V8V insurance recommendations

[mrmop]

Morning All

As a long term watcher and a avid reader of this forum I am seeking your advise on the best/cheapest company to insure a V8V ?

I looked at a few cars and am about to hopefully make a purchase early in the new year.

Any advice would be most welcome and appreciated


Regards


Barrie

[montecristo]

Try Lockton, the brokers, who insure via Chubb. Good service, good prices. They also have a tie-up with the Aston Martin Owners Club, so they know Astons.

[smartmove]

When I recently shopped around I couldn't get a better quote than Admiral multi car. Never had to claim mind!

[davidexige]

Another one for Admiral here, no idea what they are like if you had to make claim but I’ve got the Scooby, Fezza and Vantage on a multicar policy for less than 1k.

[Jalfonse]

Multicar from admiral also, got V8V and A3 for less than £500 both protected ncd and glass cover etc.

[ShrekV12VR]

Another one with admiral multicar. Did have to claim unfortunately but was very satisfied with the way the claim was handled.

[avinalarf]

With Admiral can you take the Aston to a garage of your choice for repair ?
I am paying circa £650 for my DB9v with Locktons.

[IanV12VR]

I enquirer with admiral as to whether I could choose who repaired my car and advised verbally that it would be no problem. I asked for this to be put in writing but they said they were not prepared to do that - so I stayed with Locktons.

As an aside I have just left Admiral for my two others cars. I had a no adult accident when someone drove in the back of me in October. Renewal was in November and premium went up £300 with no changes to the policy. Firstly could not explain why but when pressed came back to me saying both our cars were now considered to be in a higher risk category. My take was they were trying to recover their losses so one with Aviva and paying less than I did last year. Or am I just a cynic!

[GlynV8]

Try Alan Thomas insurance, I think RobGT had a very good experience with them with Purdey (RIP )
You can do a direct quote on their website: click for link

They are £30 more than my renewal quote with Aviva, but would prefer the peace of mind

[justin220]

Elephant for me!

[snuffy]

IanV12VR said:

I had a no adult accident when someone drove in the back of me in October.

What on earth is a "no adult accident" ?

[Laser Sag]

snuffy said:

What on earth is a "no adult accident" ?

Probably predictive text taking over for "no fault accident" I would think.

[renmure]

smartmove said:

When I recently shopped around I couldn't get a better quote than Admiral multi car. Never had to claim mind!

Another vote for Admiral Multicar.
Sometimes for me the Multicar Quote works out well, sometimes it is better individually. But, can't really argue too much with the V8 Vantage and F360 Spider both covered for just under £500.

[robgt]

GlynV8 said:

Try Alan Thomas insurance, I think RobGT had a very good experience with them with Purdey (RIP )
You can do a direct quote on their website: click for link

They are £30 more than my renewal quote with Aviva, but would prefer the peace of mind

Thank you Glyn. Yes, Matt Warner at Alan Thomas looked after us - tell him Rob sent you! The actual policy was with Hiscox. It only took 10 days from Purdey (RIP ) being written off to a brand new replacement (Pearl ) being purchased

[Jon1967x]

Admiral here as well.. Although 500 for 1 car.. Had a quote from hiscox which had a lot more benefits but was twice the price

[Derek 111S]

I've just gone with Privilege, who at £183 were half the cost of Admiral, and a fifth of Locktons. I didn't anticipate the Vantage being cheaper to insure than the Cooper S. At 43, I had thought I still had many years to go before the days of cheap insurance arrived.

[Gmw76]

Try Aviva online

Best quote for my V8V and very helpful when ringing to alter number plate details after transfers.

Mark

[steveatesh]

Admiral multicar for me too, CLK, Z4, Boxster and the Vantage for just over £1000 business use, me and the mrs to drive.

[IanV12VR]

Laser Sag said:

snuffy said:

What on earth is a "no adult accident" ?

Probably predictive text taking over for "no fault accident" I would think.

Yep - but could have been no adult as it was a kid that hit the back of the car.

[n8ony]

I have used Classic Line for a number of years on a multi vehicle policy. Haven't had to claim but happy with the service and price quoted.