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Old Jun 13, 2016 | 11:07 PM
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Over what period of time is this over?

Originally Posted by SmurfyBhoy
i run a 1.2 C1 citreon lease car, £600 first payment followed by 17 of £52,

£30 to fill and 250 miles driven like a rental car should be.

Both my cars are insured on company policy Insurance is £450 for the year. for any car, but scoob has age limit of 25,.

Consider the scoob is £60 to fill and lucky to see 150 to a tank is driven properly.
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by MATT93
Just after some advice.


I'm sure some of you do use your Subaru as a second / weekend car.

Currently my Subaru is my daily driver. My hope / plan is to get a cheap run about that I can use daily as my commute to work is pretty long.

How do you go about insuring a second car though? My insurance does cover me to drive other peoples cars 3rd party so I suppose there's nothing stopping me putting the car into someone else's name and getting them to insure it.

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My WR Ltd Leggy is a second car. My daily beater is an R Reg Polo 998 cc that only as 32k on the clock, no PAS or electric windows, is cheaper to insure and run than the Scoob obviously but I appreciate the Scoob when I get in

But they are insured with two separate companies due to the deals at the time.
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by TECHNOPUG
Your insurance policy doesn't state that it is illegal to misrepresent who is the main driver of the car?

When you complete the quote, it is going to ask you who is the main driver of the car, to which you are going to put "the policy holder", yes? When it is in fact going to be you.

Why spend money fraudulently acquiring worthless motor insurance, when you could just not bother
This is correct.

Many new young drivers are insured as additional on daddies policy when in fact they are the main driver, big fat FO when it goes wrong.
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 07:24 PM
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What I want to know is with which company is Smurfybhoy leasing a C1 at £52 a month over 18 months with only a £600 deposit. I had a look today and can't find any lease deals even remotely this cheap. Come on, Bhoy!
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Old Jun 15, 2016 | 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Uncle Creepy
What I want to know is with which company is Smurfybhoy leasing a C1 at £52 a month over 18 months with only a £600 deposit. I had a look today and can't find any lease deals even remotely this cheap. Come on, Bhoy!
The company i work for use a place called solent leasing,

like most things the best deals are not on the website,

i asked them what cars they wanted rid of basically



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Old Jun 15, 2016 | 08:46 AM
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Sorry,

I forgot VAT.

still a good deal tho and the upgrade to 1.2 82bhp puretech engine was another £6.38 per month on top lol so had to go for that monster 3 cylinder
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Old Jun 15, 2016 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by The Trooper 1815
This is correct.

Many new young drivers are insured as additional on daddies policy when in fact they are the main driver, big fat FO when it goes wrong.
Looking back I think I did this too (10 years ago!)

However I think what people are saying (and im not advocating this btw) is that insuring the car so they wont get pulled (while not declaring mods, points, annual mileage, where the car is stored) does actually work, at least until you actually are involved in a crash that is.

So its just the risk of saving (albeit quite a lot) on ur car insurance vs probably having no insurance if you crash.

just my two cents

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Old Jun 15, 2016 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Ash Webster
Looking back I think I did this too (10 years ago!)

However I think what people are saying (and im not advocating this btw) is that insuring the car so they wont get pulled (while not declaring mods, points, annual mileage, where the car is stored) does actually work, at least until you actually are involved in a crash that is.

So its just the risk of saving (albeit quite a lot) on ur car insurance vs probably having no insurance if you crash.

just my two cents

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My point exactly
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Old Jun 15, 2016 | 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by SmurfyBhoy
Sorry,

I forgot VAT.

still a good deal tho
That is still a good deal!

Originally Posted by SmurfyBhoy
and the upgrade to 1.2 82bhp puretech engine was another £6.38 per month on top lol so had to go for that monster 3 cylinder
Lol, worth it for that 3-pot roar!
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Old Jun 15, 2016 | 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Uncle Creepy
That is still a good deal!



Lol, worth it for that 3-pot roar!
Does make a gd noise plus 60 in 2nd
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Old Jul 15, 2016 | 01:23 PM
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My fuel saver

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Old Jul 15, 2016 | 02:16 PM
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Kia Pro_Ceed 1.6CRDi as a daily driver. Subaru as the weekend warrior.
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Old Jul 15, 2016 | 08:39 PM
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Honda civic 1.4 auto as run around for me so so different to the impreza
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Old Jul 16, 2016 | 10:41 AM
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Only use mine at the weekend. My 2nd car is a bit girly but the wife loves it and it's fun to drive.
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Old Jul 16, 2016 | 12:40 PM
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Mine only gets used occasionally , done 900 miles since its last mot in sept have a company van that I use a lot and the missus has a A3 black edition diesel which is normally what gets used if we go any distance......slightly more comfy than the Impreza and its coilovers
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Old Jul 18, 2016 | 10:56 AM
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Managed to get 45 mpg out of my 1.6 Focus the other day when I went to Leeds and back to pick up some new wings (yey no more rust!).

Thats nearly 4x what i normally get out of the Scoob . I have a heavy right foot in that car.
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Old Jul 18, 2016 | 12:47 PM
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Talk to Keith Michaels and explain what you want to do and they can probably sort out policies on both cars for you, only limiting factor may be your age. My Scoob is on a specialist second car policy, all mods declared, SDP and Commuting and the option of track day cover if required for under £400 a year. Passat daily is just on a standard policy from one of the comparison sites.
All I will say about having the Scoob as a second car is invest in a trickle charger for the battery, you'll soon get fed up of jump starting it when you haven't used it for a week or two.
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Old Jul 18, 2016 | 04:15 PM
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keith michaels wont cover N.Ireland.

as for running 2 cars. my hatch is my daily and i have the wee mk2 golf 16v - i can never be bothered with getting it out the garage most of the times so sometimes i wonder what is the point of having 2 cars!
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