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young drivers and insurance

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:22 pm
by olop02
im 17 and have a 1.2 E polo but i wanna put a few bits on itsuch as induction kit, lowering springs, boost valves, ecoteck valve etc and i wanna get as cheaper insurance as i can (obviously) but i cant find anyone that will insure me if i was to do mods. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:40 pm
by dino
I use norwich union.

im 18 with 2yrs NCB (1 is for my bike) and 3 points and i pay £870 fully comp on a 52 1.4 TDi Sport.

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:44 pm
by olop02
cheers ill try them out

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 2:58 pm
by david burton
with modding you'll find that most mainstream companies allow 3 mods (at a large extra cost) then they'll refuse to insure you.

adrian flux
greenlight

are two that spring to mind that have done me proud in the past! even www.needtoinsure.co.uk are sometimes quite good.

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:39 pm
by Uk_Polo_GTI
norich union it s**t! all u do is chat to some punjabi if i claim! im now with eleplhant which are s**t rubbish but atleast u speak to some 1 in the country

Re: young drivers and insurance

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:24 pm
by M7
olop02 wrote:im 17 and have a 1.2 E polo but i wanna put a few bits on itsuch as induction kit, lowering springs, boost valves, ecoteck valve etc and i wanna get as cheaper insurance as i can (obviously) but i cant find anyone that will insure me if i was to do mods. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

why those? at the end of the day its a 1.2! personally i wouldnt waste my money. i didnt even bother with an induction, 1.2's aint fast so dont bother spending the money on the engine!

as for insurance, i used CIS in my first year of insurance. mods and 0 no claims with 2 accidents 2400 :shock: yes i know, but that was the cheapest out of about 20 companies!!

CIS dont charge for non performance mods, so they are good for slow cars are you dont mod the engine on them!

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:22 pm
by jj86
norich union it ****! all u do is chat to some punjabi if i claim! im now with eleplhant which are **** rubbish but atleast u speak to some 1 in the country
with modding you'll find that most mainstream companies allow 3 mods (at a large extra cost) then they'll refuse to insure you.
I don't agree with this. Overall I've found Norwich Union to be quite good, and i haven't had trouble with overseas call centres etc. When i last asked, NU said they wouldnt increase premium for ICE upto 1k, tints, coilovers, aftermarket alloys, but just to make sure i notified them before i got any of it fitted. (I know only the coilovers are performance related, but i guess you know what im getting at)

Another good thing with NU as opposed to Elephant.co.uk is that they insured the new golf1.6 i had as courtesy car for free (despite the golf being worth 3grand more/higher insurance band etc)

Elephant however are charging my sister a tenner a day to insure a courtesy Honda Jazz1.3... even though her policy is fully comp for her Civic Type R :S

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:57 pm
by olop02
well i gotta keep the car for a minimum of a further 2 years so i thought that i would at least have a bit of fun modding it

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:01 pm
by PoloCornwall
Young Drivers 17-24 make up 1% of the worlds drivers,
Yet make up 25% of claims made every year,
made me kinda realise about young drivers and high insurance thing lol probably off subject but i though i would just say

Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 8:49 pm
by xx_loopy_xx
Ive done most of my modding on the outside for now, when i get bored i buy something new for my little car.

Im 20 and mine is only £670 with 1 yrs no claim.

ner ner ner ner.... it's great being a girlie!! :lol:

Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 8:58 pm
by mfa-polo
Im 27 and I pay £400 for my tdi 100, its great being old! or not!!!! :oops:

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 2:37 pm
by toXXin
The Ecotek and Power Boost Valves are useless. They do absolutely nothing other than cause leaks in pipes.

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:24 pm
by Alex_6n2
dont use Adrian flux they HATE paying out and wont touch 17 year olds anyway

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:48 am
by macemc86
Norwhich union quoted me around £4000 on a 1.2 e 53 9n.........
they where avin a giraffe!!!!! so i ended up with Tesco's . £1700 full comp, with 0 ncb at the age of 19.. Not bad at all i guess.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:56 am
by SimonCorrigan
hi i'm 27 protected ncb - mines £376 fully comp - even got a refund of £64 when I wrote my GTI off and transfered the insurance to my TDI. One thing I would recommend is the courtesy car - I was without a car for about 3 weeks and had to keeping get lifts off people. I'm with Norwich Union and so far they have been really good and paid the claim quickly and are well cheap. I don't work for them by the way!