Insurance time, but I've 'saved' some money!

[Guest]

Hi all, long time no post from me,

Just been through the normal renewal web and phone hell. I know there's no such thing as a bargain with insurance, but just thought I'd let everyone know the prices I'd got.

All the usual culprits coming out at around £700 -£800 (eek) for a '88 944S parked on the street in SW London. First bloody Alternative (yep, the people with the really annoying ad), came back at £450 with no frills, but the real result was Liverpool Victoria!

Social, domestic & pleasure, plus Class 1 business use, unlimited mileage, breakdown cover, changed alloys covered (I've got the CS drop forged jobs), blah, blah, blah all in for £430. Not cheap I know, but nearly 50% off of what I thought I'd have to pay.

Hope it helps (no I'm not on commission;-)

TC

 

[Guest]

hi

i just got a quote from PETER S TAYLOR tel 01273820303 for a 944s 1986 5000 miles max garaged in Aberdeen £220[] but i must joint a Porsche club so on yesterday i joined Porsche GB just waiting for my membership to come through in the next 14 days

 

[chrisr]

Hiya Tim - went through the same process about 2 weeks ago and a 30% percent increase on my renewal from last year despite no convictions/accidents seemed hard to take - like you trawled through Porsche Mags/Web and Peart ( business placed with Royal & Sun Alliance who direct where £110 more [&:] ) and I settled for £670 on a 10,000 miles per annum, parked on the drive with 4 years no claims - the nearest quote to that was something like £900 which is robbery IMO. Liverpool Vic quoted £1240 [:'(]

 

[chris_boyle33]

After Liverpool Vic and others were around £800, AG Manning (details inside the back cover of PorschePost quoted me a wholly nicer £314.00.
(age 26, 6 points etc )

this thread could of course become quite annoying for those who've just bought insurance - but hey who cares ! []

BTW, I'm on the David Dimbleby Programme on Sunday Morning !!! Yay !!! I'll see if they can let me wear a club baseball cap...

 

[Guest]

Yeah, I think the reasons that most didn't want to quote me a reasonable price (or at all in some cases) were:

1. It's my only car, so I use it for SDP and some business class 1 mileage (not just commuting to work)
2. I park it on the street in London
3. I've got an SP50 from a year ago
4. It's got 'non-standard' alloys on it.


So, if you are lucky enough to have a second car and can avoid any of the other red flags then you'll no doubt get a much better quote on a classic policy from one of the companies listed in Porsche Post (or on this website).

 

[wizard]

I'd like to know how much some of these modded tubo's cars insurance cost.

 

[John Sims]

I'd like to know how much some of these modded tubo's cars insurance cost.

Getting anyone to agree to quote on them at all is the first problem. []

 

[Guest]

What's wrong John? Don't they like the 'slightly modified 951' then? ;-)

 

[John Sims]

Don't they like the 'slightly modified 951' then? ;-)

No...not a lot. But I do. []

 

[944turboS]

I've just done the insurance trawl after getting my renewal quote from Heritage, £338 this year up from £275 last year [] same 15month old SP30 & Jan 2004 bump on the snow & ice (£1600 payout) 3000 miles pa, garaged, imobiliser etc etc
So following this thread I called A Manning, about the same so no point moving.
Called Peter S Taylor £178, talk about "Quote me happy" [][][]

 

[944turboS]

Hi Ivan & All,
I have got the written quote in todays post.

Insured with Allianz Cornhill
1989 944 Turbo
Agreed value £8000 (£10 per £1k over this to match club valuation when it comes through)
Milage limited to 5000 pa
Garaged
Declared my £1600 bump last year & my SP30 from 2003
Premium can be paid by instalments 10% deposit & straight split into 11 payments by DD for the balence.
Only £220.50, inc insurance premium tax, with £100 excess (£60 for glass)

This is over £50 less than the £275.10 I paid Heritage last year and beats the renewal premium from them by nearly £80

This is by far the best I've found, would recommend anyone renewing to give Peter S Taylor a call on (01273) 820303.

"QUOTE ME HAPPY"

 

[pae]

Renewal on 924S just came through from RH Specialist Cars (they advertise in all the usual places)

garaged
second car
5000 mile limit
me and wife (both early 40's [], both no convictions or claims [])
Cat2 alarm
includes european wide recovery
no mods
will take DD over 12 months (but charge extra for the privilege)

£165.00 comp. [][][]

Peter S Taylor quoted £176, so pretty good alternative, but I've no reason to change as RH have been OK.

Anyone care to hazard a guess what'll happen to the premium if I change to make this car my daily driver and remove mileage limit (because it could happen mid-year)?

........Phil

 

[944turboS]

Absolutly right Phil no point changing but atleast you have confirmed your quote is competitive, as long as yours is agreed value that is.

 

[Fen]

ORIGINAL: pae
Anyone care to hazard a guess what'll happen to the premium if I change to make this car my daily driver and remove mileage limit (because it could happen mid-year)?

........Phil

It'll go up.

 

[pae]

ORIGINAL: Fen

ORIGINAL: pae
Anyone care to hazard a guess what'll happen to the premium if I change to make this car my daily driver and remove mileage limit (because it could happen mid-year)?

........Phil

It'll go up.

I'd sort of worked that out [] but thanks anyway Fen []

Phil

 

[pae]

Only 2 quotes so far as a daily driver (12,000 miles)

Peart - £355
Carole Nash - £490
all the others I tried just put you into endless queues so I haven't got anything else to go on yet [>:]. Peart answer the phone quickly and deal with you straight away - after holding on everywhere else I'd be tempted to go with them just for the 'service' of being able to talk to someone.

I asked around for comparisons with my £165 classic RH renewal. Best was AON at £163 but they'll add £50 to get me the breakdown cover. Carole Nash came up with a whopping £330 - not much less than the Peart single car, 12000 mile policy.

And the guy at Heritage just told me not to bother trying anyone else when I told him the RH quote - he reckoned no-one can match them at the moment.

............Phil