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Offline J66KE B

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Bell insurance is the dogs!
« on: 03 December 2008, 14:07 »
Im 17 and am currently insured on a 1.4 8v polo with tesco for £1600 quid - I know its a rip off but it was the cheapest at the time!

Bear in mind I will be just over 18 when I come to take the policy out with 1 years no claims!

I've been looking at different insurers for a anni 1.8t [180] after 1 years no-claims (don't laugh just yet) and bell came out cheapest fully comp at 1700 quid (which is still really good for my age!)

Anyway, i went on bell's site and tweaked a few things to make sure it was all correct - then added my mum, dad and nan onto the policy  :grin:

It came out as 1329 which I was startled by - I started messing some more and after taking my dad off it went down to £1159!

I've checked the policy and it's all correct, plus it allows me to drive any other car 3rd party and you can buy online so I wouldn't even have to speak to anyone!

what does everyone think!?


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Re: Bell insurance is the dogs!
« Reply #1 on: 03 December 2008, 14:12 »
18 with 1 YNCB on 180bhp 1.8T @ £1159. Sounds too good to be true, that is far too cheap. Only thing I can suggest is double check that you have done everything right. If it is right them wow, that is an AMAZING price and fair play.

There is a guy selling a lovley black anni over in the for sale section.

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Re: Bell insurance is the dogs!
« Reply #2 on: 03 December 2008, 14:30 »
Checked and checked again mate  :grin:

And yeah i've seen that one - really nice but with 78k on the clock at 10 grand.. i dont think so.

Just seen a mint one on autotrader with 27k and its £7500  :smiley:

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Re: Bell insurance is the dogs!
« Reply #3 on: 03 December 2008, 14:33 »
lol he is never going to get 10k for it.

I cant belive how cheap that is at 18! Im 21 and my MK5 is a good couple of hundred quid more than that.

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Re: Bell insurance is the dogs!
« Reply #4 on: 03 December 2008, 15:39 »
Cheapest I found on a 1.8t 150 was £2200 with admiral :undecided: I'm 18 and got 1 years NCB and paid £869 on my 1.6 Driver.

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Re: Bell insurance is the dogs!
« Reply #5 on: 03 December 2008, 17:10 »
^ Thats more the price I was expecting. The Anni is insurance group 16 aswell, the 150 GTI is 14.

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Re: Bell insurance is the dogs!
« Reply #6 on: 05 December 2008, 15:13 »
thats crazy cheap, i would double check it all carefully....if it looks too good to be true it often is! If it checks out then thats an amazing deal and i would grab it while you can as i wouldnt expect them to be doing it for long!  :smiley:

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Re: Bell insurance is the dogs!
« Reply #7 on: 05 December 2008, 22:07 »
well mate, ive just gone to renew with hic after a tidy quote last year.. added my mods this time and its gonna cost me 700 quid and thats on a 2L 8v mk3 golf gti.. so i tried bell as i used to be with them, all mods declared, with a crash noted also, adding my missus, gave me a quote of 457 and again thats any other car 3rd party and windscreen insurance, legal expenses too...

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Offline Ben Lessani

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Re: Bell insurance is the dogs!
« Reply #8 on: 07 December 2008, 11:44 »
I've used Bell for the past 2 years, never claimed, touch wood! But my policy was @ 20 yrs old, 1.8 GTi MK2, 0 NCB, 3 Years experience, Me and Mum on policy - £500 TPFT ~ £600 Comp.

Now I'm 22 its £300 TPFT ~ £450 Comp.

Bell are the cheapest insurers in the world, and they're the only ones to cover me to drive other peoples vehicles 3rd party.

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Re: Bell insurance is the dogs!
« Reply #9 on: 07 December 2008, 13:12 »
sounds a good price, not too good to be true i dont think. I've seen better than that with some of my mates, but thats still a damn good price. I think when i tried it for a 150 1.8t it was like 1500ish, thats with 0ncb and a crash, fully comp with all the extras and a 12 month policy. ohh with bell too, they are awesome!

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