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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 9:56 am
by zahir_213
I think the main thing that is buggering me up is my age, just cant seem to find anything decent. My dad has rang up a few companies, some of them wont insure me under his name because Im 18 and the car has alloys. Whats all that about?
Ageism!? is that a word?
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:02 pm
by 13twelve
insurance companies dont like modifications
oh no
makes your car more desirable to nick dont it
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:55 pm
by Loonball
zahir_213 wrote:I think the main thing that is buggering me up is my age, just cant seem to find anything decent. My dad has rang up a few companies, some of them wont insure me under his name because Im 18 and the car has alloys. Whats all that about?
Ageism!? is that a word?
It's your age and a modification that is the problem....
a mod is a mod, insurance companies dont care what kind of mod....
ring round for quotes yourself, your dad might just be ringing big named companies, it's the little unheard of ones that you need to be ringing.
BIG NAMES = BIG PRICES
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:29 pm
by carmadaaron
im with elephant....
even wif modz delcared its bout £50 more annually
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:27 pm
by Tahrey1043
i blame TFTF for making kids think they can automatically walk into a hot modded car at 17 and get away without paying for it through the nose
fact of life:
young = high insurance
powerful car = high insurance
modified car = high insurance
bad location = high insurance
and the above things dont so much add to each other as multiply.
as was, is, and ever shall be unfortunately. deal with it. i couldnt afford to run my "own" car (ie off of parental insurance) til i was 20 - and, for heavens sake, look what it is! (i could *just* have squeaked a 1.3, insurance wise)
harsh i know but ultimately hard to avoid.
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:33 pm
by carmadaaron
Tahrey1043 wrote:i blame TFTF for making kids think they can automatically walk into a hot modded car at 17 and get away without paying for it through the nose
fact of life:
young = high insurance
powerful car = high insurance
modified car = high insurance
bad location = high insurance
and the above things dont so much add to each other as multiply.
as was, is, and ever shall be unfortunately. deal with it. i couldnt afford to run my "own" car (ie off of parental insurance) til i was 20 - and, for heavens sake, look what it is! (i could *just* have squeaked a 1.3, insurance wise)
harsh i know but ultimately hard to avoid.
good pts there... but the last 1... u cant really do anyfing bout.....
no money means bad location eh?... or sleep on the streets onthe countryside.
