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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Pimpster on 29 April 2003, 14:49

Title: Insurance Cost?
Post by: Pimpster on 29 April 2003, 14:49
How much do you lot pay for your insurance?

I pay ?420 fully comp.
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Post by: 8vgti on 29 April 2003, 16:09
Looking to renew next month and the best quote so far is ?448 Fully comp, with Herts Insurance Company. (25 with 4yrs NCB and one non fault claim). Standard 8v '97 P.

Who are you with and how old etc
Title: Re: Insurance Cost?
Post by: Pimpster on 29 April 2003, 16:12
well i'm 26 with full ncd and its guaranteed (i.e i'll never lose my bonus no matter how many claims).

i'm with LV but then i work for them so i get a discount!!

they're not too bad. my girlfriend has a BMW 316i compact, shes 25 with full ncd and our cars cost ?760 total.

i asked because my old 306 xsi was a lot quicker but was ?50 a year cheaper - that'll be vw parts prices for you then!
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Post by: dlni on 29 April 2003, 16:39
Hmmmm .... should try living in N. Ireland.  ?630 fully comp - 97 GTI 8v
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Post by: Pimpster on 29 April 2003, 16:51
bloody hell - thats a lot!

dont fancy trying for a VR6 then.....
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Post by: black_vr6 on 30 April 2003, 01:32
i,m in n.ireland. i,m  paying ?830 for a vr6 fully comp
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Post by: ows on 30 April 2003, 01:59
Well im looking at over ?600 for whatever car  :o as im 21 with 1yr NCD...

Still gotta wait a year or two for that supercharged vr6 >:(

Cheers

Ows
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Post by: dlni on 30 April 2003, 11:51
Ows, I'm 35 with 8 yrs ncb and in a low risk area.  My bro, who @ 21 insured a 16v clio paid ?1200 3 yrs ago .... kinda put things in perspective. Or out of it!!!

My bikes kawaski zx6r and the bmw r1100rt were ?209 insured TOGETHER  ;D.

No complaints about them, just the 4 wheeled vehicles.
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Post by: albo on 30 April 2003, 12:25
I took out insurance with axamotor.co.uk

I have an 8V GTI 1993.

I am 25 with 3 years NCD with 1 non-fault claim in Jan 2002 living in Cambridge.

I have found that adding my girlfriend to the insurance policy reduces the premium.  With axamotor.co.uk they quoted me ?520 fully comp for just me driving.  Once I added my girlfriend it went down to ?422 fully comp. Seems to be the case with a lot of the quotes I got.

Albo
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Post by: dlni on 30 April 2003, 12:44
Yep, while talking to the insurance broker, he said the same, when insuring its cheaper with partner included, and that goes both ways, for her car and for mine.   Did you know that having the car garaged takes a whole ?8 off? :o
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Post by: Pimpster on 30 April 2003, 19:23
I used to be a motor insurance adviser (not any more thank god!) and found out  few interesting things.

1. 3pts dont make diddly squat difference. apart from if those 3 points take you to 12 points and get you banned....


2. It is cheaper to put your missus on the plan coz of it being a shared risk.

3. spoilers, sports exhausts and alloys make hardly if no difference to premium. chips, lowering and roll cages make a huge difference (as they think you're going to drive it a lot quicker - as if.....)

4.Even if you have a no fault claim your premium can go up as you have had an 'incident'.

The rules are general so dont shout if your experience was different!
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Post by: Brin on 03 May 2003, 23:09
I pay ?413 fully comp age 35 for me & the mrs MK3 8v 1995 i non fault claim with protected NCB  
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Post by: doghair on 04 May 2003, 10:47
I pay ?690  4ync  with the aa ,iam 22
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Post by: 8vgti on 06 May 2003, 16:15
I have just insured my Mk3 8v GTI with Barry Grainger Insurance brokers for ?410 fully comp. I'm 25 with 4yrs NCB and 1 non fault claim. That includes the mrs for no extra cost, but not protected NCB and the xs is ?250. Not bad though and a ?200 improvement on my renewal premium I got from elephant.co.uk. Worth a go!  ;D
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Post by: dave on 06 May 2003, 19:41
insurance :)
im with Tesco's of all people ( bank of scotland)
7yrs ncb on 2.0i cabrio ? 325  :) full com,but as usual 2 imob's fitted
cheap as chips
Title: Re: Insurance Cost?
Post by: m3_gti on 06 May 2003, 20:33
Bloody hell!

