Car insurance in a hurry

Grumpy_chap

GDB2222 said: 

The company says they will only allow 4 weeks of temporary coverage but hopefully that will be enough to sell the old car. 

The four weeks should be ample time, in which you can:

• get a valuation from the online car buyers.
• advertise and try to sell privately for a bit more.  (Don't forget to consider insurance for others taking a test drive.)
• punt the car around other "we buy cars for cash" local traders.

If by the end of week three nothing is moving forwards to yield a more favourable return than the online car buyers, simply sell to the online car buyers.

GDB2222

Grumpy_chap said:

GDB2222 said: 

The company says they will only allow 4 weeks of temporary coverage but hopefully that will be enough to sell the old car. 

The four weeks should be ample time, in which you can:

• get a valuation from the online car buyers.
• advertise and try to sell privately for a bit more.  (Don't forget to consider insurance for others taking a test drive.)
• punt the car around other "we buy cars for cash" local traders.

If by the end of week three nothing is moving forwards to yield a more favourable return than the online car buyers, simply sell to the online car buyers.

When I talk about the old car, I’m being pretty literal. It’s 19 years old, which is too old for the we buy anything brigade. It’s got a full tank of petrol, which adds significantly to its value!

I’m wondering whether to SORN it and sell it in the spring, as it is a convertible and may fetch a bit more when the sun is out more. 

vacheron

If the car is from a dealer they can often arrange a 7 day driveaway insurance for free or a very small fee just to get you going and give some breathing room to find the best deal. Worth asking.

jimjames

GDB2222 said:

Grumpy_chap said:

GDB2222 said: 

The company says they will only allow 4 weeks of temporary coverage but hopefully that will be enough to sell the old car. 

The four weeks should be ample time, in which you can:

• get a valuation from the online car buyers.
• advertise and try to sell privately for a bit more.  (Don't forget to consider insurance for others taking a test drive.)
• punt the car around other "we buy cars for cash" local traders.

If by the end of week three nothing is moving forwards to yield a more favourable return than the online car buyers, simply sell to the online car buyers.

I’m wondering whether to SORN it and sell it in the spring, as it is a convertible and may fetch a bit more when the sun is out more. 

It's Boxing Day and I've just taken out a new policy. I would have done it yesterday but after doing the quote I forgot to go back to the computer. Adding an older car to the policy for 6 months cost me £100 so if it's old and might sell better in spring then that could well be an option if the car itself is decent. If it's a scrapper then doesn't really matter what time of year.