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[Darlo]

Just for a rough idea for you. Notifying my insurance put the premium up about £42..... Making the new total £245 for the year!

My god these GTI's are so cheap to insure!!

[Jimmy Filth]

Does the ACC come as standard on the GTi? I'm paying. £300 fully comp with £100 excess on the R. Very impressed (30, clean license, parked on driveway).

[littlelordfonts]

Darlo, which insurance company do you use? Are there better ones to use when declaring modifications?

[Darlo]

Darlo, which insurance company do you use? Are there better ones to use when declaring modifications?

Its an insurance broker I get through work which provided approved insurance policies for people in my line of work. I can't remember the exact name, something like equity star or something.

It was only slightly cheaper than Admiral/elephant which I find very mod friendly and have used a fair few times in the past.

[GrahamFR]

+1 on Admiral, i was with RSA and they gave me the V's when i stuck an exhaust on so i moved to admiral and they only charged an extra £20 p/m for my mods

[monkeyhanger]

Elephant customers: Have a non-fault accident in which the other side admit 100% liability and pay for everything, and then tell me what your renewal is with Elephant. Absolutely sh!te company to deal with when something happens to your car.

[Ross Detours]

That's not encouraging to hear monkeyhanger as Elephant are the cheapest price I can find by a decent margin!

[monkeyhanger]

That's not encouraging to hear monkeyhanger as Elephant are the cheapest price I can find by a decent margin!

Absolute sheisters they are. A bus hit my MK5 golf GT170TDI at 2 weeks old while parked legally on the side of a road. Absolute cut and dry case of their fault and so they paid up. The case cost Elephant nowt. Due to that non-fault accident, my renewal went from £450 to £850 because I was a much bigger risk according to them.

[GrahamFR]

it is an absolute joke that insurance companies are allowed to do that, thats like them opening admitting they believe in karma and voodoo as if some of us must be more unlucky than others and therefore a greater risk. It can happen to anybody but you should only cough up if you were at fault in my mind

[Darlo]

Elephant customers: Have a non-fault accident in which the other side admit 100% liability and pay for everything, and then tell me what your renewal is with Elephant. Absolutely sh!te company to deal with when something happens to your car.

That is bad, I assume the same applies to admiral as well as they are the same company?

I have insured a few with both and the price has always been very good, although I have never had to claim with them. A friend of mine did have a really bad smash and he was really impressed with them and it was all sorted quickly and smoothly. However he never mentioned what his renewal price was? Suppose the best bet is protected no claims with them and if the worse happens go to another company at renewal time.