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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 08:42 PM
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Im currently insured with morethan select, fully comp for £550 per year.
Got the renewal for £2397.26
Holly molly batman !
Talk about takin the urine, as u can imagine I told them to sack it.
Went on the usual comparision sites and cant get it below a G
No claims, no penaltys ....WTF ?
I have 8 years ncb and a perfect liscence. If I cant get a similar quote to what im currently paying its Bye bye scooby.
Im on ma knees with a mahusive please please please can somebody point me to a decent insurer .
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 08:46 PM
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I use Admiral, about £500 fully vomp....sounds to me like your post code has been set to a higher (much higher) risk area.....coulda had something to do with snow, or just thefts etc
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by MysteryMachin3
Wait to you here this cracker
Im currently insured with morethan select, fully comp for £550 per year.
Got the renewal for £2397.26
Holly molly batman !
Talk about takin the urine, as u can imagine I told them to sack it.
Went on the usual comparision sites and cant get it below a G
No claims, no penaltys ....WTF ?
I have 8 years ncb and a perfect liscence. If I cant get a similar quote to what im currently paying its Bye bye scooby.
Im on ma knees with a mahusive please please please can somebody point me to a decent insurer .
kmichaels insurance pm moley on here aplan try them
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 09:00 PM
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as above try Keith Michaels, although you must speak to moley to get a sensible quote, as a comparison my mothers insurance went up 48% never had a claim ETC i tried the comparison site and her insurance came back at just £300 for the best and £9,999 for the worst you can imagine which one she took.
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 09:04 PM
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Admiral multi car for me £275 for the 911 and £311 for the Type R with mods. Less than 600 all in
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 09:54 PM
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The lot has gone up ..... across the board ...
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 10:33 PM
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http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/insuran...&in_page_id=35

British motorists saw a punitive rise of 38% in car insurance premiums last year, according to a recent survey, with older drivers hit hardest



Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/insuran...#ixzz1BQea7mcc


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/mon...cle7047360.ece

and this was the start of 2010, stupid increases across the board
"The average annual premium for comprehensive car cover increased over the full year by 18 per cent to more than £1,000, the AA said"

over a bloody barrell :|
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 10:39 PM
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I think the American insurance is a little different to ours in that the record of the individual has a big bearing on the price and hence if you have lots of claims, you pay more. Not like here if you don't have a lot of claims, but every one else does, you still end up paying for the bad, care free drivers.. It stinks
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 10:40 PM
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and paying for uninsured drivers
and the higher it goes , no doubt the more uninsured drivers there be
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 10:53 PM
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Given the discussions on here, I thought I'd check to see what's happened to my quote

Me: Male, 29, 12 years driving, 8 year no claims - protected, Cambridge
Car: 2002 STi, UK Spec

Six months ago - £735
Now - £1,672 (with £600 excess)

(both figures based on cheapest quote from a couple of comparison sites)

Staggering. To be honest, if that's the case in another six months time when I come to re-insure, I'll be selling it, simple as that. I love the car, but not that much...

EDIT: Though apparently if I say it is a UK car, rather than a UK Spec Euro import, the price drops to £930... I really need to contact subaru and find out where it's from!

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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 10:56 PM
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The cheapest i got was using quidco (has an insurance comparison engine now too)
Admiral did knock off £100 to try and get close to it, was still about 80quid more expensive but i stayed for the time being

still they are taking the pee imo..

Male 31 (JUST! :P ) , 13 years driving, 9 years ncb protected in Colchester

£740 for a 2006 Scoob STI
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 11:08 PM
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comparison sites are a waste of time for performance cars.
Try A plan they are good.
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 11:16 PM
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Try A plan,greenlight,sky or K Michaels.
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 11:54 PM
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Try the AVIVA deal mate worked for me yesterday...My renewal with Halifax was £2554!!! £935 now with aviva, 31yr, 9yr ncd, 6,000 miles,exhaust mod 2006 sti Also in Birmingham which according to gary at keith micheals is the new wild west lol

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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 07:04 AM
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RING ~Liverpool Victoria, got quote from this week on a 330s (£24k car) with Alloy wheel mod.. £527 FC.

Admeral were £400 more!

