prodrive-turbo

Im 19, passed 6 months ago and i got subaru imperza turbo 2000 prodrive awd,As my first car, ncb and they asking for 7900 pounds and thats third party only. I Need Help with Insurance !!!

andy97

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Silly question, didnt you check how much it was likley to cost in insurance before you bought the car?

I would of thought it's going to cost a minimum of several thousand ££££ at your age

abbiesdad

dont moan just pay it and enjoy it or buy a fiesta like most other teenagers...easy

scooby-tc

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You wont get insured if your under 25 nowadays as all the policies have chamged (as far as i know) but if somehow you find someone that will entertain scoob ownership at your age it will be around the 2.5k mark.Sell it and get a nova or saxo till ur a bit older

Ray_li

you would think people would check if they can insure it first

Good luck dude

LegacySTi

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As said why didn't you check before you bought car??

Caramel

i have known thats some1 at 18 paid 1800 with elephant.

abbiesdad

you sure thats not with pink elephant

lightwave693

if your gonna keep the car, then how about trying to insure it in ur mothers or fathers name or any person thats a lot older. u wont build up ncb but ull still have the car. to get ncb buy a sheddy banger like a nova or saxo hehe, and insure urself for that, by the time ur 25 ull have a nice ncb and will be able to have a scoob proper.


should have checked beforehand tho. classic turbo uk scoobs are group 17 and newer ones group 19, ull find it very hard to get insurance at 19, or even 24!
Rich

WRXPete

Of course, you wouldn't want to get caught fronting...or obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception as the old bill put it...carries as much as 5 year prison sentence!! At the very least the good old insurance company may choose not to pay out should you make a claim and they find out.

In case you were wondering, fronting is insuring in another name to get a much better premium...but check your policy, it will state the policy holder MUST be the main user. They WILL find out, trust me on this!!

And no i didn't get caught out, i'm a copper and my sister is in motor insurance. She gets at least one fronter a week. Can you risk to get nothing back on your Scooby if you right it off!!! Or worse have your insurance cancelled and have no third party cover should the worst happen and you seriously injure someone.....

Moley

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Insuring a scooby under 25 isn't a problem, but under 21 you will struggle.

(If you are going to take an internet policy DO NOT get a 10 month bonus accelator)

If you only want 3rd party only cover and don't mind paying quite a few ££££ ring me on Monday and i'll see if I can do anything for you.
(Keith Michaels Insurance - 0208 6427868, ask for Gary Moulson)

Moley

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All correct!!!!!

lightwave693

what i meant was

insure the car in ur mums name for example and you be a named driver.

you can tell the insurance who will be the main driver etc. so shouldnt be a problem. am i right in saying this?

Rich

briforbes

Re: Lightwave693's post.

They would probably want him to take out a policy in his name with his mum as a named driver. It's worth asking for a quote with an older female added as a named driver, as mine dropped several hundred after adding my mother who will probably only drive the car in emergencies.

douglasb

No.

The insurer will work out the premium based on who the main driver is and the risk that they represent. Main driver is 19; doesn't matter who's name the insurance is in - premium is based on a 19 year old main driver.

Fangoria

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I'm interested to know how they would find out who the main driver is? - how could they prove it?

I was going to use my mother many years ago on a second car, but for her to insure with no-no-claims against my full no claims (me 25 years old) didnt work out much cheaper.........

Saying that I know a lot of people who insure a second car for a younger driver. I personally would not do it - not for say a 19 year old driver - if they were on my policy as a named driver and wrote the car off i'd be very annoyed............

andypugh2000

Great advice once again Pete

If only more people listened to wise words

Moley

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I have heard of cases where the insurance assessors have interviewed the neighbours of the person having the claim, asking them who drives the car.

Can also check on the database to see if the mother/father owns another car. Say for example the parent who is insuring the car owns another and the named driver doesn't it doesn't look great.

Moley

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Also they will check the documents you have. If there are invoices/reciepts in the young drivers name this gives them another reason the refuse to pay out.

At the end of the day insurance companies aren't as stupid as people might think. If the car belongs to you then insure it in your own name.

The only exclusion (in general) to this is where the husband/wife insure the car in the others name. Most insurance companies wil be fine with this.

Allan

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Gary, can you be more specific about why not ?

Cheers
Allan

Moley

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Hi mate

With 'bonus accelerator' policies you'll find the only company which will honour the ncb is the company you are already with. When you ring around at renewal you will have to advise any company that you get a quote from that you only have 10 months NCB, not a whole year, and you will find most companies will rate your policy with 0 ncb.

Also....a lot of people think £1000 for 10 months is great when they have been quoted £1150 for 12 months. But do the sums and it doesn't work out cheaper, in fact a lot of times it is more expensive.

Nezz10

If you go for a 10 month accelerator bonus it is usually only for use with that insurer. If you swap the new insurer will not accept it as 1 years NCD and you have to start all over again!!


.....I got stung by that one

New_scooby_04

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If this isn't a wind up (and I suspect it is) then all I can say is sell the car, as you're not going to get insured for anything like sensible money!! Even a third party fire a theft policy (not that many insurers will want to offer that on a performance car) will cost you £££££ Comments about bonus accelerator schemes and fronting are bang on!

NS04

Allan

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OK thanks, I only asked as both my kids are running these at the moment

The sums worked out the same, seemed like a good idea. So if you stay with the same company for a second year, can you claim 2 years NCB ?

Cheers
Allan

Moley

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At the end of the 2nd year they'll have 1 yr 8 months, although at renewal if you explain the situation when ringing around you may find some companies who can help out.

Allan

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OK thanks matey.

Why is insurance never simple, that was probably buried in the small print somewhere

Allan

Moley

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Lol, i just work in it, i don't understand it!!!!

fitzscoob

Worst case scenario, get 2 months insurance after the 10 months, then bingo years no claims - thats what I did many moons ago.

Moley

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Doesn't work like that these days i'm afraid. Still not cost affective either.

LUCKO

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done deal!! 3895 Tpft

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