Black Gold 182 W/CupPacks
Now it may just be me being stupid (If so tell me I can take it) but I phoned up my ex insurers today (CIS) to change my pug 306 HDI over to my 182.
When I phoned them up 2 weeks ago when I was looking at buying the car I was told it would be £27 to cancel my existing policy then £410 pounds a year for the new vehicle. I thought this was a good quote as it was only about £100 extra from what I was paying before and thats going from a group 6 vehicle to a group 16 so anyway the 7 day free drive away cover I had from the dealers was due to run out tomorrow so I called them up to make the switch, I was in for a shock.
I was told that the £410 was to be paid ON TOP of my existing policy so in fact it would cost me over £700 a year to insure the Clio!!
I was not amused as you can imagine and went off on one to the poor sod at the end of the phone.
Luckily I have since found a new policy with esure at a more reasonable sum of £380 a year but I was miffed to say the least that it was in no way implied that the insurance would be £410 a year on top of my existing policy instead of a direct replacement.
So if you buy a new vehicle and wish to keep it with your current insurers please make sure that they have explained everything to you properly and save yourself a lot of faffing around.
Sorry to ramble, I now feel better after typing it all out
JD
When I phoned them up 2 weeks ago when I was looking at buying the car I was told it would be £27 to cancel my existing policy then £410 pounds a year for the new vehicle. I thought this was a good quote as it was only about £100 extra from what I was paying before and thats going from a group 6 vehicle to a group 16 so anyway the 7 day free drive away cover I had from the dealers was due to run out tomorrow so I called them up to make the switch, I was in for a shock.
I was told that the £410 was to be paid ON TOP of my existing policy so in fact it would cost me over £700 a year to insure the Clio!!
I was not amused as you can imagine and went off on one to the poor sod at the end of the phone.
Luckily I have since found a new policy with esure at a more reasonable sum of £380 a year but I was miffed to say the least that it was in no way implied that the insurance would be £410 a year on top of my existing policy instead of a direct replacement.
So if you buy a new vehicle and wish to keep it with your current insurers please make sure that they have explained everything to you properly and save yourself a lot of faffing around.
Sorry to ramble, I now feel better after typing it all out
JD
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