Getting back together...(classic Merc insurance question)
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Well that's it, just sent an email to my friend who bought my C124 E320 Sportline from me two years ago saying I wanted to buy it back from him (he's thinking of selling).
It's only done 5,000 miles in his ownership and he's just spent £640 on a service, MOT and 2 new front tyres plus a couple of other things.
Here is the car in question:
I don't need another car, I've got nowhere to put it (eyeing up a friend's currently empty garage for the purpose), but I've spent ages looking at 80s and 90s Mercs in the classifieds since I sold it and every time I get my wife's SLK serviced at the specialist I use, I fall in love with their 190E loan car.
Anyway, to my question: who do the classic Merc owners on PH use/would recommend for their insurers? When I had the car before it was my daily driver and I never really shopped around. Now it'd be a third car doing maybe 5,000 miles a year, plus being a 1995 car, would now be applicable for a classic policy?
Any advice welcome, thanks.
Hopefully going to see it the weekend after next, if all is ok, it'll be back home in time for Christmas!
It's only done 5,000 miles in his ownership and he's just spent £640 on a service, MOT and 2 new front tyres plus a couple of other things.
Here is the car in question:
I don't need another car, I've got nowhere to put it (eyeing up a friend's currently empty garage for the purpose), but I've spent ages looking at 80s and 90s Mercs in the classifieds since I sold it and every time I get my wife's SLK serviced at the specialist I use, I fall in love with their 190E loan car.
Anyway, to my question: who do the classic Merc owners on PH use/would recommend for their insurers? When I had the car before it was my daily driver and I never really shopped around. Now it'd be a third car doing maybe 5,000 miles a year, plus being a 1995 car, would now be applicable for a classic policy?
Any advice welcome, thanks.
Hopefully going to see it the weekend after next, if all is ok, it'll be back home in time for Christmas!
I'm sure you will get the usual names cropping up in replies.
For me Peter Best worked. And one of the main reasons was that it was a 99 SLK which was still accepted on their classics policy. It made the SLK less than half what others wanted.
Only thing is the mileage - some companies prefer to see 3k as normal maximum - and if its a third car anyway.
As usual - try a few of those mentioned - balance price with conditions and with reputation.
Nice car - I would love it - like you its access to proper storage.
For me Peter Best worked. And one of the main reasons was that it was a 99 SLK which was still accepted on their classics policy. It made the SLK less than half what others wanted.
Only thing is the mileage - some companies prefer to see 3k as normal maximum - and if its a third car anyway.
As usual - try a few of those mentioned - balance price with conditions and with reputation.
Nice car - I would love it - like you its access to proper storage.
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