Gap Insurance
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Has anyone ever bought gap insurance on a 2nd hand car? I have on new ones, but never 2nd hand ones?
Worth it for something costing £8-10k? If so who have people used?
Worth it for something costing £8-10k? If so who have people used?
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i had it on a second hand motorbike i bought. when i needed to claim they did'nt want to know. It took ages to get a settlement and then they didn't settle all the short fall in finance. i would never get gap insurance again.
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I think the thing about it is that there is usually a much bigger drop on new cars within a short space of time, they lose a good chunk as soon as you drive it off the forecourt, which doesn't apply to the same extent with second hand cars.
Like the poster above says I think you would have to read the small print very carefully, never bothered with it personally, but i've never bought a car brand new either
Like the poster above says I think you would have to read the small print very carefully, never bothered with it personally, but i've never bought a car brand new either
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I suspect there will be a lot of insurance jobs on cars at the moment, i know a guy i used to work with had an A3 which mysteriously broke down on a road he would never use to drive to work one night, then the following morning, suprisingly he finds his car burnt out, was never convinced and i still think to this day he arranged to have his own car torched.
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Shortfall on Finance insurance
Back to invoice insurance.
Back to invioce costs more, but is worth more. I just took it out on my Golf. £120 for a £10k back to invoice cover, for 3 years.
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