I got my car insurance renewal today.
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Yeah - I guess the increase in value due to the cost of EVs has helped push the cost up generally, even if you don't drive an EV (because I can't charge one anywhere near home). I just tried a couple of the "insurance comparison" sites, and they couldn't get below the renewal price - the closest was £30 more! I'm really, really glad I'm not 17 any more ... :-D
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OriginalGriff wrote:
I'm really, really glad I'm not 17 any more ...
I hear ya
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I just glad my car is a (relatively) low insurance group: 15E For a laugh, I checked the group for Teslas - they start at 36 and go up to 50! Try buying an EV when you are 17 ... :-D
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And it's risen by 30% this year - an extra £60! So I look around to find out why and it turns out that's not bad - the average rise in the UK this year is 43%. Bloody glad I'm not still 17 ... they pay an average of £3,145 :omg: I'm still going to shop around, but ... looks like it might be not too bad a price after all. :sigh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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And it's risen by 30% this year - an extra £60! So I look around to find out why and it turns out that's not bad - the average rise in the UK this year is 43%. Bloody glad I'm not still 17 ... they pay an average of £3,145 :omg: I'm still going to shop around, but ... looks like it might be not too bad a price after all. :sigh:
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Bloody glad I'm not still 17
May I disagree? I'd rather be 17. Better yet: 30... insurance cost and everything :laugh:
Mircea
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And it's risen by 30% this year - an extra £60! So I look around to find out why and it turns out that's not bad - the average rise in the UK this year is 43%. Bloody glad I'm not still 17 ... they pay an average of £3,145 :omg: I'm still going to shop around, but ... looks like it might be not too bad a price after all. :sigh:
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OriginalGriff wrote:
. Bloody glad I'm not still 17
You obviously don't have kids...
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Bloody glad I'm not still 17
May I disagree? I'd rather be 17. Better yet: 30... insurance cost and everything :laugh:
Mircea
Mircea Neacsu wrote:
I'd rather be 17. Better yet: 30
I would go for the mid 20ies... but knowing what I know now. Where do I sign?
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Mircea Neacsu wrote:
I'd rather be 17. Better yet: 30
I would go for the mid 20ies... but knowing what I know now. Where do I sign?
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
Nelek wrote:
but knowing what I know now
And missing the chance to do all the stupid things I did when I was young? What would be the fun? :laugh:
Mircea
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And it's risen by 30% this year - an extra £60! So I look around to find out why and it turns out that's not bad - the average rise in the UK this year is 43%. Bloody glad I'm not still 17 ... they pay an average of £3,145 :omg: I'm still going to shop around, but ... looks like it might be not too bad a price after all. :sigh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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And it's risen by 30% this year - an extra £60! So I look around to find out why and it turns out that's not bad - the average rise in the UK this year is 43%. Bloody glad I'm not still 17 ... they pay an average of £3,145 :omg: I'm still going to shop around, but ... looks like it might be not too bad a price after all. :sigh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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That's not bad Paul
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I'm fairly old and I have a lot of no claims bonus! Plus I drive a "sensible car" (Merc B-Class diesel) rather than a pocket rocket.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt -
I'm fairly old and I have a lot of no claims bonus! Plus I drive a "sensible car" (Merc B-Class diesel) rather than a pocket rocket.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Most people where I live have sold their diesel cars because of ULEZ I have a 2.0 litre Honda CRV petrol and my premium for fully comprehensive is £394.54 thats with max NCD
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Most people where I live have sold their diesel cars because of ULEZ I have a 2.0 litre Honda CRV petrol and my premium for fully comprehensive is £394.54 thats with max NCD
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
We're just outside, but have to regularly go in, and our car wasn't compliant, but we were fortunate and able to afford to upgrade; not everyone was so lucky. Some of my friends have "modern classics" which they can't really afford to use regularly now. Another one of my friends lives in the ULEZ. Paradoxically, his recent diesel is compliant, his wife's older petrol car wasn't.
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And it's risen by 30% this year - an extra £60! So I look around to find out why and it turns out that's not bad - the average rise in the UK this year is 43%. Bloody glad I'm not still 17 ... they pay an average of £3,145 :omg: I'm still going to shop around, but ... looks like it might be not too bad a price after all. :sigh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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And it's risen by 30% this year - an extra £60! So I look around to find out why and it turns out that's not bad - the average rise in the UK this year is 43%. Bloody glad I'm not still 17 ... they pay an average of £3,145 :omg: I'm still going to shop around, but ... looks like it might be not too bad a price after all. :sigh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
interestingly, my son graduated from college last year. about 6 months ago he bought his first car with his own money. Insurance for said car was quite a bit more than he was ready for. He could afford it but after a couple months it went up again. So he started shopping around and suddenly it went back down to lower than before. Insurance is just weird. DW and I pay about 1/3 what he pays He is a good driver with a clean record and the car is just a 4 door VW Jetta. nothing fancy.
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And it's risen by 30% this year - an extra £60! So I look around to find out why and it turns out that's not bad - the average rise in the UK this year is 43%. Bloody glad I'm not still 17 ... they pay an average of £3,145 :omg: I'm still going to shop around, but ... looks like it might be not too bad a price after all. :sigh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Renewed mine last week, it's gone down £10, now about the same as it was pre-covid (but different, much newer, car). But not like the one year when it went from £250+ to £38. No changes to policy, car, or driver. Just one absurdly cheap year. Anyway at £170 for a 4-year old car, outside London but inside M25, I'm not complaining. Same insurer for about 8 or 9 years now.
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Renewed mine last week, it's gone down £10, now about the same as it was pre-covid (but different, much newer, car). But not like the one year when it went from £250+ to £38. No changes to policy, car, or driver. Just one absurdly cheap year. Anyway at £170 for a 4-year old car, outside London but inside M25, I'm not complaining. Same insurer for about 8 or 9 years now.
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Nelek wrote:
but knowing what I know now
And missing the chance to do all the stupid things I did when I was young? What would be the fun? :laugh:
Mircea
Mircea Neacsu wrote:
And missing the chance to do all the stupid things I did when I was young?
Who is telling I wouldn't do them knowing what I do know now? ;P :-D
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Where do you live Derek ?
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