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Posted By: lazy_ben insurance - 7th Apr 2004 10:22pm
well, its that time of the year. next month ive gotta give some people about a thousand pound for a piece of paper that says im insured. great. last year i paid 1330 with liverpool victoria. hopefully it'll be considerably cheaper this year now ive got a whopping 1 years no claims (i was thinking of doing a pass plus, is it worth it?)
What annoys me though is i never made a single claim last year and i couldve used that 1300 quid for stuff for my car. it looks like im gonna be driving around in a standard car for a lot longer than i hoped.
are there any insurance compaines that you would recommend? any advice would be helpful. cheers folks. smile
Posted By: AL Re: insurance - 7th Apr 2004 10:46pm
Tesco and u can only do your pass plus in the first 12 months of driving you r probably better doing your institute of advanced motoring test which im going to do this year
Posted By: PAZ Re: insurance - 7th Apr 2004 10:48pm
Tesco are really good for young drivers i`m with them and tell everyone to use them!!!
Posted By: maverick Re: insurance - 8th Apr 2004 12:04am
I've been looking around for insurance.. Upto now tesco has give me the best price, others are Direct line and churchhill...
Posted By: Mark Re: insurance - 8th Apr 2004 12:16am
Just a note :
When applying online Tescos and possibly others may at fist look atractive smile

But when you get further in to the sign up process you find that the bits you thought would have been parts of the package are actually add-ons !!

So dont believe the first screen quote !!

Hope this helps...
Posted By: jimbo4x4 Re: insurance - 8th Apr 2004 12:24am
You could also try Norwich Union (if you've got your pass plus - takes off 50% if you're with them), or if you wanna mod your car go with CIS.

I'm with CIS with the Jeep, when I had the mods done recently they actually brought my insurance DOWN by over £200!!
Posted By: lazy_ben Re: insurance - 8th Apr 2004 12:09pm
wow, thats mad, what did you have done to it?
how would i go about doing the advanced driving, would i need to contact the DVLA?
Posted By: jimbo4x4 Re: insurance - 8th Apr 2004 1:16pm
For your pass plus, get in touch with your driving instructor.

As for the mods on the Jeep, click here to see what mods were done. The reason the insurance came down was that the new engine might be 400cc bigger and pack more than twice the torque, but it also happens to have 5 less bhp than the old engine, and that's the figure CIS looks at.

CIS only gives a **** if you modify the engine, lower the suspension, or fit bigger wheels (not tyres), so it works perfectly for me laugh
Posted By: mikebroomy Re: insurance - 8th Apr 2004 1:52pm
my best price was elephant
Posted By: lazy_ben Re: insurance - 8th Apr 2004 3:31pm
i dont think i'll be using them, they want over 3 grand mad eek confused <img border="0" alt="[cwnuts]" title="" src="graemlins/cwemotions051.gif" />
Posted By: lazy_ben Re: insurance - 8th Apr 2004 3:47pm
just been quoted 1379 by Tesco. Thats more than i paid last year and with 1 years no claims!
Posted By: AX_125 Re: insurance - 8th Apr 2004 4:00pm
Go to Churchill, i am paying £450 rather than £600.

You may need a pass plus tho, i cannot stress how usefull it will be
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