10-02-2006, 19:06
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Car insurance?
I don't drive personally, but my Dad asked if I could find some cheaper car insurance for him.
Any recommendations?
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10-02-2006, 19:13
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Re: Car insurance?
Its all a case of finding the insurance company thats trying to target his specific demographic* group. Try to find one of the websites that offers to check a lot of companies and enter the details, your bound to find one that quite cheap. I used Confused.com last time and they seemed quite good.
Avoid Monster.co.uk - never been able to get through the website without it crashing.
Norwich union, well they did kind of quote me happy, I collapsed with laughter when I found out how much they wanted (at least £100 more than any other quote)
Scarlett.
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10-02-2006, 19:16
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Re: Car insurance?
This place has proved reasonable for some of my friends Link
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10-02-2006, 19:21
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Re: Car insurance?
www.aquote.co.uk seem to offer some good deals - although I find for the more 'mature' driver (like me!  ) Direct Line and Tesco are the cheapest this time round.
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10-02-2006, 19:24
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Re: Car insurance?
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Originally Posted by Scarlett
Norwich union, well they did kind of quote me happy, I collapsed with laughter when I found out how much they wanted (at least £100 more than any other quote)
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that's odd, because they were almost £400 cheaper than my renewal quote from Admiral and about £200 cheaper than the next best new quote. I found that out by using www.confused.com which I would recommend to anyone. an easy, excellent site.
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10-02-2006, 19:50
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Re: Car insurance?
thanks guys - ill try confused.co.uk (hate using tv advert companies though - makes me feel like a puppet ) Bell and Tesco (if they're not in the confused search)
I'll let you know what happens... 
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10-02-2006, 20:29
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Re: Car insurance?
tesco is good. elephant is ****e for customer service - very very very very awful.
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10-02-2006, 20:43
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Re: Car insurance?
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Originally Posted by Scarlett
Norwich union, well they did kind of quote me happy, I collapsed with laughter when I found out how much they wanted (at least £100 more than any other quote)
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That is nothing, they wanted £500 more from me than Direct Line! 
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10-02-2006, 20:56
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Re: Car insurance?
As Scarlett says above its a case of finding the right 'fit' age/record/car group etc.
I found https://www.motorquotedirect.co.uk/d...torQuoteDirect very useful online - saved me £160 on a previously £400 premium
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10-02-2006, 21:29
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Re: Car insurance?
God thats hard work - so many questions.
confused.co.uk comes out with a lowest quote. £212 - thing is, it says 'local broker' which then takes you to 'budget' insurance, which my dad is already with, subsiduary (I think it's like amazon marketplace). After that it's £245.
My dad's gonna ring budget tomorrow with a printout and see what they will give him for a new quote
Might try Tesco now, esure, Sainsburys etc, will leave elephant well alone. all these 'opted out' of the confused search)?)
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10-02-2006, 21:38
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Re: Car insurance?
If your Dad is over 50 he could try Saga: -
www.saga.co.uk
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10-02-2006, 21:58
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Re: Car insurance?
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Later this year actually so maybe next year 
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10-02-2006, 22:28
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Re: Car insurance?
I tried Confused once....I spent about 25mins filling in all the details then clicked "Send". I waited.....and waited....and waited....and waited....and waited and nothing. Nada. Niet. No confirmation email or anything. Last the last time I'm using them then!
I'm currently with Direct Line....you can't beat 'em!
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10-02-2006, 22:36
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Re: Car insurance?
At the end of the day, you have to shop around.
I got mine from L&V for £344 but tesco wanted £1134 for the same cover, everybody is different, so if they dont want you they quote high 
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10-02-2006, 22:39
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Re: Car insurance?
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tesco is good. elephant is ****e for customer service - very very very very awful.
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but Elephant, like its namesake, is presumably quick enough to remember the clauses it uses to tell you your claim is void and you can't get paid when the time comes? 
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