Am I living on another planet or do insurance companies just not like my name?

I'm 20 (3NCB) with a standard 2.0 8v P reg and I enjoy paying ?740 third party fire and theft with Adrian Flux.

I think insurance companies think 20 year old + Gti = liability.

-Dan
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Post by: AlexBabes on 30 July 2012, 12:17
£460 py, 1 year NCB - 1st Central.  Without a doubt the cheapest, but have heard horrendous feedback on them.
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Post by: WadGTI on 30 July 2012, 12:25
£460 py, 1 year NCB - 1st Central.  Without a doubt the cheapest, but have heard horrendous feedback on them.

I was with first central for about a year some time ago...not too bad and were pretty flexible on how you pay.

I am £380 with elephant. 24 with 5 NCD
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Post by: mistasfx on 30 July 2012, 19:23
first year of my licence, mk3 8v, 3rd party.... between 1700-2000k so i went through my mother and it came down to £500 3rd party.

not currently working so this is best i can do
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Post by: JC on 30 July 2012, 19:25
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Post by: VW BUSH on 30 July 2012, 19:43
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Wow just thought who are all these new people in the Mk3 section, then looked at the date......
Proper necro post gold medal winner :grin:
Title: Re: Insurance Cost?
Post by: AcidicDavey on 30 July 2012, 19:44
9yrs lol!!

I'm 20 with 2yrs no claims and paid £930 technically. No cost swap from changing from my V70 in June, I hope for a lot cheaper when I renew in November! Elephant seem good for us younger ones!
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Post by: hotdogsmale on 30 July 2012, 19:49
hehe im 19 got a 1.4 se im paying £1400 a yea :rolleyes:r with admiral. my first year was £2400 lol thts commitment for a golf lol
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Post by: VW BUSH on 30 July 2012, 19:51
9yrs lol!!

I'm 20 with 2yrs no claims and paid £930 technically. No cost swap from changing from my V70 in June, I hope for a lot cheaper when I renew in November! Elephant seem good for us younger ones!
I was paying less on a V90 10 years ago than I pay on my 8v now, and I am nudging 40 :lipsrsealed:
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Post by: Gti_Jamo on 30 July 2012, 20:26
Insurance companies are making up the prices these days. My Mk3 Gti 8v is only £15 a YEAR cheaper than my Leon Cupra (500 per year fully comp 7 year no claims). They (Admiral) had my golf down as a 16v so phoned up to correct it and they said both the 16 and the 8v were the same price to insure, Any changes I suggested to bring the cost down came back the exact same price. My renewal is due soon anyway and expect a hike so will just change companies.
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Post by: brett on 30 July 2012, 20:28
im with tesco this year 33 with 1yrs ncd and paying just under 450 iirc lol
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Post by: VW BUSH on 30 July 2012, 20:36
Insurance companies are making up the prices these days. My Mk3 Gti 8v is only £15 a YEAR cheaper than my Leon Cupra (500 per year fully comp 7 year no claims). They (Admiral) had my golf down as a 16v so phoned up to correct it and they said both the 16 and the 8v were the same price to insure, Any changes I suggested to bring the cost down came back the exact same price. My renewal is due soon anyway and expect a hike so will just change companies.
8 and 16v are in different groups :undecided: so should be a cost difference......
Really cant understand why a Mk3 costs so much to insure, I paid nearly £400 tpft 3* years old 9 years ncb one fault accident in 15 years £2k claim.
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Post by: Gti_Jamo on 30 July 2012, 21:03
Insurance companies are making up the prices these days. My Mk3 Gti 8v is only £15 a YEAR cheaper than my Leon Cupra (500 per year fully comp 7 year no claims). They (Admiral) had my golf down as a 16v so phoned up to correct it and they said both the 16 and the 8v were the same price to insure, Any changes I suggested to bring the cost down came back the exact same price. My renewal is due soon anyway and expect a hike so will just change companies.
8 and 16v are in different groups :undecided: so should be a cost difference......
Really cant understand why a Mk3 costs so much to insure, I paid nearly £400 tpft 3* years old 9 years ncb one fault accident in 15 years £2k claim.

