Insurance

[robwsurf]

anyone had any good insurance quotes with turbo engined mk1? any recommended insurers?

i'm 27 2ync and insured in darlington county durham still i m going to be lucky to get it for around a grand, going to get quotes this week.

what was everyones quotes like?

[podge]

i used sky insurance 400 fully comp but im 39 with full ncb could probably get it cheaper than that tho

[nik]

fully comp, 33yo, full NC, insured as kitcar, ?245 (cheaper than when it had 1600 in it)..! will PM you company details if i can dig them out..

[podge]

hi nick pm me to mate id be real happy paying that

[robwsurf]

cheers that would be great if you could pm the details, didnt about insuring it as a kit car

[MegatronUK]

Yep, those details would be great Nik. Hoping to get mine on T&T'ed by the end of the month... and it doesn't look like a traders policy is going to happen anytime soon.

[PsychomIKE]

I received a written quotation from Adrian Flux for a mk1 with the engine conversion for ?570 ish fully comp. I'm 25 and 6 years NCB so that wasn't bad at all imo but this kit car insurance does sound very good, would appreciate the details!

Mike

[djdna2000]

ooo ooo Nick can you PM me too?

I spoke to my current insurers Admiral - as it is now I'm paying 380 quid (29, 6 NCB, no accidents or points, declared value £1000). They wanted "around £1500". I'm not having any of that crap, that's more than my GT4 which was worth 8 times more and in group 17!

[Shugsta]

Hows about we have a thread dedicated to Insurers of the 1.5? A bit like the Trader or Traitor thread I suppose.

[nik]

leave it with me..its been over a year now but i'll dig out the details..
other relevant stuff was the fact it was garaged, cat1 immo, oh and a country village postcode..all adds up..
i rang adrian flux and found them to be a bunch of tossers tbh..
wouldnt return calls or answer emails so just a note of caution if you try them..i think theyre getting too big for their own boots..
i seem to remember them pulling up the equivelant vehicle as being a 'mr2 2000 kit car' or summat like that maybe try quoting that..but i did give them the engine power, size, all mods etc so i was surprised at the cheapness..

[JB]

Yeah an insurance thread as Shugsta suggested would be useful.
I was/am insured via the Mk1 Club thru Houghton ins brokers at£200 for 5000ml/year and they have suggested about 400 after the swap.
As a lot of us are looking is it worth trying a group deal for TB 'members'?

[adamh]

i'd be up for that.
4yr nearly full ncb .30yrs.
not quoted yet.

[podge]

as nick said adrian flux was pants when i contacted them they wanted ?760 off me

[MegatronUK]

Me too. It would be great if we could get somewhere to officially recognise the 1.5 as a kitcar and get rates to suit... it's not as if we're common as muck mk2 owners who are wapping a big turbo, 6" exhaust and alloys on!

For ref,

26 (27 in 3 weeks... god i feel old!)
0 points, 0 convictions
9 years ncb

Currently paying 700, fc on the Supra on a 10k mile/year policy. Id want to drop that down to about 6k and have the MR2 on 5-6k miles/year too.

[Paff]

I've just had a quote off a company called Graham Sykes, they cam in with £967, thats about £700 cheaper than Admiral quoted. I've always said to my mates that when the quote gets below the £1000 mark I'm gonna start looking for parts. So when I get back off my holiday I'm gonna see how much money I have left and start going hunting.

oh and I'm 25, 3 NCB, 1 Accident in the last 5 years (well that they know of) and no points.

[Turbo]

man, UK insurance sucks!!! i pay like 120USD/mo :\

[Paul Woods]

rip off britain mate...99p/litre fuel,£190 a year road tax...and some roads have toll/congestion charges...we get hit hard from every angle.

[robwsurf]

just had what i thinks a great quote. from warwick-davis.co.uk £710 fully comp,

with cat 1 aged 27 and 2 years no claims, 1 accident in last 5 years, excess for accidental damage is £500 though but wont claim on that anyway repair myself.

Seems good to me, www.warwick-davis.co.uk


just got a cheaper quote from greenlight of £657 fully comp!

[nik]

my insurance company..
http://www.footmanjames.co.uk/site/default.asp
worth a try imho.

[MegatronUK]

Cheers Nik, gonna give their kit/conversion quotation a try.