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Insurance Time

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:03 pm
by stevesprite
My insurers, have just sent me a renewal quote and its £70 more than it was lasty year !!!!! I only did about 1000 miles last year and with a premium of £180 that worked out at 18 pence per mile !!!!!!! now they want an extra £70 I think they are taking the mickey !!!!!

time for a change me thinks. Any recomendations Guys ?

Re: Insurance Time

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:17 pm
by Mick Cliff
Hagerty's

Re: Insurance Time

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:38 pm
by ims101
Mick Cliff wrote:Hagerty's
I'll second that very good service and price too

Re: Insurance Time

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:41 pm
by stevesprite
Just tried to get an online quote from them, but their webpage will not recognise my registration number ? Ill give them a call tomorrow !!!!

Re: Insurance Time

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:45 pm
by Mick Cliff
It's definitely better to speak to them. Very helpful, very knowledgeable and enthusiastic too.
Good service, always been competitive for my insurance.
I've used their claims service and the breakdown cover with positive results

Re: Insurance Time

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:53 pm
by Gary71
However I'm still waiting on Hagertys for an answer on a windscreen claim from July, despite repeated chasing. :(

Re: Insurance Time

Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:48 pm
by kitchens
Hagerty ..paid £138.50 usual limited miles policy think it is 3k Have to say still awaiting on them returning my CD i sent showing pictures of car ,they said would copy and send back .It is when you have to make a claim is when you see how good a companies service is .
Adrian Flux charged me £190 in 2010 when i took it out but on renewal date this year they wanted £210 .Hence now with Hagerty .
Brian
Have a good Xmas everyone

Re: Insurance Time

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:09 pm
by bonerp
Yup Hagerty with an agreed value was something like £130 superb service - I almost look forward to renewing it lol

Re: Insurance Time

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:54 pm
by stevesprite
Just had a telephone conversation with my insurance company, told them I was thinking of leaving, gave them some examples of quotes that I had from elsewhere, and they agreed to drop mine back to the same as last year. :) :)

Also passed MOT today, so happy bunny all round :bounce: :bounce:

Re: Insurance Time

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:15 pm
by mdmax72
Topman Steve. Just goes to show they just try it on with us. Had similar experiences with insurance companys that keep putting up the premiums. Come to the conclusion if you don't make a stand they will walk over you and take the p155. Our monies better in our pocket than theirs. Keep bartering.

Re: Insurance Time

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:37 am
by beanpoleuk
Having now to apply for registration with DVLA I needed to get Insurance cover.

The guy at Hagerty's was very helpful, knew all about Chesil Speedsters and quoted me £131 agreed value :) :) ,, best quote I got anywhere, Adrain Flux wanted £192..

Re: Insurance Time

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:38 pm
by mdmax72
Beanpole did you go through the Iva your speedster??

If so how did you find it???

Any pic's of you ride, don't be shy :wink:

Re: Insurance Time

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:24 pm
by Bootsy
mdmax72 wrote:Beanpole did you go through the Iva your speedster??

If so how did you find it???

Any pic's of you ride, don't be shy :wink:
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Have a look at the link in his signature :wink:

Re: Insurance Time

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:47 pm
by kitchens
Wow !! what a read and a credit to you on the build i take my hat off to all you self builders .With all this work let nobody say you can build a speedster for under £20k . Good luck and hope to see pics of the completed project .
Brian

Re: Insurance Time

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:04 pm
by beanpoleuk
Rich,

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Having been through 2 SVA's (Robin Hood 2b and a Cobra), I was expecting the IVA to be quite a bit different, however it was much the same and the test engineer was very helpful. I think it helped as Chesil take all their Speedsters to Exter so he was familiar with the car and could see I had built it to Chesil's specification.

I am still adding up the bits, but the missus tells me I spent just over £16K.

You can read about the test on my website via the link in my signature.

Can't wait now, the Speedster is attracting more interest than either of my other kits, I guess it will handle just like a beetle, I will be sure to document the experience.

All the paperwork is now with DVLA, so just waiting to hear now..