TVR Insurance

[johnnywb]

I've picked up, perhaps wrongly, that TVR's are quite specialist when it comes to insurance. i.e. a high likelihood of being written off etc.

With a view to this, are their companies that specialise in TVR insurance, i.e. are a lot of you guys and girls insured through a few people?

Also, are premiums for TVR's higher than for other comparable performace cars?

I seem to be getting high quotes back on the research i'm doing, which is what made me wonder if there's some favoured insurers, or whether it's jsut a fact that the premiums are high.

Thanks in advance.

[Nefarious]

A.Manning and A-Plan, which I believe are the traditional TVR insurance specialists, both turned out more expensive for me than just using Flux. Bizarely, I'm only paying a smidgin (12% to be exact) more on a 4.5 Cerbera than I was quoted by the same company on my old Toyota Celica shed (valued at £200!). The algoriths they use for working out insurance premiums sometimes throw up the wierdest comparatives.

BTW - when the mrs tried to get quotes on the Cerb, Elephant and Tescos worked out to be the cheapest...

[Buffoon]

A doddle to insure compared to imports.

Tesco pretty good when I looked last

[V8 GRF]

You need to define what you call high price and what mileage, points etc you have.

I'm insured with Direct Line very competative price and good when I made a problem recently.
(Not my fault damaged by a car whilst parked up and 3rd party admitted liability)

[cloggy]

Have a look at this thread.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Fex2005]

Tesco was the best for me

[johnnywb]

Thanks guys,

To clarify, 24 yo male. No convictions, no accidents, 6 years history, 6 years NCB. Paying £900 on a 3.2 TT2 through Elephant. Car is kept on the street in SW6 and has Tracker. 12,000 miles per year of SCP&C & business use by myself.

Quote from Elephant for a T350 / Sag was just over £2,000. Several others came in around this mark too.

Now it could be that i've just got the TT cheap i guess. Waiting for A-plan to call me back tomorrow with a quote.

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

See this Tread http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Only problem with Hagerty they only do 2nd car insurance so if its your only car then you can't insure with them, but you will save a forture in you can.

[QuiteQuietCerb]

Get a quote from Hagerty insurance, as they specialize in tvrs, i think you need to be a tvr club member though

[coolcatmaz]

QuiteQuietCerb said:

Get a quote from Hagerty insurance, as they specialize in tvrs, i think you need to be a tvr club member though

Nope you dont need to be a TVRCC member. I've insured mine throught them as getting quotes of £2000 from everyone else, whereas Hagerty only charged £340 (inc breakdown) which includes it living on my drive.

At the time I wasn't a TVRCC member, but they did ask whether I was a PH member, which I was.