Insurance for 21 y.o.
Insurance for 21 y.o.
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firefox1712

Original Poster:

1,772 posts

284 months

Wednesday 21st June 2006
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Any of you have any ideas regarding insurance for a 21 year old? Do classic car insurance companies only accept over 25's?

Thanks
JJ

toltec

7,179 posts

252 months

Wednesday 21st June 2006
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One of the companies recommended on the tvrcc would not insure my mate because he does not have enough experience - he is 35!

chassis 33

6,194 posts

311 months

Wednesday 21st June 2006
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I got insurance last year on the Tasmin via Lancaster. At the time I was 23 with one non and one fault accident in 2004.

The price was steep but never the less they were the only company i tried who would quote me. I've just declined the renewal becasue I'm looking to do something a bit special to the car shortly.
Regards
Iain

l33

3,469 posts

253 months

Wednesday 21st June 2006
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If you drop matt-man a private message he night be able to help. I think he is a young whipper-snapper too.
I think he went with elephant.co.uk

I have just saved £540 on my BMW 330 Ci ClubSport with confused.com - might be worth a try too?

firefox1712

Original Poster:

1,772 posts

284 months

Wednesday 21st June 2006
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Yes - I'm hoping Mattman will reply to this post. If not I'll mail him.

I'd be grateful if you could post up what the premiums were, with whom, and whether classic/restricted mileage.

Thanks.
JJ

l33

3,469 posts

253 months

Wednesday 21st June 2006
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firefox1712 said:
Yes - I'm hoping Mattman will reply to this post. If not I'll mail him.

I'd be grateful if you could post up what the premiums were, with whom, and whether classic/restricted mileage.

Thanks.
JJ


I'm paying about £220 fully comp on a 4.5 litre 350 (limited to 2k miles, garaged, 2 years NCB, I'm 29) I'm with Footman James.

wedgtable

317 posts

255 months

Thursday 22nd June 2006
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Lynbrook!! I am 24 (23 when I first got the car) and pay £250 with 8000 miles. They are one of the few that will do a classic policy for over 21's.

firefox1712

Original Poster:

1,772 posts

284 months

Thursday 22nd June 2006
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Thanks Wedgetable - do you have contact details?

cheers!
JJ

waynester

6,525 posts

279 months

Thursday 22nd June 2006
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wedgtable said:
Lynbrook!! I am 24 (23 when I first got the car) and pay £250 with 8000 miles. They are one of the few that will do a classic policy for over 21's.


Flamin eck..! I'm 34 and pay £236 on a 400, with 3000 miles pa...Classicline.
And i've just re-newed

matt-man

2,667 posts

248 months

Thursday 22nd June 2006
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i searched the internet high and low and the only people who would insure me was elephant for 1200 for ten months. It was 990 for anything other than a 400 for some reason, including those slow SEACs.....

firefox1712

Original Poster:

1,772 posts

284 months

Friday 23rd June 2006
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Thanks for the info chaps!

Any more with any other ideas please put them forward.

JJ

wedgtable

317 posts

255 months

Friday 23rd June 2006
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The only number I can find is 08451304662.
That is not the number I rang originally. Try it and see what they say. If they aren't any good mail me and I will look harder for the original number. I think this is the number for their broker!!

phart

226 posts

247 months

Friday 23rd June 2006
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24 and £250!! Im 24 and with elephant and paying over twice as much, with lower milage I've been had!

firefox1712

Original Poster:

1,772 posts

284 months

Friday 30th June 2006
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Good Morning! Anyone else got any thoughts on this one?

Thank you.
JJ

FHCNICK

1,376 posts

260 months

Friday 30th June 2006
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think i was 22 when i bought my tasmin, doesn't really matter about engine size as they are all group 20. anyway my g/f happened to be 25 so i insured myself fully comp on my fiesta, she insured the tvr fully comp on classic and i drove the tvr 3rd party on my fiesta policy. only thing with that is that i had to register the tvr in my g/f name as you cant drive a car you own in this manner.

dougc

8,241 posts

294 months

Friday 30th June 2006
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Try Hagerty on 08700 420 220. No age restrictions and very competitive. Has to be garaged though. I'm paying about a quarter of the quote I received for renewal (original insurers wanted to increase it!)

bhardy

467 posts

287 months

Friday 30th June 2006
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firefox1712 said:
Any of you have any ideas regarding insurance for a 21 year old? Do classic car insurance companies only accept over 25's?


This isn't your way of telling us that you found a younger girlfriend, is it ??

Edited by bhardy on Friday 30th June 12:13

cdt

537 posts

311 months

Friday 30th June 2006
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toltec said:
One of the companies recommended on the tvrcc would not insure my mate because he does not have enough experience - he is 35!


Was it because he hadn't driven a powerful RWD car before? Think statistics show the majority of TVR accidents happen in the first year of ownership and don't involve another car.

dixiebabes

3,111 posts

253 months

Friday 30th June 2006
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firefox1712 said:
Any of you have any ideas regarding insurance for a 21 year old? Do classic car insurance companies only accept over 25's?

Thanks
JJ


Not sure but try adrian flux. It cost me £190 for fully comp and european breakdown cover, Mind you im 34 and i have 5 years no claims. Give it a try though you never know eh?