If I buy one of these 500 pound vans how much is the TPFT?

[Jim9875768752143253545]

So lots of 500 pound vans with 200,000 or more miles on them, in my area on gum tree etc

How much will the cheapest insurance cost for this type of van I appreciate there are many variables but just give me an approximation

Thanks friends!

[MDMA .]

At a guess, between £1 and £10,000.

[valiant]

Just get the registration off one of them and stick it in a comparison website.

[Ussrcossack]

Just because they are £500 you can still do the same amount of damage to the 3rd party as any other car

[Pica-Pica]

valiant said:

Just get the registration off one of them and stick it in a comparison website.

Too hard, they want someone else to do the work.

[njw1]

I don't want to put a downer on things but a van worth £500 is going to be scrap, insuring it is going to be the least of your problems.

[Hawkshaw]

OP, the cost of the insurance will depend on your driving history - licence, experience, any past claims etc. as well as the type of vehicle so it's not something anyone here can give you much help with.

As said, there are plenty of comparison sites you can use, or find an old-school broker with a phone number, who you can actually talk to!

You have asked about cheap vans before. I always reckon with a cheap vehicle, you should expect to spend the same again on getting it up and running. So if a £500 van needs £500 spending on it that's maybe worth doing, but if it needs £900 then don't bother. It's not a perfect rule of thumb, as someone will no doubt point out, but it helps.

[okv3]

£1258.73

[Jim9875768752143253545]

So I want to know if its more because the van has so much mileage or is it more or less the same as a van with much less mileage?

[skilly1]

Jim9875768752143253545 said:

So I want to know if its more because the van has so much mileage or is it more or less the same as a van with much less mileage?

Stick your details in a comparision website and use a Reg of a advert for a van currently for sale. .

[otolith]

No idea if it's still the case, but insurance for vans used to be noticeably more expensive than insurance for cars.

Also, TPFT is not usually particularly cheap and is sometimes more expensive than comprehensive insurance - simply because the people who buy it tend to be riskier people.

[Hawkshaw]

Jim9875768752143253545 said:

So I want to know if its more because the van has so much mileage or is it more or less the same as a van with much less mileage?

I don't recall being asked about the mileage last time I insured anything.

[ajm_ph]

Jim9875768752143253545 said:

So I want to know if its more because the van has so much mileage or is it more or less the same as a van with much less mileage?

Go to a comparison site and get a quote. You don't even need a reg, just the model details.
Do they ask you for mileage? If not then there is your answer.
If they do, try putting in different mileages and see what difference it makes.

[cayman-black]

okv3 said:

£1258.73

I put it in and it was £1258.74???

[Jim9875768752143253545]

how much better would a 700 pound people carrier or estate car be than a van of equal cost?

[Its Just Adz]

Good god man, just go on a comparison site.
Stop asking questions that nobody can answer.

[mgtony]

£9875768752143253545

[Derry Rhumba]

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[57Ford]

cayman-black said:

okv3 said:

£1258.73

I put it in and it was £1258.74???

That’s cos of your postcode.

[MDMA .]

Jim9875768752143253545 said:

how much better would a 700 pound people carrier or estate car be than a van of equal cost?

Between 0% and 100% better.