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Insurance for 18 Year Old Male

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  • rzlosty
    rzlosty Posts: 57 Forumite
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    Keep positive, im 17 and i managed to get my insurance for £2300 Fully comp with elephant/admiral - Yes its a lot of money but its cheap compared to the 4k+ i was getting to start with.

    You just need to play with the comparison sites. Find the cheapest you can then call them and barter. Thats what i did.

    I know you said you looked at multicar, but see if you can get that price down. If my mum insured her car on the same multicar policy for just a month (at a grand total of £36) then it nocked nearly £500 off of my insurance!

    Will
  • irri_tant
    irri_tant Posts: 176 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    bouncyd!!! wrote: »
    Go along and see a good local broker that knows the market for young drivers and see what they suggest.

    I did, Swintons and they quoted £10K yet their webiste said 'a fair quote' so I suggested £1k would be fair but they still stuck to £10K :mad:
  • bouncydog1
    bouncydog1 Posts: 2,696 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Swintons are not known for being a "good, local broker" - see all the posts elsewhere on here!

    Having said that, depending on the area, vehicle, driving history etc. £10k may have been the market price so you can't say it wasn't fair, just because it was more than you wanted to pay.
  • then call them and barter

    Barter with what ?

    We aren't holding many of the cards
  • irri_tant
    irri_tant Posts: 176 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    one year on and we are looking at a £2000 reduction with a few days to go if he keeps his licence clean :j
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