alpina insurance
alpina insurance
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r4_rick

Original Poster:

477 posts

246 months

Friday 10th February 2012
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i cannot believe how much these are to insure, 46, plenty ncb, on drive way, B3 worth £4k, £850 with wait for it, £1200 excess, from our "specialist" on PH.

as a second car as well, "oh the insurers like to see 12 months experience with this type of car" what utter nonsense, my e320cdi, wouldn't be that far behind it and my old porsche is probably a trickier drive.

Suppose it's just the cost of motoring these days, sooner the goverment sort out all the industry scams on hire cars etc............my neighbour has an old focus, couple of months ago, there is a nice 320i sport tourer on his drive "new car ? very nice", "no it's from the insurance company, mine is in for repair, got hit by...." is it any wonder insurance is what it is.

Rant over, back in my box.

m444ttb

3,183 posts

260 months

Friday 10th February 2012
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My wife had the 12 months experience story for her Focus ST. Hardly a rocket ship!

I'd tried to do some Alpina quotes in the past and found insurers wanting to treat them as a modified version of the BMW base car. Not sure why Alpina aren't considered a proper manufacturer here?

smashy

3,108 posts

189 months

Friday 10th February 2012
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Its a real blow this Alpina insurance thing.

A quote on a 330d £900.

On a D3 Bi Turbo (2ltr remember) £1500.

...and what with only a 2 year Warranty ,its all a pain.

Crombers

374 posts

222 months

Friday 10th February 2012
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I'm only £600 or so on the B7 at the tender age of 30. The B10 V8 was a bit less 3 years ago so never experienced a problem insuring them.

belleair302

7,015 posts

238 months

Friday 10th February 2012
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You need to get in contact with the BMW Owners Club or the Alpina Forum for better advice. Those prices are daft.

Nattyboy888

260 posts

188 months

Saturday 11th February 2012
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Keep looking and you will get it down. Some insurance companies/brokers say my car doesn't exist which always makes me smile. Im 39, 6 points, live in Wiltshire and pay a tad under £600 with business cover.

Gee Whizz

91 posts

271 months

Saturday 11th February 2012
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I have always found Admiral pretty good for Alpina insurance. Firstly they list the cars and secondly I have paid <£400 for the last 3 years on both the B10 V8 Touring and Roadster S. In fact when I changed over from my 530i Sport to the B10 V8 the price was cheaper. I'm early 30's if that helps but I guess postcode has a lot to do with it too.

B3Svert

553 posts

223 months

Saturday 11th February 2012
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Try elephant, they gave a great price to insure mine a few years back, lots of recommendations for them on the alpina register too.

smashy

3,108 posts

189 months

Saturday 11th February 2012
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belleair302 said:
You need to get in contact with the BMW Owners Club or the Alpina Forum for better advice. Those prices are daft.
All depends ,its the Postcode that does for you.