bigal024 Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 Just arranged Insurance for the New Car - Tried Direct Line, as they have been ace for the past 5 years - Quoted me £424... I thought excellent yet again! Then the dreaded question arrives "Does it have a tracker fitted sir?" Ermm...No it doesnt actually... "well we cant insure you"... BUGGER Luckily, took heed of many folks advice, and gave Keith Michaels a call. Very helpful (Most folk are when they are talking your cash) - £590, without a tracker. So quite impressed with that really. Decision time.
Alan-G Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 BigAl024 said: Just arranged Insurance for the New Car - Tried Direct Line, as they have been ace for the past 5 years - Quoted me £424... I thought excellent yet again! Then the dreaded question arrives "Does it have a tracker fitted sir?" Ermm...No it doesnt actually... "well we cant insure you"... BUGGERLuckily, took heed of many folks advice, and gave Keith Michaels a call. Very helpful (Most folk are when they are talking your cash) - £590, without a tracker. So quite impressed with that really. Decision time. Elephant.co.uk £424. no questions. (I'm 41 yrs with 11 yrs no claims and wifey is on the policy) P.s. Lucky barsteward is me - in me 40's - me wife still in her 20's)
higgy Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 Alan-G said: Elephant.co.uk £424. no questions. (I'm 41 yrs with 11 yrs no claims and wifey is on the policy)P.s. Lucky barsteward is me - in me 40's - me wife still in her 20's) Did you try A-plan insurance. I got a good deal from them and i was with Direct line for 5 years. Higgy
bigal024 Posted January 30, 2008 Author Posted January 30, 2008 Alan-G said: Elephant.co.uk £424. no questions. (I'm 41 yrs with 11 yrs no claims and wifey is on the policy)P.s. Lucky barsteward is me - in me 40's - me wife still in her 20's) Thats a not bad deal mate. £424 is exactly what direct line quoted me, but they want a Tracker fitted. (Which I will do anyway)
bigal024 Posted January 30, 2008 Author Posted January 30, 2008 Dipsy said: Direct line/privelege own Tracker Didnt know that mate. Dont HBOS or RBS own Direct Line too?
scooby222 Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 how the hell are you getting quotes so cheap! but im with higgy, try a-plan great price and great service. they were over 500 pounds cheaper than keith michaels for me!
bigal024 Posted January 30, 2008 Author Posted January 30, 2008 scooby222 said: how the hell are you getting quotes so cheap! but im with higgy, try a-plan great price and great service. they were over 500 pounds cheaper than keith michaels for me! Cos I drive dead slow Dave Does that mean A-Plan will insure me for £90??
johnnyr6 Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 (edited) £380 for me with a-plan inc. mods declared and protected ncb. No tracker. Johnny Oh, i'm 35 years young. Edited January 31, 2008 by JohnnyR6
thefastone Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Oh and be carful about the tracker Al, I found out the hard way, I had a tracker fitted from town and county, thinking yeah, happy Peace of mind. but then direct line would not touch it - wrong model of tracker apparently... You need a tracker for them, but tracker retrieve does not count...
thefastone Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 (edited) Direct line, dont actually own anything really.... in reality they are themselves as we say... POST EDITED Well looking at the RBS's web****e, (the corporate-whore site, ass opposed to the personal banking site... ) some of their more interesting brands include... Directline Privilidge Churchill TRACKER Devitt Green flag WorldPay (don't know if we still use them for the membership payments...?) The ONE account Streamline NATWEST MINT Lombard Direct TESCO finance and insurance a bunch of underwriters I was surprised the first time that I saw that list... but then you have to keep your portfolio varied I suppose... lol Edited February 1, 2008 by Paul N
bigal024 Posted February 2, 2008 Author Posted February 2, 2008 thefastone said: Oh and be carful about the tracker Al, I found out the hard way, I had a tracker fitted from town and county, thinking yeah, happy Peace of mind. but then direct line would not touch it - wrong model of tracker apparently...You need a tracker for them, but tracker retrieve does not count... Yeah Dale, I had the same palava when I bought my first WRX from Town And County. Direct Line Insisted on a Tracker Moniter, and wouldnt accept a Tracker Retrieve.
j10 dly Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 Just paid my Insurance on Friday there, £777 with Liverpool Victoria, nobody else was getting anywhere close to that price. Age 25 which probs has something to do with it
bigal024 Posted February 2, 2008 Author Posted February 2, 2008 thefastone said: Bit of a joke really.... Got my new car though.....
thefastone Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 J10 DLY said: Just paid my Insurance on Friday there, £777 with Liverpool Victoria, nobody else was getting anywhere close to that price. Age 25 which probs has something to do with it How many years no claims have you got though? that's said for a 25year old, I don't suppose that's toooo outrageous, I'm only just over the 500 mark, and have protected no claims... and I'm 28.
j10 dly Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 thefastone said: How many years no claims have you got though? that's said for a 25year old, I don't suppose that's toooo outrageous, I'm only just over the 500 mark, and have protected no claims... and I'm 28. Just got the 3 years No Claims, plus they are still taking into consideration the 3 penalty points, had them for over 3 years, but insurance want to know about convictions over last 5, so suppose it aint that bad a price
thefastone Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 TBH 3 points dont do a great deal to the cost of your premium... 6 they start to take notice... oh and they are not keen on bans either, but I found that my one only cost me about 100 more... not as bad as it could have been...
micra_wrc Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 thefastone said: .... I'm only just over the 500 mark, and have protected no claims... and I'm 28. cough ahem cough
squeak Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 A was with norich union for last 5 years just turned 25 and 5 years no claims they wanted 1200 this year so a called direct line got ma 98 turbo 2000 fully comp for £454. A was smiling that day like the first time a ever drove impreza
steven_williams Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 Where have you been hiding Al? I am no longer at Lossie gopt my last tour in and got Coningsby a bit flatter than up there but a hell of a lot closer to home and the bird. My insurance went down to £620 this time but will be going up as I am looking at a new engine, 2.5 @ 500 bhp.
bigal024 Posted February 7, 2008 Author Posted February 7, 2008 Hi Steve, long time no hear! I'm just back from Iraq - Got nabbed for a 3 month holiday over there. Have treated myself to a new car when I got back, so just getting used to that again! Sounds like you got big plans for yourself then? New car completely, or just a new engine? Sounds a beast!
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