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« on: 31 October 2023, 09:39:22 »

Rarely do I watch the news but this morning I saw a mention that car insurance has rissen 61%  WTF .
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Re: Car Insurance
« Reply #1 on: 31 October 2023, 09:58:33 »

Because we're driving about five times more miles than 2020/2021, electric cars are generally written off for even minor damage (actually that's true of many newer cars because of the delay getting parts) and one person single handedly burnt down a multi storey car park with about 1,500 cars in it.
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Re: Car Insurance
« Reply #2 on: 31 October 2023, 10:12:13 »

Because we're driving about five times more miles than 2020/2021, electric cars are generally written off for even minor damage (actually that's true of many newer cars because of the delay getting parts) and one person single handedly burnt down a multi storey car park with about 1,500 cars in it.

I forgot that bit :-\
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Re: Car Insurance
« Reply #3 on: 01 November 2023, 13:01:19 »

Mine has jumped about 40%, from just over £400 to £600 for the pair of them :(
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Re: Car Insurance
« Reply #4 on: 01 November 2023, 14:20:17 »

Mine has jumped about 40%, from just over £400 to £600 for the pair of them :(

£300 ish for the Mexican. Roughly half that for the Signum.
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Re: Car Insurance
« Reply #5 on: 01 November 2023, 14:29:54 »

Mine has jumped about 40%, from just over £400 to £600 for the pair of them :(

That's what just my ML's insurance did  :'(
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Re: Car Insurance
« Reply #6 on: 01 November 2023, 14:53:42 »

I was 69 last time I insured my car, next time I'll be 70. Gulp...☹️
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Re: Car Insurance
« Reply #7 on: 01 November 2023, 15:05:51 »

I was 69 last time I insured my car, next time I'll be 70. Gulp...☹️
And deemed to be too old to work out which pedal is which, and drive through the front of Kevin Wood's local chippy?
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Re: Car Insurance
« Reply #8 on: 01 November 2023, 16:17:27 »

I was 69 last time I insured my car, next time I'll be 70. Gulp...☹️
And deemed to be too old to work out which pedal is which, and drive through the front of Kevin Wood's local chippy?
Probably, if I could drive that far in the first plaice.
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Re: Car Insurance
« Reply #9 on: 01 November 2023, 17:30:03 »

I was 69 last time I insured my car, next time I'll be 70. Gulp...☹️
Must admit i didn't really notice any difference when i turned seventy. There again it was over eight years ago so.....  ;D
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Re: Car Insurance
« Reply #10 on: 01 November 2023, 19:24:56 »

My insurance renewal last month for one car would have been a 40% increase but a quick call to them reduced it to a 16% increase, so I’m happy enough with that. Always worth a call.  :y
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Re: Car Insurance
« Reply #11 on: 02 November 2023, 08:55:49 »

My auto renew was 5% cheaper than last year----------------
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Re: Car Insurance
« Reply #12 on: 02 November 2023, 14:27:17 »

I was 69 last time I insured my car, next time I'll be 70. Gulp...☹️
And deemed to be too old to work out which pedal is which, and drive through the front of Kevin Wood's local chippy?

Ah...old people and the brake/accelerator confusion problem. >:D ;)
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Re: Car Insurance
« Reply #13 on: 03 November 2023, 09:08:37 »

Yup, one of my old customers "parked" here car in the middle of a roundabout for that very reason. Wrote it off!
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Re: Car Insurance
« Reply #14 on: 03 November 2023, 15:42:42 »

Just watched a video on you tube.......some bloke slagging off electric cars. He has a Porsche thingy, had it two years. He reckons his insurance last year was 600 quid, this year they want over 3,000 quid  :o He bought the car for over a hundred grand new, still owes over 70 grand.....Porsche offered him
60,000 for it part exchange, and We Buy Any Car, 51,000. He tried some other insurance companies, and some won't even insure EV's !!!!
He also reckons Rishi putting back the cut off date to 2035 has contributed to the devaluation, as both Porsche and WBAC both offered him slightly more before the announcement. !!!
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