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General => Insuring your rotary => Topic started by: notf1ack on January 28, 2004, 10:26:01 PM

Title: Advice for insuring as everyday car
Post by: notf1ack on January 28, 2004, 10:26:01 PM
Can anyone give me any advice on a good company to approach for insurance on a 1994 Type R RX7?

I\'m in the process of getting one but when I\'ve tried to contact insurance companies they\'ve told me that they couldn\'t insure me to do more than 5,000 a year and then only if it\'s a second car.  Not much good when going to and from work will probably be about 15,000.  I don\'t really want to keep my current car once I\'ve got the new one :(

I\'ve had the same story from AON and Sureterm which seem to be some of the main ones mentioned on here.  Flux don\'t seem to want to talk to me so I don\'t know about them...

Surely it\'s not that hard to find somebody who\'ll cover me?  I\'m 25 with 7 years NC. I just want to be able to drive my new car :D
Title: Advice for insuring as everyday car
Post by: J4P RX on January 28, 2004, 10:29:04 PM
Tesco have been giving good quotes out recently.  On the plus side you can get a quote online, to save having to talk to someone :)

Lee
Title: Advice for insuring as everyday car
Post by: notf1ack on January 28, 2004, 10:40:40 PM
Thanks, probably have to do some more research though before I use them because I got stuck on their quote thing when it asked about a tracker.  Don\'t have a clue on what the differences are between all of the different ones and I don\'t think it\'s got one at the moment.  Unfortunately it wouldn\'t let me do a quote without one :(
Title: Advice for insuring as everyday car
Post by: J4P RX on January 28, 2004, 10:50:15 PM
They are all the same.  Just make one up to get a quote so you know if its reasonable, and if it is then you can budget for the tracker.

Lee
Title: Advice for insuring as everyday car
Post by: notf1ack on January 28, 2004, 11:02:13 PM
Thanks

They came back with about £950.  Does that sound reasonable?  I guess it\'s about what I was expecting but it would be nice to get it lower.

Wishful thinking I expect.  Still got a few weeks at least to sort it
Title: Advice for insuring as everyday car
Post by: Gibby on January 29, 2004, 11:53:04 AM
Budget on around £600 to £1000 for a tracker system, and remeber that tesco online quote system is ONLY quoting on a completely standard car.

There have been some reports on these pages that quotes have doubled, trebled ( one as much a 5x) once all mods are declared.

something to bear in mind.
Title: Advice for insuring as everyday car
Post by: StreetPizza on January 29, 2004, 02:38:29 PM
QuoteFlux don\'t seem to want to talk to me so I don\'t know about them...

They can be surprisingly difficult at times, but they made me a good deal, so I\'m insuring with them. I did the whole thing via E-mail, they always responded next day, very helpful. It might help, I suppose, that I already had a car insured with them. Give them another try though, especially if you\'ve got any mods. You lose nothing but a few minutes of your time if you send an E-mail :)
Title: Advice for insuring as everyday car
Post by: Ed_RX7 on January 29, 2004, 03:44:35 PM
Are you guys sure tesco are not quoting you on a uk car?

Double check to make sure:confused:

Dont want a long one if you have a knock!!!
Title: Advice for insuring as everyday car
Post by: davefrith on January 29, 2004, 04:04:40 PM
I insured with Tesco today actually, I had been through the quote a few days ago and it came out at £1436.00

However today when ringing them back it seems the guy who quoted me originally didn\'t put the non-standard exhaust system on there so it went up to £1540.00

Was not too impressed but went with them anyway, decent quote !

Dave