£3000 to insure a vxr8! is that right?

[lozzy]

just been on the phone to adrian flux who i was recommended to try and apparently at 28 yaers old with a clean licence and 2 years no claims they would want £3000 to insure me, now at an estimated guess i think thats taking the piss a little, or is that what id be looking to pay or should i say get ripped off with?

[jumplead]

I've always had way over the top quotes from Adrian Flux,

Give A-Plan a call they are sponsor on the site, also check the FAQ post on here there is a list of monaro friendly insurers, sure they'll be able to help with a VXR8

[maverick964_uk]

email [e-mail]. I use them and am paying roughly £770 a year for my VXR8. It was no different to the premium when I moved from the VXR6.0. 6 points on my license as well.

Tell them I put you there way....

Regards,
Mike Lavery

[SS HSV]

I'm about to go legal with AF. I can't go into details but ripped off is an understatement. Try Footman James. I have had a 770hp nitrous powered Ultima GTR with mods, declared for less than £1k and that was also with an agreed value of £50k .

AF quoted me £1200 for my battered up 92' BMW 730i work-horse, which I had previously had insured for £228 - go figure. I wouldn't touch them with a 300ft triple-insulated cattle prod.

[BigNige]

A plan all the way.

We have 4 cars with them and they hammer every other broker into the ground.
Good sevice too.

[ws6]

I have two insured with AON 01384 552788, two with Stevensons http://www.stevenageinsurance.com (again 6points on licence made no differece at renewal)

Will get a quote from a-plan when any come up for renewal, seems quite popular on here

[tonywilliams]

I've only had a quote from Tesco.com although I'm sure a-plan would have been cheaper as a-plan are cheaper for my current car.

I'm 27, no accidents but have a SP50 (exceeding a motorway speed limit)on my licenece which resulted in 0 points but a 2 month ban. The area I live in is considered a reasonably low crime area. The quote from Tesco.com was £1050

[madazrx7]

I promised I wouldn't post this again but here we go:
From SGIO (big mainstream insurer here)

madazrx7 said:

2004 Holden Monaro 5.7litre V8
Agreed value $50,000, FULLY COMPREHENSIVE
Kept in Forrestfield WA (middle/working class suburb)
2 named drivers, both 17yo with 0 years experience.
Annual premium $4,250 (ie approx £1770)

Nobody has ever given me a satisfactory answer as to why you pay so much more in England.
Remember, in WA
Roads are worse
Cars are more expensive
Driving standards are FAR worse

[mogv8]

Admiral-I pay £515 on a multicar policy, (although 15+ years no claims, no points, and 46 yrs old). That includes 17k miles a year including business use. A single car policy probably adds 5 or 10% to that, but even so I have found them consistently the cheapest for several years and on different cars.

Elephant are similar although they don't do multi-car.

Never had to make a claim so cannot comment on how good or bad the service is though.

That is on a Monaro 6.0VXR with Wortec performance pack declared.

Edited by mogv8 on Sunday 22 July 16:42

[anonymous-user]

try elephant.co.uk, they're quite cheap and love modifications.

[magicgreg]

wormus said:

try elephant.co.uk, they're quite cheap and love modifications.

I maybe wouldn't go as far as saying that they love modifications, £110 to add an exhaust system to a 6.0L VXR, is decent compared to other insurers but still isn't a £15 admin charge.

G

[anonymous-user]

magicgreg said:

wormus said:

try elephant.co.uk, they're quite cheap and love modifications.

I maybe wouldn't go as far as saying that they love modifications, £110 to add an exhaust system to a 6.0L VXR, is decent compared to other insurers but still isn't a £15 admin charge.

G

They only charged me £30 for my exhaust system?

[southpaw]

madazrx7 said:

I promised I wouldn't post this again but here we go:
From SGIO (big mainstream insurer here)

madazrx7 said:

2004 Holden Monaro 5.7litre V8
Agreed value $50,000, FULLY COMPREHENSIVE
Kept in Forrestfield WA (middle/working class suburb)
2 named drivers, both 17yo with 0 years experience.
Annual premium $4,250 (ie approx £1770)

Nobody has ever given me a satisfactory answer as to why you pay so much more in England.
Remember, in WA
Roads are worse
Cars are more expensive
Driving standards are FAR worse

ARGH!!! How many times???????

EVERY insurance thread and you pop up with this! Stop rubbing it in!!!

[DevilYellowCV8]

Elephant only charged me £25 for my Wortec exhaust upgrade. Mind you, that was in November 2005 so perhaps they might have changed their policy on modifications?

[magicgreg]

wormus said:

magicgreg said:

wormus said:

try elephant.co.uk, they're quite cheap and love modifications.

I maybe wouldn't go as far as saying that they love modifications, £110 to add an exhaust system to a 6.0L VXR, is decent compared to other insurers but still isn't a £15 admin charge.

G

They only charged me £30 for my exhaust system?

They may have changed their policy or it maybe to do with me being a young driver (23 years old).

This was also only a quote over the internet and not over the phone, if that makes any difference at all....

G

[tiler]

Vxr8 with the odd mod with a plan £700.00.
Im very happy.

[madazrx7]

southpaw said:

madazrx7 said:

Nobody has ever given me a satisfactory answer as to why you pay so much more in England.
Remember, in WA
Roads are worse
Cars are more expensive
Driving standards are FAR worse

ARGH!!! How many times???????

EVERY insurance thread and you pop up with this! Stop rubbing it in!!!

Sorry! I won't do it again. I just don't understand it and nobody has given a valid reason for it. I have driven extensively in England, you guys just would not believe how bad the driving standards are in Perth.

Edited by madazrx7 on Monday 23 July 02:40

[willisit]

I can't actually remember my premium (due October) - but it was around £800. 28 years old, 8 years no claims, one accident.

A Plan couldn't help me (waaaaay off) but maybe they can this year! I'm with Admiral or someone under their umbrella. Had my accident with Elephant and they won't insure me any more

[mackie1]

I'm about to renew mine today. I payed about £800 last year with A-Plan but he said he could have got it cheaper for me if I switched policies (I changed an existing policy over to the 'ro). I'll let you know how I get on.

[habitualvoyeur]

Elephant will only accept modifications which increase the BHP by up to 25%, So the FI boys may struggle - I did with Tilers old car !!
I am sure it was nothing to do with Kylie's write off !!
Regards Neil

PS My first spotted yesterday silver 6.0 VXR with a V8 number plate on the roundabout by Nottingham Ikea