Couldn't believe it yesterday, opened my renewal letter from Tesco Insurance, and the premium has increased by almost £300 a year (thats will another years no claims on my policy). went onto confused.com and wahay, got a quote for less than last years premium.
who in their right mind would pay almost £600 a year to insurance a 1997 1.3 Suzuki Swift 5 Door?????
£296, thats a bit more like it but still not exactly cheap but its the best price i have got so far.
The E30 via confused.com incl full business use 15k miles a year is £335.00 which i didn't think was too bad considering its mainstream insurers, not specialists or classic policy.
Insurance Renewals
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I had a heart attack when I changed insurance off my Alpina to my Scooby. It went from £112 a year to £1040 ( I shit you not! ).
I always used a classic policy on my 325i Cab and the C2 which kept things down. Only draw back is you will not earn a no claims on it.
Who are the underwriters for the policy?
I always used a classic policy on my 325i Cab and the C2 which kept things down. Only draw back is you will not earn a no claims on it.
Who are the underwriters for the policy?
Felix79 aka Dan
If you got haters, then your doing something right!
E85 Z4M Roadster
If you got haters, then your doing something right!
E85 Z4M Roadster
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capri_rob
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There is no loyalty from insurers ( don't think there ever has been )
They rely on inertia - people who simply can't be bothered to shop around - for their profits.
I was with Esure for 4 years up to this year as they were the cheapest every year both on renewal and when I did a search on the comparison sites as a new customer.
This year they were £100 more expensive than the cheapest quote I got elsewhere and they werent interested in doing any sort of deal to keep me as a customer - 36 years old, clean license, 17 Years NCD, low risk postcode, 12k a year mileage and dull as dishwater car ( Mondeo diesel ). Hardly a high risk.
The only way to beat the system is to shop around and play them off against each other - sometimes calling at the end of the week or end of the month also gets you a better deal as the telesales monkeys will be wanting to hit their sales targets. Never tell them the cheapest quote you've had until they've quoted you - and then just make a stupidly low quote up when they reveal their figures - its cut throat but these tossers won't do you any favours
They rely on inertia - people who simply can't be bothered to shop around - for their profits.
I was with Esure for 4 years up to this year as they were the cheapest every year both on renewal and when I did a search on the comparison sites as a new customer.
This year they were £100 more expensive than the cheapest quote I got elsewhere and they werent interested in doing any sort of deal to keep me as a customer - 36 years old, clean license, 17 Years NCD, low risk postcode, 12k a year mileage and dull as dishwater car ( Mondeo diesel ). Hardly a high risk.
The only way to beat the system is to shop around and play them off against each other - sometimes calling at the end of the week or end of the month also gets you a better deal as the telesales monkeys will be wanting to hit their sales targets. Never tell them the cheapest quote you've had until they've quoted you - and then just make a stupidly low quote up when they reveal their figures - its cut throat but these tossers won't do you any favours
e30topless said : Proper BMW's have 4 headlights, last of the run was the E30 and E34/E32 anything after that is just complete shite
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BadDave
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After hearing of 35% premium increases,I wasn't looking forward to the renewal quote for the B10 (35k daily driver)
LV actually dropped the renewal price by 25% which was nice.
Still not exactly cheap though.
LV actually dropped the renewal price by 25% which was nice.
Still not exactly cheap though.
Alpina B10 3.2L #187 (1 of 64 brought into the UK)
2.8L turbo build thread(work in progress)
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2.8L turbo build thread(work in progress)
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 27#1268227