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Title: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: funkythumbs42 on 15 February 2010, 12:03
I am 24 and will have 4nycb and no point on licence, car parked on street

insurance from the usual suspects (admiral, swift cover) was going to be around 800 quid

went to greenlight and they have came back with £440 and only £250 excess

Just thought that was a brilliant price, could not beleive it!!

Greg
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: GtiJames on 15 February 2010, 12:23
x2 v happy with greenlight

they seem to like young drivers

when i bought my ed30 a couple of years ago I was 24, 4yrs no claim, parked on the street, 6pts on the licence and car remapped to 320hp

Directline - £1400
Greenlight - £590

almost fell of my chair when I got Greenlights quote
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: funkythumbs42 on 15 February 2010, 12:31
maybe its good business, offer cheap prices to relatively young drivers who have ncb proving they are safe and get years of business from us.

great quotes!!
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: bacillus on 15 February 2010, 13:43
Unfortunately depending on your area, Greenlight may decline to give you a quote.
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: AlanD on 15 February 2010, 13:56
My area is meant to be bad for car insurance yet they gave me the most competitive quote last year aswell. Not so much this year but thats more my fault than theirs.
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: bertmort8 on 15 February 2010, 14:40
just had my renewal through at 570 with 6years ncb on the 2ltr gt fsi

just put details in with greenlight so waiting on the response
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: Steve30 on 15 February 2010, 16:58
Well they are not that good they turned me down?? 10yrs NCD clean licence, garaged , 47 yrs old load of B******
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: AlanD on 15 February 2010, 17:02
How can they turn you down yet they insured me, 22 year old, MK5 GTI, 1YNCB.
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: GtiJames on 15 February 2010, 17:04
Well they are not that good they turned me down?? 10yrs NCD clean licence, garaged , 47 yrs old load of B******

I think they only specialise in insuring performance cars

A diesel don't cut it  :evil:

Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: AlanD on 15 February 2010, 17:05
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Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: Davstylee on 15 February 2010, 17:07
Just got a quote from them at £442.70. Im 24 with 5 years no claims, one accident which wasn't my fault, one windscreen chip claim, and one speeding fine (which i think has been gets taken off my record what with it being so many years ago?) The cars also kept on the street, and i havent added my mum as a named driver which drops the price with all the other insurance people.

Proper impressed, just have to wait till April when my insurance is due for renewal and i then turn 25, which i think means the insruance will be even cheaper still?
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: Steve30 on 15 February 2010, 17:15
Well they are not that good they turned me down?? 10yrs NCD clean licence, garaged , 47 yrs old load of B******

I think they only specialise in insuring performance cars

A diesel don't cut it  :evil:


get out of here !! :laugh:
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: Saint Steve on 15 February 2010, 18:08
Well they are not that good they turned me down?? 10yrs NCD clean licence, garaged , 47 yrs old load of B******

There are some citys they wont insure your steve. Places like Leeds, manchester etc
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: Steve30 on 15 February 2010, 18:45
Well they are not that good they turned me down?? 10yrs NCD clean licence, garaged , 47 yrs old load of B******

There are some citys they wont insure your steve. Places like Leeds, manchester etc
I dont htink they would beat 400 quid anyway for my ED30 Phil ??
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: nick30 on 15 February 2010, 20:05
im with them too, they are the best for modified cars. my new renewal in march will be seven something with three points and all mods declared at 350bhp  :grin:

i remember my first car an old 1 litre polo was 2 grand!!  :laugh:

Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: GtiJames on 15 February 2010, 21:10
Well they are not that good they turned me down?? 10yrs NCD clean licence, garaged , 47 yrs old load of B******

I think they only specialise in insuring performance cars

A diesel don't cut it  :evil:


get out of here !! :laugh:


worth trying the NFU they offer competitve insurance

you might get a discount   :wink:
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: Saint Steve on 16 February 2010, 19:07
Well they are not that good they turned me down?? 10yrs NCD clean licence, garaged , 47 yrs old load of B******

