Drink driving & insurance

marleyboy

JackHutch90 wrote: »

I was expecting the insurance to be costing a lot more than usual but not sure how much.. I've looked on insurance quote sites and can't seem to find a quote without even having my licence yet

This might help you establish how much the insurance is going to cost.

http://www.drinkdriving.org/drink_driving_car_insurance.php

atrixblue.-MFR-.

vaio wrote: »

yep, but they also ask about endorsements and the drunk one will stay on your licence for 11 years

it may stay on license for 11 years but if a company asks you if you have had any endorsments or convictions in the last 5 years you do not have declare it after 5 years has passed is what the poster is getting at.

JackHutch90

Just got a quote for £6600 for 1ltr Corsa cheeeers lol

marleyboy

Ouch!!!!!!

paddedjohn

A friend of mine has been banned 4 times (not condoning it) and he is running around in a 5 series which is only costing him around £500 to insure.

Netwizard

I would stay away from typical young lads cars like corsa's, saxo's etc. They are expensive to insure anyway.

Try something a bit unusual. A classic or something. Maybe something like a mondeo, nissan micra etc.

Maybe even try things like a Citroen 2cv! (A second class car ride is better than a first class walk!)

arcon5

paddedjohn wrote: »

A friend of mine has been banned 4 times (not condoning it) and he is running around in a 5 series which is only costing him around £500 to insure.

He's either fronting or lying..

dacouch

paddedjohn wrote: »

A friend of mine has been banned 4 times (not condoning it) and he is running around in a 5 series which is only costing him around £500 to insure.

He has no claims bonus

ilikewatch

Given how long ago it was this may no longer be relevent, however - when I was 21 (about 16 years ago) I was convicted for drink driving, no insurance, no MOT, not displaying a tax disc and received a 12 month ban (reduced to 9 months by attending a course).
Before my ban I was paying about £600 to insure a VW beetle fully comp, after my ban I was able to insure an old VW Polo TPFT for about £400 (with 5 years NCD as I let my insurance run whilst I was banned). It took a LOT of phoning round to get a decent quote but eventually i found something affordable.

paddedjohn

Yes, full no claims. The point I was trying to make was that even though he has been banned more than once his premiums are still roughly the same as if he hadn't. Maybe he just touched lucky with the insurer he chose.