Debating selling the 940.....

[volvo-express]

Hi, its acrap position to be in, proberly best to go with a cheep skoda felicia 1.3Mpi, very easy to fix, and they are cheep everything!!!!

Volvos will be around, you can always come back and enjoy again!

Good luck

[kevham]

Wow - that is a hell of a lot of dosh on insurance.

If it was me, I'd sell the volvo and buy a cheaper to insure runabout, build up a couple of years NCB, get 'older' and spend the money I've saved on booze and takeaways.

Just my thoughts, mind.

[smithy]

if i was you keep the volvo park it up sworn it off buy a cheap nacker run that till your next insurance renew date and then reinsure the volvo will be alot cheaper then mate ps gives you chance to play doing things to the car then ready for the road

[redboy]

Try classic insurance- I've had good luck with Lancaster and Footman James. I just got my renewal for my 245- £185 per YEAR comp. and £104 per year for the Allegro- unlimited mileage and business use on both with agreed value. I am 33 years old though, but do have 3 pts on my license.

I remember when I first came to the UK in 2003, I had a 2 litre Saab 99, a Citroen XM, CX, and Merc 300SE at various times. Even with a 'new UK' license, I was only paying around £500/year with classic insurance. Thats about £40-50 month. If your Volvo is too new, perhaps think about buying an older 940- pre 1995 so its over 15 years old. But call the classic companies first- they're very flexible with their underwriting, and can usually work something out. Mention that you're in the Volvo club too- I get discounts for my various car clubs. IIRC I got a better discount one year by using my Allegro club membership on a Mercedes!

[redboy]

oh- and really think about how many miles you do a year- you can save a bundle if you go for a limited mileage policy.

[Palmer]

Originally Posted by redboy

oh- and really think about how many miles you do a year- you can save a bundle if you go for a limited mileage policy.

I am on a limited policy

[smithy]

how long you got left on your insurance mate because when you have 1 yrs no claims its cheaper.try chris knott and say you are a volvo owner on voc.im a member of vpcuk and get a discount for that

[Palmer]

Originally Posted by smithy

how long you got left on your insurance mate because when you have 1 yrs no claims its cheaper.try chris knott and say you are a volvo owner on voc.im a member of vpcuk and get a discount for that

Ermm like 11 months? I have one years NCB :|

I wreckon ima stick it out for a bit anyway....

[smithy]

Originally Posted by Palmer

Ermm like 11 months? I have one years NCB :|

I wreckon ima stick it out for a bit anyway....

get intouch with cris knott mate very good quotes when your next insurance mate

[Dr. Rog]

Originally Posted by Palmer

360GLT is 900 a year

Not 2,700 :O


and for some reason the more powerful 2.3 T is cheaper than my 2.0 to insure... wtf lol

I think you have been the victim of insurance companies hiking up the price. My wife has not passed a test so I know insurers hate cars with over 2L. The fact you got a lower quote for a powerful 360 shows its possible.

Have you tried the comparison sites?