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Car insured to be parked on drive

Steve008
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Recently came back from holiday my vehicle was stolen whilst I was away. My vehicle is usually parked on my drive I actually can't remember if I left it on the drive or if it was outside my property on the road right next to my drive I am now petrified the insurance are going to not pay me out because of this. Can anyone give me any help on this I am literally petrified if I don't get this payout it will ruin me. Insured to be on my drive stolen from Street next to my drive. Yours truly petrified Steve
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I don't think you will have a problem. All you need to be clear on is whether you answered the question "Where do you usually park you car?" correctly when you applied for the insurance.
You need to be honest with the insurers that you can't remember whether it was parked on your drive or the road when you went on holiday. CCTV footage may emerge at a later date, and you don't want to have said one it was definitely one thing when the footage shows another.The comments I post are my personal opinion. While I try to check everything is correct before posting, I can and do make mistakes, so always try to check official information sources before relying on my posts.0 -
I was 100% honest with my insurance and told them I fought it was on my drive but possibly on the road0
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Steve008 said:I was 100% honest with my insurance and told them I fought it was on my drive but possibly on the roadSomeone I know has an expensive Mercedes suv and told his insurance co it was always parked in the garage which is in fact way too small for the car. Not sure how he would stand if it’s stolen off the driveway overnight?0
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Scary that someone can not remember if their car was parked on drive or not..Life in the slow lane6
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baser999 said:Steve008 said:I was 100% honest with my insurance and told them I fought it was on my drive but possibly on the roadSomeone I know has an expensive Mercedes suv and told his insurance co it was always parked in the garage which is in fact way too small for the car. Not sure how he would stand if it’s stolen off the driveway overnight?
May be postcode dependent.0 -
Can any neighbours confirm where it was parked?0
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born_again said:Scary that someone can not remember if their car was parked on drive or not..5
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baser999 said:Steve008 said:I was 100% honest with my insurance and told them I fought it was on my drive but possibly on the road
The fact the OP doesn't remember suggests it isn't something that is too uncommon otherwise it'd stick in the memory that, for example, you have a skip on the driveway and hence temporarily needing to park on the road.baser999 said:Someone I know has an expensive Mercedes suv and told his insurance co it was always parked in the garage which is in fact way too small for the car. Not sure how he would stand if it’s stolen off the driveway overnight?1 -
DullGreyGuy said:baser999 said:Steve008 said:I was 100% honest with my insurance and told them I fought it was on my drive but possibly on the road
The fact the OP doesn't remember suggests it isn't something that is too uncommon otherwise it'd stick in the memory that, for example, you have a skip on the driveway and hence temporarily needing to park on the road.baser999 said:Someone I know has an expensive Mercedes suv and told his insurance co it was always parked in the garage which is in fact way too small for the car. Not sure how he would stand if it’s stolen off the driveway overnight?
You must however see that it looks really odd if the car is "usually" kept in the driveway but was left on the road while you are away on holiday!0
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