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Insurance price hike

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:42 pm
by twiss
Phoned Mr Frank Pickles to renew my insurance today... and it's gone up! by £30!!!!

It's now £180!!! Ludicrous!!! ;)

Re: Insurance price hike

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:43 pm
by turbo-tom
or maybe your just tight :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: ;) joking :lol:

Re: Insurance price hike

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:46 pm
by twiss
You'll be complaining when you get your first insurance quote tom :P

£2000+ nowadays for a 17 year old it seems...

My gfs brother just passed and it's £2k on a diesel Pug 106!!!

Re: Insurance price hike

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:49 pm
by turbo-tom
i know :roll: :lol: , thats worth more then the car , but i can get motor trade insurance , through my college when i can drive :P

Re: Insurance price hike

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:23 pm
by trotter
currently on the hunt for insurance for my new :rhino: unfortunately frank pickles arent taking any new business according to their website.. on to adrian flux i go :P

Re: Insurance price hike

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:15 pm
by mayhemmiller
that's weird mine has also just gone up by £30

Re: Insurance price hike

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:44 pm
by ROBBIE
trotter wrote:currently on the hunt for insurance for my new :rhino: unfortunately frank pickles arent taking any new business according to their website.. on to adrian flux i go :P

no dont go to adrian flux they are useless mrs had a minor ding not her fault the bloke tried to claim and they refused to pay him but they totally screwed her NCB look on google at how many people have had grief with them there are loads

Re: Insurance price hike

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:32 pm
by twiss
fortunately mr pickles doesnt do anything with ncb...

there must be another specialist 4x4 insurer out there!

Re: Insurance price hike

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:35 pm
by Rjmaas512
Don't get me started with insurance. The joys of getting your own policy, even after driving for two years at the age of 19.

Flux were going to charge me £1500 for my SJ, but I can get a quote through admiral for a rangerover V8 now for £1100, fully comp. For somebody aged 19 with no NCB I was rather pleased. Made it cheaper by listing the LPG conversion as a modification as well!

Whats more is flux said "we've got you a really good quote" and then they say £1500. I almost had a heart attack, was hoping for something like £800 - 900.

Got a policy of £600.00 for my SJ after months of haggling. Footman james slammed the phone down on me and basically told me to piss off and said I wouldn't get a quote.

After spending many nights playing with online forms the tips i've found are:

Park you car in a residential parking area (How is that cheaper than a locked garage?)
Put between 3000 and 5000 miles for the cheapest quote (how not 1500?)
Two named drivers who have been driving for 15+ years without any accidents

And a few others I cannot remember.

Have a feeling there was a glitch in the admirals computer system when I did the rangerover insurance quote.

GRRRRRRRR Dam Car Insurance :pissed: :argh: :pissed: :argh: :pissed: :argh:

Re: Insurance price hike

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:51 pm
by twiss
Here's a few you could try

http://www.ajinsurance.co.uk/motor/4x4-insurance.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.academyinsurance.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.brentacre.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.specialistvehicleinsurance.co.uk/4x4.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.graham-sykes.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.heritage-quote.co.uk/off-road-4x4.cfm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.performancedirect.co.uk/4x4-insurance/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.premiumchoice.co.uk/4x4-off-road-insurance" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.planinsurance.co.uk/products/4x4-insurance/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;