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Car insurance mileage

matt002_2 · 2012-06-09 19:15:16

Random one... But when you renew your car insurance they always ask you how many miles you drive a year. I get why - someone driving 10,000 miles has less chance of having an accident than someone doing 50,000 miles. I do around 30,000 miles a year, but tell my insurance co that I do 19,000 as this made it cheaper. My…

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thenudeone Posts: 4,462 Forumite

15 June 2012 at 12:51PM

attila_ wrote: »

Family member reversed into another friends car. Both were write offs due to their age...no mention of wanting to see MOT.

I think the potential is there to cross-check the mileage but in reality they never would.

They probably have a direct link to MOT database information from the DLVA. It's probably buried in the small print that policyholders give permission for this data to be used

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