Named driver borrowing car for the night
Named driver borrowing car for the night
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Justchris17

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46 posts

70 months

Thursday 10th November 2022
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Here’s another one of those insurance questions… my dad is a named driver on our car which he uses now and again when babysitting etc I’m just curious where do we stand if he borrows the car for couple days which means it will be parked overnight at his house?

It’s my car and the address on policy is mine would the car be covered overnight at his?

deckster

9,631 posts

285 months

Thursday 10th November 2022
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Justchris17 said:
Here’s another one of those insurance questions… my dad is a named driver on our car which he uses now and again when babysitting etc I’m just curious where do we stand if he borrows the car for couple days which means it will be parked overnight at his house?

It’s my car and the address on policy is mine would the car be covered overnight at his?
Of course it is. Have you never taken your car away with you on holiday, or visited friends?

dhutch

17,895 posts

227 months

Thursday 10th November 2022
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Yeah I was going to say, it would be covered if you stopped the night at his.


Justchris17

Original Poster:

46 posts

70 months

Thursday 10th November 2022
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deckster said:
Justchris17 said:
Here’s another one of those insurance questions… my dad is a named driver on our car which he uses now and again when babysitting etc I’m just curious where do we stand if he borrows the car for couple days which means it will be parked overnight at his house?

It’s my car and the address on policy is mine would the car be covered overnight at his?
Of course it is. Have you never taken your car away with you on holiday, or visited friends?
Yeah I have suppose never thought of that. It would be a regular occurrence though he’s struggling to get round a bit these days so thought maybe once a week or couple weeks give it to him for a couple days or so to run his errands, go shopping etc was just worrying incase there was some insurance clause out there to screw me

Ilovejapcrap

3,311 posts

142 months

Thursday 10th November 2022
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Worth a call to the insurance company to check. Bug I'd assume it will be fine.

TwigtheWonderkid

49,181 posts

180 months

Thursday 10th November 2022
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Ilovejapcrap said:
Worth a call to the insurance company to check.
No it's not.

Pit Pony

11,440 posts

151 months

Thursday 10th November 2022
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Can I laugh?

Your car will be insured as long as it's parked overnight either in your drive, or at least 200 yards away, or anywhere else anywhere in the country, or, if it broke down outside your house and you couldn't get it on the drive.

Probably.

Pit Pony

11,440 posts

151 months

Thursday 10th November 2022
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
Ilovejapcrap said:
Worth a call to the insurance company to check.
No it's not.
It's like my sister ringing me to say she'd misfueled her petrol fiesta....with erm superunleaded.


Ilovejapcrap

3,311 posts

142 months

Thursday 10th November 2022
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Pit Pony said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Ilovejapcrap said:
Worth a call to the insurance company to check.
No it's not.
It's like my sister ringing me to say she'd misfueled her petrol fiesta....with erm superunleaded.
I just thought it would put his mind at rest.

Rotary Potato

623 posts

126 months

Friday 11th November 2022
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Check the wording of your policy.

Most commonly they say something along the lines of "Address the vehicle is usually kept overnight".

The key word being 'usually'.

I think if it was once a fortnight it was away from home, it'd be pretty easy to say that it was usually kept at yours. If it were 50:50 then it'd be harder to say that.

Be honest with yourself, and if you feel like the car is usually kept at your house overnight, then you're meeting the terms of your policy.

911hope

3,793 posts

56 months

Friday 11th November 2022
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Rotary Potato said:
Check the wording of your policy.

Most commonly they say something along the lines of "Address the vehicle is usually kept overnight".

The key word being 'usually'.

I think if it was once a fortnight it was away from home, it'd be pretty easy to say that it was usually kept at yours. If it were 50:50 then it'd be harder to say that.

Be honest with yourself, and if you feel like the car is usually kept at your house overnight, then you're meeting the terms of your policy.
Good advice.

Can't imagine why anyone would ask for advice on a contract from on-line strangers, instead of reading the contract.

littleredrooster

6,412 posts

226 months

Friday 11th November 2022
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Can't believe we're arguing about this. We (married couple) have two cars, named driver on each others car - obviously.

Wife's car is the daily and I usually drive it when we're together; it would never occur to me to phone the insurance and say 'By the way, the car will be at the Premier Inn, Durham, tonight'. Utter nonsense - I'd be phoning them twice a week!

911hope

3,793 posts

56 months

Friday 11th November 2022
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littleredrooster said:
Can't believe we're arguing about this. We (married couple) have two cars, named driver on each others car - obviously.

Wife's car is the daily and I usually drive it when we're together; it would never occur to me to phone the insurance and say 'By the way, the car will be at the Premier Inn, Durham, tonight'. Utter nonsense - I'd be phoning them twice a week!
I haven't seen anyone say he's not covered, so no actual argument exists.

littleredrooster

6,412 posts

226 months

Friday 11th November 2022
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911hope said:
littleredrooster said:
Can't believe we're arguing about this. We (married couple) have two cars, named driver on each others car - obviously.

Wife's car is the daily and I usually drive it when we're together; it would never occur to me to phone the insurance and say 'By the way, the car will be at the Premier Inn, Durham, tonight'. Utter nonsense - I'd be phoning them twice a week!
I haven't seen anyone say he's not covered, so no actual argument exists.
Sorry, but you've missed the point completely. OP was worried about a named driver parking the car somewhere other than home address overnight.

Alex_225

7,841 posts

231 months

Friday 11th November 2022
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Don't worry about it OP, your dad is insured in it and it's allowed to spend a bit of time away from the address. That's normal use. smile

It'll be covered.

dhutch

17,895 posts

227 months

Friday 11th November 2022
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littleredrooster said:
Sorry, but you've missed the point completely. OP was worried about a named driver parking the car somewhere other than home address overnight.
Like a Premier Inn?

Ankh87

1,165 posts

132 months

Friday 11th November 2022
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It's perfectly fine. As long as the main address is yours and the car is 80% of the time at your address, then he can take it and park it at his.
Its not that he's the main driver. He uses the car but you're the main driver and use it the most.

TwigtheWonderkid

49,181 posts

180 months

Friday 11th November 2022
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911hope said:
Can't imagine why anyone would ask for advice on a contract from on-line strangers, instead of reading the contract.
Because some of those online strangers might know enough about insurance contracts to be able to say "no need to read the contract, or call the insurers, or give this matter another moment's consideration, because there isn't a car insurance contract in the UK that says your car must be kept at the declared address every single night."

911hope

3,793 posts

56 months

Saturday 12th November 2022
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
Because some of those online strangers might know enough about insurance contracts to be able to say "no need to read the contract, or call the insurers, or give this matter another moment's consideration, because there isn't a car insurance contract in the UK that says your car must be kept at the declared address every single night."
The point is that the OP cannot know if the advice received is from a an expert or just a pretender. They are an unknown.

Auslander

343 posts

48 months

Saturday 12th November 2022
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What worries me is that we let these people vote.

I do wonder if they have to ask someone how to put their socks on in the mornings.