Remap advice

[p3eps]

I thought about it for a while and decided the Bluefin would be the easiest for me.
I was going to wait till the end of the month before ordering...

I've recently moved house and never told my insurance, so I rang up to do that.  Scoundrals charged me an extra £30 as the car is no longer in a garage!  I then asked about the cost of a remap - which over £200 for the year, plus my excess would change from £425 to £825!!!!  I think I'll just leave it for the moment.

Maybe when its renewal time I'll phone around some other companies for quotes... but after my claim earlier in the year I think my insurance is going to rocket anyway 

[NewGolf]

Well I thought about the Bluefin also and managed to persuade the wife its a good idea...

Phoned my insurers, they know about getting the car "rechipped". They flatly refuse to cover me if I have this done.

Over 10 years without a single claim (2 car policies) and 3 other type insurance policies with them. 

Not happy.

[182_blue]

i have to say i normally pay about £80 to add a remap plus a few other mods ( 2k's worth of alloys, intercooler, 2k's worth of brakes), on the golf though they wanted £155 !! for remap alone , remapping a golf doesnt seem to be a cheap prospect

[sunnylunn]

try greenlight insurance, there is a link from an earlier post somewhere on the forum . they were £80 cheaper than morethan even with bluefin.

[neg]

I would reccommend Greenlight too, have both our GTI's with them now - mine was cheaper with them by £200

[182_blue]

this with mods ?

[NewGolf]

Ok I'm going to give them a call. Fancy stating they wont insure me if I'm chipped? It was only £36 per year more for the ED30 over my GTI, I asked for both prices when deciding which car to get. Bluefin would only take me up to the ED30 standard powerwise.

Bah! 

[182_blue]

Ok I'm going to give them a call. Fancy stating they wont insure me if I'm chipped? It was only £36 per year more for the ED30 over my GTI, I asked for both prices when deciding which car to get. Bluefin would only take me up to the ED30 standard powerwise.

Bah! 

yeh, there  very odd with some things !

[NewGolf]

I should have just got the ED30. The thing that put me off was I wanted full leather seats. I still love the GTI, though. Just feel it needs a bit more oomph! 

[Greenouse]

Privilige relieved me of £53 when I changed from GTI to ED30!!

I realise the risk involved, but surely with something like Bluefin the insurer would never know you had it. Can't think of a circumstance where they would find out. I deal with Insurer's on a daily basis and most of them don't know there ar*e from their elbow