Author Topic: sickening insurance prices  (Read 2410 times)

Offline olliemk3

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sickening insurance prices
« on: 16 April 2012, 19:11 »
just a bit of a rant really about insurance companies and how they change there prices like the weather, im 19 driving an old slow 1.8 golf driver pay 2 grand a yr to insure it which is crap enough as it is, i wanted another car for my 20th, and was for example looking at a mk4 20vt or an e46 318, with one yrs no claims everything all declared properly insurance due to start on my bday on a well known comparison site, 1200 quid, not a bad price considering, 2 weeks later re checked the price all the same details and it came up 6 GRAND! so checked it a week after that, was 4 grand check it today and its seven!!? one week it was 2 grand etc dont see how insurance companies can justify these massive price changes? was interested to know what people my age were paying for there cars and if anyones been getting weird quotes recently?

Offline philmar

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Re: sickening insurance prices
« Reply #1 on: 16 April 2012, 19:51 »
 I am 49, but have noticed that the Price comparison sites will raise and lower their quotes depending on how busy they are. It seems that if insurance isn't selling to well , the price drops just so that days quota can be met. All you can do is keep trying and hope that you catch them on a day when insurance isn't selling well and they have a quota to meet.

Offline BenGTI16v

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Re: sickening insurance prices
« Reply #2 on: 27 May 2012, 17:39 »
I pay £1300 for my mk3 gti 16v first car no ncb and im 19 get insured near the end of the month seemed the best prices for me

Offline arran.concept

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Re: sickening insurance prices
« Reply #3 on: 30 June 2012, 19:34 »
Hey Ben im in the same age & car situation as you, do you mind telling me which company your insured with :) thanks

Offline mistasfx

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Re: sickening insurance prices
« Reply #4 on: 02 July 2012, 16:44 »
Jesus Ben thats low. Im in the first year of my licence, 31 year old and the cheapest quote i got for my golf gti mk3 8v was £2k :( so had to go through my rents