Thats what i said to them but still no chage in price. Sound very dubious if you ask me. Almost fraudulent.
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Post by: twotwofour on 30 July 2012, 21:05
I insured my 8v mk3 and 16v mk2 today. They are lowered with wheels and exhausts etc cost me £580 fully comp for both. I'm 32 with admiral and have our gert on the policy
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Post by: boneybradley on 30 July 2012, 22:51
£500 fully c with mods declared for my ssat..... and to think I'm a shareholder (and worker) for a major insurer, it's still £120 more than last year!
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Post by: berry9112 on 31 July 2012, 22:19
Admiral are kn**s. I rang them up and they tried telling me my £1000 quote i got would now be over £1600 after adding my 3 points I genuinely forgot about. And when I asked if the cost would go down when I turned 21 in 2 weeks i was told "No because the computor can see that your nearly 21 so takes it into account" what a load of utter rubbish. Needless to say on my 21st birthday i done a quote online with my 3 points and it came back as 770. Ridiculous, do it online to save talking to them money snatching f%$&ers.
21 2 yrs NCB gti 8 v.
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Post by: Gash on 01 August 2012, 01:01
with the car off the road having the 20vt conversion done iv passed my renewal time so they waiting for me to tell them when im ready to renew.

but as a 16v mk3 with an agreed value on my mods at £4000 it was £791.
as a 20vt with bhp cap at 210bhp again agreed value at £4000 it went to £942

thats being 24 2 year ncb and 6 points on an IN10 (which is bad)
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Post by: search on 01 August 2012, 02:44
on my mk3 1.4 tesco and every other company wanted nearly 2k with mods! ( back box, bigger alloys, coilovers etc ) but then sky insurance said £600 so i took it. i have 2 years no claims im 27 and only passed my test two years ago. seems like i have a fair bit more nc to get before i can have a vr6 :-(
but they would't let me take out fully comp.
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Post by: forsh on 01 August 2012, 15:24
800 euros a year ,fully comp on my vr6
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Post by: negawsklov on 01 August 2012, 17:08
No ncb and 8v is 340 and vr is 380 both on classic car policies.
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Post by: brett on 01 August 2012, 17:18
crikey thats pretty good ,there was a similar topic a while back and it also depends on your postcode ,as some areas are more prone to car crime than others
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Post by: tweed on 01 August 2012, 18:20
3 years ago my ABF was £265 fall comp
My 8v is £325 fall comp
My vr is £415 fall comp

I'm 25 and that's with admiral
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Post by: allsmiles on 01 August 2012, 18:31
i usually pay my insurance monthly, and i was paying £25 a month with sky

my 1 litre toyota aygo is £20 a month
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Post by: tweed on 01 August 2012, 18:34
i usually pay my insurance monthly, and i was paying £25 a month with sky

my 1 litre toyota aygo is £20 a month

At that price why not pay it in one? You pay more paying monthly  :undecided:
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Post by: brett on 01 August 2012, 18:41
tweed yours are a good price how many ncd have you got if you dont mind me asking co at that may look for a vr after all lol,
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Post by: luke on 01 August 2012, 18:42
when I had my 8v at 19 with 1 years ncb, I was paying £132 a month, looking towards a mk4 gttdi at renewal at end of year if all plans go well  :cool:
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Post by: AlexBabes on 18 August 2012, 17:19
when I had my 8v at 19 with 1 years ncb, I was paying £132 a month, looking towards a mk4 gttdi at renewal at end of year if all plans go well  :cool:

a month!!  eeek
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Post by: AlexBabes on 18 August 2012, 17:22
first year of my licence, mk3 8v, 3rd party.... between 1700-2000k so i went through my mother and it came down to £500 3rd party.

not currently working so this is best i can do

`you went through your mother' ??  Where I come from this means something VERY different to what I believe you're implying!   :wink:

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Post by: anni_16v on 18 August 2012, 23:46
This is a very handy thread, thanks for the information.

I think i will try admiral as i am currently paying £700 a year with VW - 35yrs, 2yrs NCD- no points :huh:methinks i am being ripped off as i had a 50% increase last renewal!

cheers!
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Post by: AlexBabes on 21 August 2012, 13:42
This is a very handy thread, thanks for the information.

I think i will try admiral as i am currently paying £700 a year with VW - 35yrs, 2yrs NCD- no points :huh:methinks i am being ripped off as i had a 50% increase last renewal!

cheers!

I was with Admiral for a couple of years, they are alright - the call centres are ok and I would say the prices were reasonable.  I was paying £700 then full comp with zero no claims on a GTI 8v and was living in London, so high premiums.