Keith Michaels came in at £625 with any mod.

so worth ringing round.
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 02:35 AM
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I just got my renewal through and my insurance has more than doubled

Female 32 with 11 years ncb clean licence

Apparently the reason for the increase is due to my policy being raised by 20 - 60%. They had no answer when I pointed out that it had actually increased by more than 100% The broker told me My current insurer has now changed its age limit from 28 to 30 and then 30 to 35 and will no longer cover me even though I have been with them for the past 3 years and they seem to think the price they gave me was the best one on the market. Ive already found it cheaper on the first site I looked at and am waiting for more quotes tomorrow.

My advice is shop around. If you get a quote online always ring the company and they will almost always knock a bit more off the price.
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 05:54 AM
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green light or adrian flux
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 12:57 PM
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I'm current;y with admiral multicar. V4 sti about £600 a year.

BUT....

Spoke to sky insurance. I think the guys name was luke. Knew all about the cars and SN.
Was very willing to discuss possible mods. Things like samco hoses, light weight pulleys, different alloys wouldn't affect the premium but needed to be declared in case of theft etc ..

Quote came in at £630.

He stated that they are currently insuring numerous 600bhp imprezas.

I'll def be changing once renewal time comes.
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 07:21 PM
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found these, factory jap import insurance, havnt foned them yet but maybe worth a try, 08445734723, if any1 trys these, let us know how you get on.
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 07:50 PM
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Feel free to give me a call on 0208 6427868 (ask for Gary Moulson)

We insure hundreds of modified Subarus, including several tuners from here, and 750+bhp cars.

Like-for-like cover for mods is easily available, and as a Subaru owner for the last 6 and a half years i like to think i know a thing or two about these cars

Gary
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 08:28 PM
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can you give ppl a price for april renewal Gary
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 08:40 PM
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Bit too soon really
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 08:50 PM
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Gary, do 2.1 conversions from 2.0 add much on to the price?
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 08:56 PM
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It will vary from company to company, but aslong as you have owned the car for a while it won't be a problem. Hard to give an exact figure, but normally 10-20% more assuming the supporting mods are made aswell (depending on the bhp of course).
If it's just the 2.1 with no further mods the increase will be less.
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Make sure you speak to Gary not that over **** in the office if he's still there. We came away from KM after 3yrs with them because of that ****. Doesn't know his **** from his elbow.
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Markfey
I'm current;y with admiral multicar. V4 sti about £600 a year.

BUT....

Spoke to sky insurance. I think the guys name was luke. Knew all about the cars and SN.
Was very willing to discuss possible mods. Things like samco hoses, light weight pulleys, different alloys wouldn't affect the premium but needed to be declared in case of theft etc ..

Quote came in at £630.

He stated that they are currently insuring numerous 600bhp imprezas.

I'll def be changing once renewal time comes.
ask him if they still give the extra discount if your a payed up member of SN
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve777
Admiral multi car for me £275 for the 911 and £311 for the Type R with mods. Less than 600 all in

thats cos your old
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 09:43 PM
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My renewal came in last week, last yr was £860 this yr it was £1440 with adrian flux, went on the comparison sites and it was still the same, begged adrian flux (as ive been with em for yrs) but they couldnt come down. Back to the comparison sites, changed my job description an reduced my mileage a bit i finally got it for £869. Phew!!!!!!
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 11:05 PM
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And now for rowdys top tip of the day, go have a look on money saving expert website. When you go on there it gives you an option to check your job description with others that mean the same thing, but end up costing you less when you fill in an application for insurance quotes.

I have just done this, and then on to go compare and got some quotes with my slightly altered job discription.
Given that my insurance has gone from £350, to £470, and then up again to £580 with Direct line over the past three years, and when I ran a quote online with them a couple of weeks ago and it came up at £800.

Now that was before my missus reversed the car out of the drive into the side of a Beemer that was parked directly opposite the drive, so with that added claim it would be sure to go up even more than the £800 quoted a couple of weeks ago (even with the bonus protection).

I was therefore quite chuffed to get not one quote below £800 on go compare, but thirty seven quotes below £800, the cheapest of which was £484.04.
Next best quote was by the same company (the green insurance company) for the same cover plus legal assistance and breakdown cover for £531.49

Direct line can jog on this year.

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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 08:45 AM
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i,m with elephant £420 fully comp protected 02 sti prodrive,you get a better quote if you phone them rather than on line
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