General car questions?

forgotmyname

Your looking for a figure that doesnt exist.

Too many variables.

Is a tin of beans, bread, milk etc... from ASDA or Tesco really dearer in London than Birmingham?

bery_451

forgotmyname wrote: »

Your looking for a figure that doesnt exist.

Too many variables.

Is a tin of beans, bread, milk etc... from ASDA or Tesco really dearer in London than Birmingham?

Hmmm I wonder why wages are higher in London compared to other cities :think: Anyways lets get back to the topic...

BeenThroughItAll

bery_451 wrote: »

Hmmm I wonder why wages are higher in London compared to other cities :think: Anyways lets get back to the topic...

Because housing costs are so much higher, mainly.

E.g. my 1750sqft four bed detached house in rural County Durham= <200K
my colleague's <600sqft 2 bed flat in London = >350K


Can't say I've ever noticed that disparity in the price of supermarket shopping anywhere in the UK, unless you're buying all your shopping in those idiotic little 'Metro' supermarkets where everything's +30% and the market is mainly overpriced sandwiches for city slickers.

Herzlos

Why are you so set on a cat D? There are plenty of normal cars out there.

OddballJamie

bery_451 wrote: »

Not after exact quotation figures but just after a general guideline percentage wise on how expensive repaired write off cars to insure. For example weekly shopping bill in London is 15-20% more expensive compared to Birmingham.

Absolute nonsense. The big supermarkets charge the same all over.

What's your obsession with CAT C/D cars anyway?
Do you just want a newer/more expensive looking car then you can really afford and don't care what's going on underneath?

OddballJamie

Herzlos wrote: »

Why are you so set on a cat D? There are plenty of normal cars out there.

I'm thinking all furcoat and no knickers.

forgotmyname

Maybe they want a 4 year old car for under £2000 like this one...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-KA-1-2-STUDIO-2010-59-DAMAGED-REPAIRABLE-/171545209571?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item27f0e42ae3

A new bonnet, lights, grill and bumper with a bulk pack of cable ties will see this on the road very cheaply.
It will pass an MOT but the MOT guy will probably refuse to drive it.

bery_451

Like I said before I isn't considering cat write off cars until the car insurance mystery for them is solved.

forgotmyname

There is no mystery. You phone your insurer and say i want to insure (reg) they say OK give us £££. Or they say no thats a cat C or D and we dont cover them.
If your company wont cover it then goto one that will or dont buy it. Simple.

Your just making it hard work for some reason. When buying a tin of beans do you ask the checkout girl how many beans there are in the tin?

colino

If it just a query on car insurance and written off cars, ask for a quote for one you fancy. The law changed, only implemented last year, and The Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 now states the consumer's duty is to "take reasonable care not to make a misrepresentation". This replaced the more onerous, to the consumer, blanket "duty to disclose all necessary information".
In essence, if it isn't important enough for them to ask a direct question and it isn't clearly in their T&Cs, don't ask, don't tell.
I've never been asked if the car I'm asking for cover for has been written off. You give them the full car details to get cover, they are the professionals.