~Damn Car insurance on the cup~

[A19 CUP]

Had my renewal through this week and my car insurance seems to have rocketed up to £500 this year and havent made any claims or anything.

phoned them to ask why and they said they couldnt do any better and even when i threatened leaving they still said they couldnt offer it any cheaper.

went onto car insurance sites and seem to be getting stupid quotes and cannot seem to find 1 quote that was around what i was paying last year which was £400, cheapest i can find is £470 with a massive excess

Whats going on????

 

[tedgeuk]

i normally always end up cancelling my insurance then goin again with the same company online

 

[DazG]

My insurance company, Greenlight, don't insure the cups at all. All other clio sports are fine! Strange!

 

[Poopensharten]

Best thing to do is ask to speak to management, explain the circumstances of your insurance and then tell them you can get it cheaper than you had the orginal quote you got for last year, then tell them that you might be inclined to go to write to the head office with the "poor customer satisfaction" your receiving.

Ill bet they change there tune then.

 

[theduck]

Because Cups have a bad history which gets worse and worse every winter

 

[_BillG_]

Shop around, try Privilege - they charge the same Cup or not, some insurers are putting the Cups up to 2 groups higher than a FF (or not covering as per greenlight), as they have a much high claim rate than then FF.

Will only get worse, as they get cheaper, they will fall into even more inexpereiced hands. Same happened with Scooby's as they got cheaper too.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Adrian Flux always promise to beat any quote i get and they always have when its time for renewal .

Also try Privelege , Ashbourne , Norwich union . They've always been pretty good quotes for me .

http://www.adrianflux.co.uk/?rw.cm=GOOGLE,PPC,adrian+flux&gclid=CK2e4qXNoZICFQW_1AodGRoNQw

http://www.ashbourneinsurance.co.uk/

http://www.privilege.com/motor/index.htm

http://www.norwichunion.com/motor/index.htm

 

[Mark One]

Because Cups have a bad history which gets worse and worse every winter

probably true tbh

 

[ukaskew]

Cups seem to creep into higher insurance groups than standard 172s despite its official group, and to be fair to the insurers I'm sure they have plenty of data to back their concerns up!

Tried Elephant? I never had any issues with them, at 24 (6yrs NCB) I think it cost me around £500.

 

[Mish]

Try claiming off Elephant though- I've heard so many horror stories!

Have you tried Direct Line? They don't use middle-men etc so I always find them cheaper than anyone else and very good at what they do.

 

[D1CKY]

Direct line may be worth a shot

Thats who i'm with and i found them the cheapest

Your premium has probably risen this year as someone has to pay for all those Gloster (don't know how to spell it:rasp: ) flood claims.

 

[sandy55]

The sad fact of life is that motoring has never been more costly. Crowded roads leading to more prangs and hiking up insurance, oil prices going through roof. Looks like we just can't win.

 

[Revels]

Try claiming off Elephant though- I've heard so many horror stories!

I claimed, wasnt too bad tbh.

 

[D1CKY]

The sad fact of life is that motoring has never been more costly. Crowded roads leading to more prangs and hiking up insurance, oil prices going through roof. Looks like we just can't win.

Tell me about it

 

[Henry]

does seem worrying though - 25% increase.

i found Tesco the cheapest for my circumstances, hope it's not set to go up by much (if anything) this year - find out in the summer

 

[realnumber 1]

I've just gone with Adrian Flux and because I'm a member off a car club (cliosport) it saved me £120. Not bad

 

[Tigger]

You lot over the other side of the pond have it easy!

N.Ireland insurance is ridiculous :dapprove:

I was well chuffed with £660 on the FF

 

[brisa4984]

pfft ... 900 on direct line.

 

[gaz44]

£210 with Bell this year.