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Removing black box? (Admiral)
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I currently have a black box policy with Admiral, my insurance is up for renewal soon and I am most likely going to switch insurers. Does anyone know if the insurance company will remove the black box? I can't find this anywhere on their website.
Why not phone admiral they are in a better position to know that a forum unrelated to the company.
Personally I will just whip the wire cutters out the day after my insurance lapses.
Not that I would ever actually let anyone fit a black box in the first place.0 -
If you change cars whilst insured with Admiral, they don't remove the black box from your old vehicle. All they do is to disable it remotely and leave it there.
Unless you know exactly how it is connected up, leaving it in place and getting Admiral to disable it is probably the safest option.0 -
I would ring them up, but if you have found cheaper car insurance have the details ready as they may lower your insurance. If they don't then just tell them to send your NCD to the new insurer.When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you. Nietzsche
Please note that at no point during this work was the kettle ever put out of commission and no chavs were harmed during the making of this post.0 -
Yeah, the usual procedure is just for them to disable it I think. I will call them when I'm home from work.shaun_from_Africa wrote: »If you change cars whilst insured with Admiral, they don't remove the black box from your old vehicle. All they do is to disable it remotely and leave it there.
Unless you know exactly how it is connected up, leaving it in place and getting Admiral to disable it is probably the safest option.
I don't want to leave it there disabled, it looks ugly and I want it gone! I just don't know how it wired up, and don't want to damage my car given that it's glued on with some seriously sticky material.0 -
Yeah, the usual procedure is just for them to disable it I think. I will call them when I'm home from work.
I don't want to leave it there disabled, it looks ugly and I want it gone! I just don't know how it wired up, and don't want to damage my car given that it's glued on with some seriously sticky material.
Glued to where? Normally a black box is screwed to a frame and secured further with cable ties and is out of sight behind a panel.All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.0 -
What's Admiral's thinking behind this one then? That some other poor sucker might insure the vehicle with them and if they are forced down the black box route - hey presto! It's already there. Job done! Or am I being too cynical?0
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What's Admiral's thinking behind this one then? That some other poor sucker might insure the vehicle with them and if they are forced down the black box route - hey presto! It's already there. Job done! Or am I being too cynical?
Think it is more to do with the cost of paying an automotive electrician to remove the box
The thing I found strange was with the box we had fitted, on changing insurers, they wanted to fit a new box. Surely, they could swap access to the original box amongst themselves0 -
jimmy_cricket wrote: »Think it is more to do with the cost of paying an automotive electrician to remove the box
The thing I found strange was with the box we had fitted, on changing insurers, they wanted to fit a new box. Surely, they could swap access to the original box amongst themselves
It's not the box that is the issue, it's the SIM that's in it. The SIM is 'killed' remotely so that your location data cannot be transmitted to the insurer if you are no longer insured with them. Without an active SIM, the box is useless.All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.0 -
What's Admiral's thinking behind this one then? That some other poor sucker might insure the vehicle with them and if they are forced down the black box route - hey presto! It's already there. Job done! Or am I being too cynical?
Yes, you're being too cynical. The DPA prevents that from happening.All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.0 -
It's not the box that is the issue, it's the SIM that's in it. The SIM is 'killed' remotely so that your location data cannot be transmitted to the insurer if you are no longer insured with them. Without an active SIM, the box is useless.
Ah, makes sense I suppose, though why the details f the sim can't be passed amongst insurance companies0
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