Insurance advice - I've got more cars than I wanted!

[beergibbon]

All

I had two cars and decided I wanted to sell one of them ("car A")for something more practical and economical as we have a baby on the way. I spotted a nice car ("car B") and decided to go for it, putting on a deposit two weeks ago. I was hoping in the meantime that I would be able to sell car A, so that when my 1 week free insurance I got with car B ran out, I could change the details of car A insurance policy to car B. Schimples!

As it turns out, there's been little interest in Car A so I am now rapidly approaching the end of my 1 week free insurance.

I am thinking of transferring the Car A insurance policy to car B and then taking out a short-term policy for car A (1 month or 2 months maybe?) which I am hoping will cover it until it is sold. Does this sound like the most sensible plan to you or is there a better way to do it? The last thing I want to do is take out another full year insurance policy on the new car!

Thanks

Neil

[Danny S]

If your not going to be using Car A you can get fire and theft insurance only for very cheap iirc!

[beergibbon]

Danny S said:

If your not going to be using Car A you can get fire and theft insurance only for very cheap iirc!

But I guess I would want to be fully comp for any test drives?

[Engineer1]

Speak to your insure they may be able to have 2 cars on the policy, it might not be cheap but it keeps you legal.

[K50 DEL]

Depending on your insurance company, you may be able to add the new car to your existing policy, I did this a few months ago when I bought my Jeep, and for the same reasons as you.
It cost me 70 quid or so, but I had both cars, fully comp on the same policy for 30 days

[thebigmacmoomin]

When I had 2 cars, I insured them on the same polciy for a month.

I bought my Focus 1.8 in Dec 06 but didnt sell my Focus 1.6 until Jan 07, was about a 5 weeks. With Norwich Union at the time, I just had my main policy on the 1.8 & the 1.6 was just added to it. I did cost to have them both on it. I was 20 at the time aswell.