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General => Insurance => Topic started by: moutains on 17 March 2010, 11:53

Title: insurance
Post by: moutains on 17 March 2010, 11:53: still looking for a decent quote before modding my gti latest £970 was only paying £314 for my s4 313bhp are they all mad.
Title: Re: insurance
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 18 March 2010, 18:36: Quote from: moutains on 17 March 2010, 11:53
still looking for a decent quote before modding my gti latest £970 was only paying £314 for my s4 313bhp are they all mad.

Yes. :grin:
Title: Re: insurance
Post by: moutains on 21 March 2010, 06:17: thought so een on a couple of compare type sights quotes from 900to1200 do i mod and say nothing and if have a claim reverse it before ?getting ins. involved
Title: Re: insurance
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 21 March 2010, 06:26: If you mod anything even if it's a badge you MUST declare it, if insurance finds out it'll be void, do you really want to take that risk?
Title: Re: insurance
Post by: moutains on 21 March 2010, 09:44: NO. but neither can i stomach paying large amounts to insure a modded car. the strange thing is i got quoted £80 extra to insure ed30 so premium £290 yet a modded gti 240bhp £900 doesnt make sense
Title: Re: insurance
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 22 March 2010, 18:52: Can you also stomach your insurance being void when they find out and paying through the ass to sort yourself out, but then more importantly the third party? What if you cause an accident, and they die, and you insurance is void?
Title: Re: insurance
Post by: Wayne on 22 March 2010, 23:30: Quote from: Shady Pioneer on 22 March 2010, 18:52
Can you also stomach your insurance being void when they find out and paying through the ass to sort yourself out, but then more importantly the third party? What if you cause an accident, and they die, and you insurance is void?

+1 as above never worth the risk.
Title: Re: insurance
Post by: moutains on 23 March 2010, 09:35: I still havent given up trying to get a decent quote but if i dont sort it this week i wont be modding my gti ill keep it a year then get something a bit more powerful
Title: Re: insurance
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 23 March 2010, 09:41: Quote from: moutains on 23 March 2010, 09:35
I still havent given up trying to get a decent quote but if i dont sort it this week i wont be modding my gti ill keep it a year then get something a bit more powerful

Have you tried Admiral/Bell/Elephant? I found Adrian Flux were very good for a modified policy too. Go with one of the first 3 if you don't mod it.
Title: Re: insurance
Post by: moutains on 23 March 2010, 13:11: I had my s4 with bell but they class the gti as a group 30 {insane} had a protracted argument with them when changing ove,r the premium would have been nearly £500. so cancelled and renewed with saga less than half price. just had a quote from an audi specialist £699. still not happy.