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Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:55 pm

Can anyone out there recommend an insurer for an e30?

Can i insure one under classic insurance?

Replys would be much appreciated! :D
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:01 pm

If you're 25 or over try FootmanJames. You'll have to ring them though because the BMW falls into their specialist vehicle category. I'm 27 with 0 NCB and I made a claim last January, I pay £168 a year.
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:02 pm

have u got the number for them??
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marty1979 wrote:I'm 27 with 0 NCB and I made a claim last January, I pay £168 a year.
What car?
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BTW im only 23!
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b4gga83 wrote:Can anyone out there recommend an insurer for an e30?
Highway - HIC, but recommended only because they found me a multi-car policy, not necessarily recommended on price.
b4gga83 wrote: Can i insure one under classic insurance?
the criteria is usually cars over 15 years old, so yes.
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:25 pm

i am 22 and im insured with direct line. fully comp, £200 excess, breakdown recover, courtesy car etc etc. at the time i was 21, had 2yrs no claims, and i live in a high risk area and i payed around £550 for the year. which i dont think is too bad considering when i was 18 i had to pay nearly £3000 for insurance on a mk2 crx sir!
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:28 pm

you're on the net already so put your details into confused.com or moneysupermarket.com and get them to do the work. Both sites will search over 20 insurers and you can go back and change details like to excess you're prepared to pay to see if it affects the price. Much easier than spending the day on the phone.
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:42 pm

orangecurry wrote:
b4gga83 wrote:Can anyone out there recommend an insurer for an e30?
Highway - HIC, but recommended only because they found me a multi-car policy, not necessarily recommended on price.
Yep, same here. They were not the cheapest quote I had, but they were the only insurers that would cover me TPO on other vehicles when I was 21/22.
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:58 pm

confused.com are excellent, but I'm not sure they trawl the classic insurance sector....
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:04 pm

Sorry, 320i.
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:10 pm

get a limited mileage policy with heratige, my mate is 21 and he pays £200 a year for 6000 miles in a porsche 944
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who is the insurer?? 8O
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my bad its in the reply :o:
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:56 pm

This was a good price when I tried them, no Mods or convictions though. But OK for 23+

https://www.heritage-quote.co.uk/quick_quote.php
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:25 pm

b4gga83 wrote:Can anyone out there recommend an insurer for an e30?

Can i insure one under classic insurance?

Replys would be much appreciated! :D
Try Adrian Flux Insurance. E30's maybe able to be insured under classic car insurance.
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:06 pm

cheers to all those who replyed no luck yet, everyone has either declined me or offering silly quotes £2,000 plus! :x
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:49 pm

tried footman james classic £720 ...nearly fell off the chair im 46 no claims etc for a classic policy limited to 5000 a year ....phoned aon the quoted £202 fully comp both of these are not using any ncb. budget quoted £156 using my no claims bonus fully comp you really have to keep phoning around
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:47 pm

For classic insurance a lot of places will only cover you if you are >25 years old AND/OR if you have another car insured as your everyday one. Then you need to limit your miles to under 5k.
But try these (must admit I'm nearly twice your age though! ) Richard Hoskens cant remember the number but it starts 01277 (google it ?)... Classicline, and Carole Nash...
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