Anyone here own an MX-5?

[.Mark]

A friend of ours has just bought one.
what insurnce companies are reasonable? She is getting quotes around the 400 quid mark which I find pretty high.
Her age? Lets just say for her life has just begun
The car is a 'N' reg 1.8 Gleneagles edition.

I just can't believe 400 quid - I'm 34 and paying 550 for a 4 litre Chimaera.

[DanL]

Yup - I've got one, although I'm still in my first year of car ownership so I've got no no-claims... Due to renew in December, and the best I've found so far for me is £700 fully comp. 26 years old, 1 years no claims in Herts, and the car's a new 1.8.

Personally, I'd give Tesco and Elephant a go.

www.tescofinance.com/personal/finance/index.html?goto=products/motorins/index.jsp

www.elephant.co.uk/

Dan

[spoonman]

My girlfriend's got a Eunos (basically an MX-5 but with air-con and a limited-slip diff). She uses Aon, which allows it to go on a classic limited-mileage policy. Ended up being cheaper than a high-street policy on a UK MX-5. Might be worth a try?

[.Mark]

Cheers guys - she did try Tesco but was quoted nearly 800 quid I nearly dropped my beer.

[.Mark]

Sorry Spoonman, Aon? I've never heard of these.

[spoonman]

Er... hang on...

[spoonman]

Aon's on 01384 552670. Not sure if they're great on UK cars, but excellent on grey imports. Got it fixed with no hassle, too, when some git ran into the side of it.

[ABBTVR]

I just can't believe 400 quid - I'm 34 and paying 550 for a 4 litre Chimaera.

Sounds about reasonable to me, my MX5 (N) was/is a UK spec. Cost me about £245 last year, they were going to put it up to nearly £300 for 2003. My Chim 4.0L is a little over £500. I'm 50 and have 9 years NCB. So depending on her age £400 might not be a bad price!
BigAl