on my vectra 1.8 direct line were the cheapest but now are looking very expensive, they say they can match my ncb on a second vehicle so got a price on my ford probe using 6 years ncb and they came back with £512, i did a quick shop around and got a price of £204 using my ncb on the probe and £302 with no ncb on the vectra so could insure both cheaper than what they want for the one, hopefully the 406 will be on the road before renewal is due on the vectra so will be interesting to see how much difference the vectra and 406 are