Insurance for picking up a car.....advice please

[Nosh]

I am picking up my daughters new (old) car.

Insurance?

Can I just get 1 days insurance?

Or does my "3rd party in other cars" bit on my current insurance cover me?

Thanks in advance
Nosh

[KingNothing]

Have a look at your policy, many only include DOC if the other car has its own insurance policy in place.

[tim2100]

Call your insurance company to ask the question to be doubly sure.

If not there are lots of short term day insurance companies that will charge about £30

[Magic919]

Your 'third party in other cars bit' should do the job. Check your paperwork to confirm.

[Amused2death]

KingNothing said:

Have a look at your policy, many only include DOC if the other car has its own insurance policy in place.

Yep, beware the tax/continous insurance malarky....If car is taxed then it should be insured currently. In the past, when buying a car, I've asked the previous owner to leave it insured until I got home, thus allowing me to use my third party cover from my own comp policy to get it home legally. I still signed a reciept dated and timed to protect the seller for the time I actually purchased the car, called him when I got home, said thankyou and he cancelled his insurance.

[bp1000]

As mentioned some policies allow you to drive other cars

Plan b - most companies also offer temp insurance. I had no problem getting this recently although its a bit of a rip off if you intend having more than a few days.

[Grenoble]

Ignore all advice but this:

Call your insurer, it's the only definitive advice you will get.

[Lordbenny]

Just drive it....but try not to crash it.

Every other fker on the road is driving round without insurance so for the sake of a quick trip home I would take the chance. You did ask for advice....you don't have to take mine though!

Edited by Lordbenny on Saturday 16th March 09:47

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Grenoble said:

Call your insurer, it's the only definitive advice you will get.

Maybe, but there have been several examples on here where an insurer's call centre drone has advised a policy holder that the DOC extension is only valid in cases of 'emergency' (which is tosh)..

OP - read your policy documents, and then read them again. If they state you are covered under your specific circumstances, then you are covered.

[x 7usc]

Call your insurance co and just ask them to put on your policy temporarily, nearly all insurers will do this.

[Ozzie Osmond]

Guess what these people sell,

http://insure4aday.co.uk/?gclid=CNieoez-gLYCFUnMtA...

[Nosh]

cheers for the responses - my current insurance with classic line was nbg - cost me £18 for one day.

Home safe and dry....

.....now the preparations for the daughters surprise pressy are underway...

And the car, you ask?

A true classic - 1984 Daihatsu Charade (CX) - 28K miles, I owner (Drs wife) and FULL service history. Not a mark on it, and great fun to drive home....

One of the three models my little girl wanted, and in the colour she wanted as well!

Nosh.