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RedM

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Adrian Flux for me Martin, no complaints at all - they also seem to get cheaper with each renewal.

 

~£600 all declared.

 

I'm just waiting for them to call back. TBH, I like Sky, I like their agreed value option but I don't like the price which is just £40 lower than last year!

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I'm just waiting for them to call back. TBH, I like Sky, I like their agreed value option but I don't like the price which is just £40 lower than last year!

 

Does insurance still go down each year when you get to your age then?

 

:innocent:

 

I must admit that I didn't even ring around this year so maybe I could have got cheaper than I have, I'm happy with the service and their policy on mods though.

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I'm 26 with 6yrs no claims - best quote i could get on my NA last year with Adrian Flux was £755 protected. I recently got my renewal through £780!!! They added a £25 renewal charge?!! Never seen one of those before! :blink:

 

Anyway started looking around for another insurer, thought i'd give Elephant another go since i heard a rumor that they now insure NAs. £495 protected!

 

It gets better - they phoned me the next day and to win my business they lopped another £40 off - £455 :wooohoo:

 

Downside is in the event of an accident they will only return my car to the manufacturers original spec, but since the only mods i have are alloys i'm willing to take that risk.

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Remember that if you get a better quote than Sky you should get back on the phone to them and tell them. Although they should always give you the lowest price the first time they are able to give extra discount if it is to beat a genuine quote from another insurer.

 

It can't hurt to try. :)

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I've done that, Mr. Mawby, Sir. Jae is going to have a look tomorrow but from his tone I'd be amazed if it was anything more than a token gesture.

 

What I can't work out is that he implied my premium was high because they offer an approved valuation system. He didn't say that this extra cost would be removed if I decided not to go the approve value route. Then theres the £35 admin fee for having someone decide that the car is or isn't worth what I think. Even though they did it last year.

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Remember that if you get a better quote than Sky you should get back on the phone to them and tell them. Although they should always give you the lowest price the first time they are able to give extra discount if it is to beat a genuine quote from another insurer.

 

It can't hurt to try. :)

 

That has certainly been my experience with Sky. They give rubbish renewal quotes (as does every insurer!), but they will match or beat the competition when asked. I saved about 100 quid on the Supra this time round by getting them to beat Adrian Flux's quote.

 

And I did the same thing the month before when I bought my Elise. Phoned Sky first and got a reasonable quote. Phoned Adrian Flux and got a quote 150 quid cheaper. Then phoned Sky back and asked them to match it, which they did.

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I'd try Bell as well, they were £100 cheaper than Sky's second offer.

 

Overall Sky weren't that good with me, and I was surprised when they told me my premium already had my club discount applied, even though last years I didn't have the discount applied because the FTO club didn't have the agreement set up then.

 

But I sticked with sky though simply because I couldn't be arsed to faff about, too many exams and I was moving house. :(

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