Help me - insurance for under 25!

[shnozz]

I'm 24 and taking delivery of an S3 saturday. My current insurers are having a turkish bath with their quote. Can someone recommend any ins companies?

Whilst the car can qualify as a classic, my mileage seems to be a problem with that - I will be doing about 8 - 9k a year.

Any tips gratefully received.

[kingjohn]

Turn the clock back!

[HarryW]

Get the classic policy and run with the speedo disconnected for 6 months of the year going by the mileages I've seen on some Tivs I'm sure there's a lot of it about
No seriously shnozz I'll see what I can find out, have mine on a classic policy 3K miles pa (5K on a phone call, which I will need at this rate) as second play/toy car.

Harry

[cammers]

Try an online quote with Direct Line.
With them I am currently paying £1034 per year as a 24 (now 25) year old on a '96 Griffith parked on a drive overnight!
Some companies wanted over £4k so I thought the deal I got was pretty good!

[HarryW]

Shnozz if you post the companies you've already tried then you may get some additional ideas from peeps who are browsing and think "you must have tried x,y & z as everybody does, so I won't bother posting".

H

[pinkney]

Sunninghill Insurance Brokers
£1433, 25yrs, 2 years no claims on Cerbera 4.5
£1083, 26yrs, 3 years no claims

They offer speciaist deals for TVR owners.

[anonymous-user]

Privilage were pretty good

£1100 for a 99'Cerbera - 27 years old with 8 years no claims.

[cleg]

A Manning is another one .. not sure if thats 1 N or 2

I am with Sunninghill for a K

>> Edited by cleg on Thursday 6th June 23:10

[Bodo]

BTW general insurance question:

How do I verify four years no claims when coming to a new ins. company??

[CleG]

quote:
BTW general insurance question:

How do I verify four years no claims when coming to a new ins. company??

you need to ask your existing company to send documentation with it on.

[wedg1e]

I use Ian Fray Insurance in Hinckley, Leics. No number, sorry, but they were cheapest for me.
Make sure the car is garaged (ahem) and you only 'do' 5000 miles a year and that'll help!
A Thatcham Cat 2 alarm will go a long way. In fact some of the companies won't touch you without one.
First TVR I had cost me 250 a year fully comp; that was 6 years ago. Now it costs me 400 for a 1987 390SE, no claims or points.
I used to use T.F.Bell as well; again no number, but shouldn't be too hard to find.

W.

[Basil Brush]

I've heard a couple of people get good deals through Tesco, who are trying hard to get into the market at the moment. Might be worth a call.

[Hopper]

I'm also 24 with an s3, living in london. Direct line gave the best quote and no restriction on mileage. Got it for £1300. 6 yrs no claims, cat 1 alarm req and park on the road

[Roadrunner]

Shite ad on tv but elephant saved us 40%

[AJLintern]

I've heard from someone that its cheaper to tax and insure 2 cars (one cheap and slow - normal policy, one Fast - classic policy, low mileage) than it is to have a normal policy on a single fast car. (has to be over 10 years old though, I think)

[Paul V]

I’m 24, with a S2 in London but its garaged. I pay £1071 with Peart Associates, cover for track days but not abroad so need to sort something out for Zolder.

That’s with 6 years NCD and 3 bonus points for a SP30.

01539 730666

[DanL]

As a couple of other people have mentioned, Tesco and Elephant are both well worth a go:

Tesco: www.tesco.com/finance/products/motorins/apply.asp

Elephant: www.elephant.co.uk/

Six months ago (when I had great plans, but no cash! ) I was window shopping for quotes, and Tesco came up with £1400 full comp for a Grif 500, no NCB (but no claims, or convictions) parked on the drive. I was 25 at the time of the quote...

Dan

[marlboro]

Tesco insurance is apparently proviced via Direct Line, as is their credit cards and loans. Direct Line offer discounts if you have other policies, house insurance for instance.

[kev north]

i am 23 i have a 1996 chimaera 500 my insurance was £1250 with my no claims protected. tesco

[hughjayteens]

I insured my Chim at 24 with tesco - Best by a long way...