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Car insurer refused to quote to add son as named driver (21y just got his licence today)
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Maybe try running the details through GoCOmpare or similar, that will give an idea of prices available at renewal anywayRemember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.0
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This is why I’m glad my kids can cycle!MFW 2021 #76 £5,145
MFW 2022 #27 £5,300
MFW 2023 #27 £2,000
MFW 2024 #27 £6,055
MFW 2025 #27 £2,350 /£5,0002 -
ontheroad1970 said:An A6 is just a rebadged Passat.Yes, but that doesn't mean they have the same risk profile !2
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ButterCheese said:The only real way to know is to wait until Allianz have taken over (or whatever is happening) and then see what they quote. You then accept or refuse their price. Other than that you don't have an option for your son to be a named driver on the car.0
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Urbanbuff said:My 21 year old son passed his driving practical on monday and got his licence today.
Just speculating how much would it cost (to add him onto my policy as named driver)
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The car I have got is A6 2023 on PCP
Can't say I'd be the same (but then I wrote off my first car into a tree while speeding and swerving showing off to friends... total idiot).
Of course I'm sure your 21 year old son isn't like I was, but then I expect every parent would say that.
In any case, not really much you can do except try LV in a week, though I personally would just wait till he gets a normal first time car like a Corsa or a Clio, or something.
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ontheroad1970 said:Car_54 said:OP, don’t you think letting a driver with no experience loose on an Audi A6 might be a very high risk?
I’m sure he’ll have no problem getting insurance on a sensible car. At a price.2 -
paul_c123 said:ontheroad1970 said:Car_54 said:OP, don’t you think letting a driver with no experience loose on an Audi A6 might be a very high risk?
I’m sure he’ll have no problem getting insurance on a sensible car. At a price.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Group_MLB_platform#MLB_Evo_C/D[16]0 -
MattMattMattUK said:
but they are not engineered differently to any of the other VAG vehicles (well apart from the ones that they buy from Ford and rebadge).
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MattMattMattUK said:paul_c123 said:ontheroad1970 said:Car_54 said:OP, don’t you think letting a driver with no experience loose on an Audi A6 might be a very high risk?
I’m sure he’ll have no problem getting insurance on a sensible car. At a price.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Group_MLB_platform#MLB_Evo_C/D[16]
This layout, is well known in the motor trade for being a PITA to work on (Audi service position - remove front end). Quite different to the transverse layout of all VW models (except the Touareg). This alone will affect insurance premiums.0 -
It's not unusual for insurers not to want to insure new drivers. As someone else said, they all have their own risk profiles and he doesn't fit theirs. It won't make any difference to how available insurance is for him if/when he gets his own car, as long as it's not something powerful or flashy.For what it's worth, we've had more than one newly-qualified driver on a policy with LV, but that was on an older, less powerful car than yours. They wouldn't cover the same new drivers on my XC90, so I still wouldn't be too confident about them covering your son in your A6.0
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