There are some citys they wont insure your steve. Places like Leeds, manchester etc
I dont htink they would beat 400 quid anyway for my ED30 Phil ??
Thats an excellent price Steve. Id take that straight away mate :smiley:
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: Steve30 on 17 February 2010, 07:21
Well they are not that good they turned me down?? 10yrs NCD clean licence, garaged , 47 yrs old load of B******

There are some citys they wont insure your steve. Places like Leeds, manchester etc
I dont htink they would beat 400 quid anyway for my ED30 Phil ??
Thats an excellent price Steve. Id take that straight away mate :smiley:
Here is the best one Phil , The GTD is 456quid by the same company swift?? F*** knows how they get to that??? I just dont understand it really?? :angry:
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: mr magoo on 18 February 2010, 21:54
Motor insurance is a funny one. Don't forget that insurers will look down to the second part of your postcode (ie for L30 8UH they're not just looking at the L30 bit they're looking at the 8UH bit as well) - not my real postcode by the way.

There are so many factors that affect the cost. Occupation is a big one after age, ncb, and annual mileage.

A couple of SP30s probably won't have that much effect, but if you have an IN10 (no insurance) you might really struggle to get a competitive quote.

 :nerd:
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: bertmort8 on 20 February 2010, 22:58
the quote for myself was pretty good but as soon as i tried to add on the wife. because shes 23 it shot up

priviledge for me
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: ifti on 22 February 2010, 14:46
Greenlight were about £100 too much for me.
Cheapest for me was with AXA.
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: RedRobin on 23 February 2010, 17:26
Greenlight are a bunch of enthusiasts - They specialise in modified cars and understand what various mods are and what they do. They insure like-for-like. But they are in the insurance business and if you live in a higher risk postcode it's reasonable for them to take that into account.

I'm very happy with them.

:afro:
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: ifti on 23 February 2010, 17:42
Im in a very low risk area though - very low crime rate etc. Even though I always put the car in the garage, they were still a little more expensive for me. They also put me at £500 excess!!
AXA was over £100 cheaper, with only £250 excess.
Guess they are not cheap for everyone!
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: qureshia on 24 February 2010, 19:39
38 yrs old
one sp50 (2008)
10 years plus ncb
cheshire

- £747  :embarassed: :angry:

currently pay less than £450
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: clint4one on 05 March 2010, 12:09
25, 2 years ncb, driving 2 years.

Last year my insurance was £2.4k with quickfit,  they sent me my renewal the other day and it was £3.3k :shocked:!

So i went on the usual price comparison sites and the cheapest was quickfit at £1.8k with most been £3kish.

I then deceided to do a quote with greenlight and to my suprise it was £770 :shocked: i nearly fell off my chair, so this morning I bought the insurance and
am well chuffed  :grin:

clint
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: RedRobin on 11 March 2010, 10:37
I have just renewed my insurance with Greenlight - I couldn't be happier with them - I've updated my long list of mods and my power to 260 bhp and there is no change to the costs. It makes such a difference to know they know what various car mods are.

:afro:  :cool:  :afro:
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: scotland67 on 11 March 2010, 11:32
I'm 67, so with SAga I pay £234 fully comp with my wife, also 67 as a named driver. max. no claims and £250 vol excess. Car is 56reg 3 door GTI.At least there is some benefit to being a senior citizen!
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: AlanD on 11 March 2010, 12:01
I'm 67, so with SAga I pay £234 fully comp with my wife, also 67 as a named driver. max. no claims and £250 vol excess. Car is 56reg 3 door GTI.At least there is some benefit to being a senior citizen!

I hate you. That is all.
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: nick30 on 11 March 2010, 14:38
I'm 67, so with SAga I pay £234 fully comp with my wife, also 67 as a named driver. max. no claims and £250 vol excess. Car is 56reg 3 door GTI.At least there is some benefit to being a senior citizen!

even cheaper on the bus!  :tongue:

Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: scotland67 on 11 March 2010, 16:28
Yes I have a bus pass as well!
Title: Re: Greenlight insurance, great price for the gti
Post by: maxie on 13 March 2010, 19:11
im with more than, registered disabled, and i use a bar for the breaking.. cost me 470 this time with 4 years no claims im 3(im 35, 250 excess,fully comp)..
was chuffed with that.. :smiley: