Jolly Green Monster

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Mate is lookin to buy one and cannot get insurance from the usual places..

Liverpool Victora, Privilege for example as they get there list of cars from the ABI and Spec C is not on it..

Anyone got a suggestion?

Other than saying it is an STi.. lol..

JGM

jason4656

what do they say on the logbook?

Jolly Green Monster

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No idea as he hasn't bought it yet.. but buying and and insuring it as an STi and then sending the log book off to be *cough* corrected to say STi is not really ideal is it..

Someone must have a Spec C insured???

JGM

Jolly Green Monster

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No idea as he hasn't bought it yet.. but buying and and insuring it as an STi and then sending the log book off to be *cough* corrected to say STi is not really ideal is it..

Someone must have a Spec C insured???

JGM

jason4656

i guess with l and v they dont have a problem with mods, so if its down as sti, then its only gonna be seen as sti with mods, that was all my thought, i wont lie to insurance companies myself and dont condone it just thinkin outloud

TonyBurns

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I spoke to L&V re insurance on a Spec C, they came back to me after id discribed and given them the full details of the car, they added 200 quid per year to what im already paying but will cover me on one

Tony

TonyBurns

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I should point out that you will need to be over 30 to get insured on one though due to it being a Grey import.

Tony

Jolly Green Monster

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Thanks.. I think he is 33.. old bloke

JGM

russell hayward

Norwich Union insure mine

Jolly Green Monster

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Thanks Russell I'll pass it on..

He was intending putting a deposit on it today..

chiark

They wouldn't insure me on an 03 wrx - but I was 29 at the time

johnfelstead

Tony, L&V refuse to cover any car not on their list, end of story. Whoever you spoke to was telling you porkies.

TonyBurns

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John,
They went back to the underwriters who gave them the go ahead to insure my spec c (having described everything etc), no problems it took them about 2hrs though to get back to me.

Tony

Huw

Who did you talk to, cos I got 'stonewalled' by the unhelpful woman on the phone?

TonyBurns

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Cant remember her name but she sorted it all out for me she was definately better than the guy i spoke to yesterday when trying to change insurance from one car to another such a hard thing to do that he wanted to cancel my insurance and then charge me from when i got my new car rather than me paying the extra 95 quid for the next 4 months.....

Tony

johnfelstead

they wouldnt cover my RA because it wasnt on the list. That company is pathetic.

Jolly Green Monster

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I am surprised they are being like that as I have had nothing but praise for them the last two years of insurance.. obviously getting way too picky about this list though..

Simon

alanjack

When I asked L&V to insure my car with ALL its mods they also told me they would have to go to the underwriters., obviously I dealt with someone who was competent. They as in Tony's case, rang back after a couple of hours and agreed to add the mods to the statement of facts without any increase and still insured the car.
I think it is who you speak to John at L&V, so I wouldn't call them pathetic; just the person who said the RA is a no go, if you explained at the time in detail AND request they go to the underwriters then I am sure you will get a positive result.

jason4656

John, it helps to speak to someone a little higher up as other people have said, I got a quote on my jdm sti8, and then when i called back, they said they had quoted me on the wrong car, and that they wouldnt insure me as it wasnt on the list, so i said well you better had insure me as i have now bought the car for over 20k and you will be responsible. So i got passed on to a young girl who was very helpful, I have her name if you need it, anyway she got through to the underwriters and she said soon as i want to put it on the insurance they will just quote me at the nearest car they have on the list and then put it in writing that they know its not the 2 dooor and that i am fully covered as per my policy.

I made a post about it, i also explained about this bbs and many peoples confusion, and they said they would look into updating the list, i also learned how the list worked, but something is not right as obviously all our imports are registered with dvla.