Cheaper car insurance - Updated 14.03.08

jim_hamilton

to whover posted the phone number for gareth hunter insurance.i have tried phoning the number but get onobtainable does anyone have a number for this guy thanks

neatsie82

hello, just a few tips i've found about car insurance.

I'm a yound driver - now female 23

bought car 2 years ago and got insured with diamond then for £750 - origianlly it was about £900 which included all the extras such as roadside assistance insurance asked for them to be taken off and got difference refunded.
It was only a ten month policy but worth for getting NCD 2months earlier

Following year AXA insurance, got 4 years no claims discount as wass insured on parents car for 3 years although had to provide proof of this, which was hard to get.

Now, because of AXA granting me the extra NCD, i've now got 5 years and been quoted £295 by Endlsliegh (Third party Fire and Theft only), but still for a young driver its a great quote and my cars old now 1997 clio

jim_hamilton

could the person who give gareth hunters phone no please give a way to contact him as this number is not recognised thanks

thetope

big up to adrian flux insurance.... i seem to have an annoying combination of age (26), car type (14 year old audi diesel), parking situation (on street) and insuring my non-cohabiting boyfriend as a named driver that i've only ever been able to get sub £1,000 quotes from the admiral group (i.e. admiral, elephant, diamond). this year's quote from admiral was £475 3rd party (next nearest quote axa at £744) but i decided to give adrian flux a buzz... they've quoted me £413... nice one. wonder if i can get diamond to break the £400 barrier for me now... and play a bit of insurance tennis...time to start phoning!

madnis7

Try http://www.easymoney.com easy money insurance. Stelios' stab at insurance very reasonable and they cover NI. I Checked!

arkonite_babe

I have edited the first post in the thread to reflect the updates

IvanOpinion

Just renewed mine and yet again Mark at J N Bailie has come through for me and (within a couple of quid) managed to match the cheapest quote I could find on the net.

Ivan

lynx34

Hi There

I had given Quinn Direct a call last year when i got a new car and the only problem that i got was that it took three weeks to even get a cover note never mind the full set of papers so to cut a long story short i had to go else where to insure my car as i needed to tax my car and plus i had to fight to get my £220.00 back which i payed in advanced as it was their fault in which i got back my £220.00 from them :j ,so in my experience i would not use QuinnDirect anymore as in my veiw they are too slow.

Dunno if anyone else has had these problems in the past.

Dave

cmcgeeney wrote:

Did you try Quinn Direct 0845 850 0845?
or
Hughes & Company in Portadown 028 3833 3444

God help you if you're like me an live in Newry
http://archives.tcm.ie/newrydemocrat/2001/11/20/story325.asp

Both will still be expensive ..... but another 2 options for you if you haven't already tried

jpwilliams

I'd been getting quotes from Abbey, Quinns etc for about £380 for my astra, discovered Quotezone.co.uk which is a site that submits your details to lots of brokers, and they came back with a quote of £282 thru a company "budget insurance services". I've checked the coverage and it's pretty similar to abbey (excess, protected ncb etc) but quite a bit cheaper.

Worth a try for all in N'orn Iron

hitchhiker_2

This thread has been very helpful! Just as a matter of interest, I thought you might like to know that the cheapest quote I got was from the AA.... I was looking at Third Party Fire & Theft, and Elephant was at least 25% higher. Another quote I got from the Post Office and Budget, was more than double.

The world of insurance is really strange. I still don't understand how they can assess "risk" so differently.