Insurance companies lack of knowledge

[ChristineC]

I phoned up Elephant and Tesco for a quote on a Tuscan. Nightmare!

Tesco woman - whats the manufacturer
me - TVR
Tesco - no, who is the manufacturer
me - TVR
went on like this a bit and finally she grasped it ('oh you mean TVR are like ford or vauxhall, I havent heard of them...?')

Then the bloke at elephant firstly refused to acknowledge the fact that I want the insurance to satrt from my 25th birthday and said he would only quote me being 24 years old. And then told me that a 4 litre TVR Tuscan doesnt exist and they only have a 4.7 litre one on their systems! Argued for a while and he insisted that all Tuscans were 4.7 litres so I gave up :-(

Are any of you insured with Elephant? I am very confused by this!

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[ChristineC]

I have tried Sunninghill, they have given a better quote than Tescos (despite having 2 performace cars already with Tescos they wouldnt give a discount :-(..also the website just said to call them).

The Sunninghills quote was £1,280 for when I am 25 (for a Tuscan S). Is this ok?

Thankyou for the suggestions, I will ring around.
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[ChristineC]

So how come I got a quote? Maybe they made a mistake with me. I hope not as they have been the cheapest yet.

PS Happy birthday - 1978 was the BEST year to be born ;-)

[ChristineC]

Philip - you are as old as my MGB!!!
But I wish I had been born early 60's actually - music and lifestyle so much better!

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[ChristineC]

Simon - mannings have come in ALOT cheaper! thankyou. And he is a nice bloke too.

Will try Heritage too.

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[ChristineC]

No fair Mick!! please don't tell me you saw Led Zepplin live with Jon Bonham because I wouldnt want to know!! ;-)

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[ChristineC]

I am jealous of that too! Ah well, at least I am seeing Deep purple and Lynnard Skynard on my birthday next month :-)

And can start my TVR insurance that day too - assuming I definetly go for the Tuscan.

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