OT: Any tips for cheap laid up insurance cover?

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OT: Any tips for cheap laid up insurance cover?

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Hi folks, I am taking the 996 Turbo off the road for a while. I have tried Hagery, Flux and some shady online people called SORN insurance, and it is always iro £300..surely I can do it cheaper for a car that isnt going to turn a wheel!?

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Surprised by Hagerty.
Just had a quote from them for my 73 hot rod, road use and layup for my Homda bike, £380 for both, agreed value etc.

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Post by smallspeed »

i looked at it for my car and gave up - it was ridiculous!
my mate just uses his karmann ghia for a couple of months a year nad so just insures it for 12 months on a 1500mile policy - seems like the cheapest way (although for a 996 turbo I imagine even that sort of policy wouldn't be cheap)
I have heard of people putting laid up cars on the house insurance, but our existing house insurer didn't offer that and the cheapest one that did was more expsneive by a big amount (96 quid a year vs nearly 400) so it was cheaper just to have a (very) limited mile car insurance policy so I did that in the end
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Try RH Specialist Insurance ...
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Sounds like things have changed then as I paid about £80 for a years off road cover, theft, fire and accidental damage. Was about 5 years ago now and I can't recall who it was with but would have been one of the usual bunch RH, Lancaster, Adrian Flux, Hagerty or something.
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Had my project 911 with Manning. Premium goes up as sum insured goes up but I reckon for what I was paying a 996Turbo would be well less than £300.

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