My first 1.5hrs in my new car...... silly me!

[spants]

Met James Agger at Loughborough station with the car as planned.
Pulled out the paperwork for the insurance and gave them a call... B****** - they don't work on saturdays!!!!!!. So try the next best quote - and they finish at 12noon....

Had visions of sleeping in the car at Loughborough Station until monday morning.

Luckily after 1.5hrs and a nearly flat phone battery, I managed to work a deal through AA insurance (14 days cancellation period/charge for amount used) in order to get her home.

Moral of the story... Sign the insurance before you travel 150miles to pick up a car on a saturday!

Thanks James for your help. You can stop laughing now!

Tony
Chimaera 500 Taraka
PS - The car was fantastic on the sensible drive home!

[The Hood]

spants said:

Moral of the story... Sign the insurance before you travel 150miles to pick up a car on a saturday!

I thought that's what most people would do on any day or is that just me being too sensible.

well done on your choice of purchase and welcome to the mad grin brigade.
Glyn.

[soufriere]

Lovely car, Congrats! Nearly bought it myself! How does it drive? sh1t off a shovel!

[spants]

The Hood said:

spants said: Moral of the story... Sign the insurance before you travel 150miles to pick up a car on a saturday! I thought that's what most people would do on any day or is that just me being too sensible. well done on your choice of purchase and welcome to the mad grin brigade. Glyn.

Just ran out of time on the friday to phone up and close the deal on the insurance - I thought that most companies were still open on saturdays so just a case of confirming with the ref number ....but then again Ive been with directline forever!.

Thanks for the welcome.

Glad to be back in a TVR!

[that daddy]

ENJOY,,,,, shame the weathers not here for you,still the sun will be worth waiting for...

[gazm]

Hey Tony - She looks good (alomost as good as the one you sold me ) glad to hear youre back in a TVR. did you get my email by the way??

[robertjp]

spants said:

Met James Agger at Loughborough station with the car as planned. Pulled out the paperwork for the insurance and gave them a call... B****** - they don't work on saturdays!!!!!!. So try the next best quote - and they finish at 12noon.... Had visions of sleeping in the car at Loughborough Station until monday morning. Luckily after 1.5hrs and a nearly flat phone battery, I managed to work a deal through AA insurance (14 days cancellation period/charge for amount used) in order to get her home. Moral of the story... Sign the insurance before you travel 150miles to pick up a car on a saturday! Thanks James for your help. You can stop laughing now! Tony Chimaera 500 Taraka PS - The car was fantastic on the sensible drive home!

I stood for a while at Loughborough station waiting for the truck to appear round the corner with my Cerby on the back...then i heard the pop and crack of the Cerb as it fired round the corner. Quite an impressive entrance! Its quite a wait when your exctited!! I bet it wasn't excitememt though it was panic?!

James had let the battery go flat on his truck and had to drive the Cerby...

[Podie]

I assume Loughborough station is still as "delightful" as it was when I was at Uni there...

if it's any consolation I did this years ago with a Ford Escort

[Don]

All dealers should know about dayinsure....

www.dayinsure.com

At £20 a day it looks pretty handy for fixing "problems"...

[spants]

Interesting, thanks!.

It was my entirely me fault though, I didn't check that the companies worked on Saturday.

I managed to get instant cover with the AA that I cancelled after 2 days (They have a 14 day cancellation clause in which you only pay for the cover used plus £15 paperwork fee - total cost = £17)

[v41ley]

Jeez - Insured through AA Insurance !
I rang them last week as my insurance was up for renewal and
their always claiming to save you 40%. Utter shite.
Quoted me more than 3 times what I currently pay with Churchill - in the region
of £1700 !!!!

[zumbruk]

Don said:

All dealers should know about dayinsure.... www.dayinsure.com At £20 a day it looks pretty handy for fixing "problems"...

That's a brill service, thanks for mentioning it - wish I'd known about it years ago. Add that to my phone list now.

[spants]

exactly = quoted me 1200!.... The car is now insured with Hagerty for £482 including the modifications