stuzbot
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Just wondering what kind of ballpark figures those of you who, like me, have the misfortune to live in UK cities are getting?
I've not even got myself a Land Cruiser [Colorado / Prado] yet. But I've been putting a potential scenarios into a couple of comparison sites and the figures I'm getting back are eye-watering. If that's the best I can hope to get, there's no way I can afford to run a Land Cruiser. For comparison; my last 3 motors have been VW vans dating from mid 90s with declared value ~ £5000 and my premiums have bounced around the £350 mark. That's living in city centre Manchester. Motors kept in locked compound.
I've been putting similar figures into the comparison sites; late 90s Colorado/Prado similar declared value and the figures I'm getting back are ranging from £900 to over £2000. I'm mid fifties, clean licence held for 25+ years and 9 years no claims. Even bumping up my voluntary excess to a grand doesn't help.
I knew that, if I wanted to get a Land Cruiser, Id be moving up a few notches on the insurance groups, so was expecting to maybe pay an extra hundred or two a year. But these figures I'm getting back are like some teenager would get, trying to insure his first boy racer hatchback. Surely there must be something better out there for an old fart like me!
I've not even got myself a Land Cruiser [Colorado / Prado] yet. But I've been putting a potential scenarios into a couple of comparison sites and the figures I'm getting back are eye-watering. If that's the best I can hope to get, there's no way I can afford to run a Land Cruiser. For comparison; my last 3 motors have been VW vans dating from mid 90s with declared value ~ £5000 and my premiums have bounced around the £350 mark. That's living in city centre Manchester. Motors kept in locked compound.
I've been putting similar figures into the comparison sites; late 90s Colorado/Prado similar declared value and the figures I'm getting back are ranging from £900 to over £2000. I'm mid fifties, clean licence held for 25+ years and 9 years no claims. Even bumping up my voluntary excess to a grand doesn't help.
I knew that, if I wanted to get a Land Cruiser, Id be moving up a few notches on the insurance groups, so was expecting to maybe pay an extra hundred or two a year. But these figures I'm getting back are like some teenager would get, trying to insure his first boy racer hatchback. Surely there must be something better out there for an old fart like me!