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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: the_stig on 17 May 2007, 18:57
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Hi All, I am due to pick up my 07 plate GTI next week after a fourteen week wait. :sick: I spoke to the dealer today and he was asking me if I wanted to purchase GAP insurance or the Lifeshine pack. They will do the insurance and the Lifeshine for £200 each (normally £300 each at the dealer I bought from). I am tempted with the GAP insurance for that price but not sure about the Lifeshine. I know I could buy a kit quite a bit cheaper and do it myself, but how long is it likely to take me and is it worth doing it myself for the time it may take? Or should I try to get the prices down further? Any advice on both would be mucho appreciated. Thanks
Also, I live in Newcastle and so far I haven't seen one Edition 30! Anyone got one who lives up here??
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seen more ed 30's down here then standard gti's of late, getting like common focus ST's parked on every corner! :laugh:
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Can't help on the Gap Insurance but Lifeshine and similar products are
- Available for DIY on Ebay for about a tenner
- A very profitable 'perk' for the dealer
You can get an awful lot of polish for £200 :wink:
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Plenty of internet places will sell you GAP cover, eg. http://www.shortfallcover.co.uk/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=275&Display=dealer
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Can't help on the Gap Insurance but Lifeshine and similar products are- Available for DIY on Ebay for about a tenner
- A very profitable 'perk' for the dealer
You can get an awful lot of polish for £200 :wink:
Thanks. That's what I thought. I said to the dealer I could get the same products for a lot cheaper and he told me I couldn't as they were 'dealer only' :wink:
Plenty of internet places will sell you GAP cover, eg. http://www.shortfallcover.co.uk/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=275&Display=dealer
Thanks for that. I found another website but the price was £256 for the three year cover. £150.00 from shortfallcover much better :smiley:
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when I was getting shafted over the tyre (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=56400.) they tried to flog me GAP insurance for £300 and I told them I would be using click4gap.co.uk because its £150. he didnt believe me and I made him pull it up on his screen and he ate his words. :smug:
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Stig,check with your own insurance first, as my dealer tried to sell me the same, and when I phoned my own insurance company (More Than) they told me I was already covered for the first year on my fully comp policy, and I would get paid the invoice value for a total loss claim.
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Thanks, but I've already phoned them (Admiral) and they will only cover the market value of the vehicle at the time of the accident no matter how old the car is. :sad:
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Thanks, but I've already phoned them (Admiral) and they will only cover the market value of the vehicle at the time of the accident no matter how old the car is. :sad:
Pity that, when the dealer tried to sell it to me, I saw it was through a firm called Lumley'shttp://www.lumleyauto.co.uk/mainframe.html , might be worth trying them direct and cut out the middle man. :wink:
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Thanks, but I've already phoned them (Admiral) and they will only cover the market value of the vehicle at the time of the accident no matter how old the car is. :sad:
Pity that, when the dealer tried to sell it to me, I say it was through a firm called Lumley'shttp://www.lumleyauto.co.uk/mainframe.html , might be worth trying them direct and cut out the middle man. :wink:
Thanks, I'll check them out. I've got a price of £145 from www.surfandprotect.com/ (http://www.surfandprotect.com/) who price matched www.shortfallcover.co.uk (http://www.shortfallcover.co.uk) then knocked £5 off so might go through them. Thanks again