Jap turbo's on classic insurance

[waynedear]

Is anyone getting their WRX's, Pulsar's, MR2's etc,on classic car insurance, i am considering one as a toy in a few months, i will not be doing many miles and have a garage and have a car and a bike as daily's, i also have no 'no-claims' and a rotten postcode...

[Baryonyx]

I ran my MR2 Turbo on my normal policy and it wasn't too expensive, so I expect a limited miles classic policy would be a great way of running one as a second car.

[waynedear]

I have an Alfa and a Celica (non turbo's) on limited classic policies, just wondering if people have managed to get their flying machines on them..

[philwhite]

I have my 1996 FD RX7 on a classic policy - comes in at less than £300.

[McGtfour]

I tried insuring my GT4 under a classic policy but it wasn't the vehicles age more my age that prevented me from doing it which I did find strange seeing as its 'Classic Car' not 'Classic Driver'? Hmm....so according to some you need to be old to own an old car!

[gazchap]

Who would you guys recommend for classic policies? And would the car need to be garaged?

I've got my GT-Four insured with Sky Insurance at the moment (well, the insurer is Chaucer, but via Sky) and the MR2 turbo is just on a week's temporary cover at the moment until I get it sorted, but I'm thinking of putting the MR2 on a classic policy. Would that work with a '97 car that's not garaged?

[philwhite]

Mine insurance is with Peter Best, they'll only insure over 25's, milage is limited to 6k per year and you can't have any modifications until you're over 30.

I park mine on the drive, they were fine with that.

[gazchap]

Says on their website that all vehicles must be at least 26 years old - did you ring them to get around that restriction?

[philwhite]

gazchap said:

Says on their website that all vehicles must be at least 26 years old - did you ring them to get around that restriction?

I called them after being recomended on the Mazda Rotary Club, I had to send photos to prove the cars condition but the age of the car never came up, but like you say it definatly says it on the website - I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the renewal now!

[waynedear]

I have heard the name 'peter best' before, must check them out..

[ATM]

Just called Peter Best for a quote on my B7 S4. They said because of my inner city post code most of the insurers thy deal with require additional security features like Trackers etc.

[Ug_lee]

Insured my MR2 with Classicline, although possibly not the classic policy, more the custom/hot rod type cover. But insured as a 2nd car (main car with your NCB on that is a requirement) 3K miles per year is £280. Not bad for a modified import.
Oddly the UK bog standard Alfa 155 I also have insured with them is £300

[deeps]

My insurer (Keith Michaels) told me that imports could not be insured on a classic policy, no idea if that's true or not though.