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Nov 26th, 2018, 00:36 | #11 |
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I had polestar added while I was trying to get my Volvo ID issue sorted, two weeks ago, and LV class it as an engine remap and charged me an extra £110 upon renewal.
My dealer got a fair bit of cash out of me that day. £699 for the Polestar and £199 to have my brake and accelerator changed to the R Design ones. Don’t tell Mrs R though...
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Nov 26th, 2018, 18:14 | #12 | |
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Nov 26th, 2018, 19:18 | #13 |
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Ridiculous.
With that much of a hike, surely it’s got to be worth haggling - or finding a new insurer? I was originally quoted an increase of £70, immediately reduced to £40 when I complained. When trading up to a newer model (again with P* obviously!), it was actually slightly cheaper - all esure. Don’t just accept it...
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Nov 26th, 2018, 20:18 | #14 |
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Again, what a ridiculous premium.
I am also with LV and pay approx an extra £24/annum for a Polestar upgrade. LV view Polestar in a different manner from the majority of performances upgrade chips/tweaks available because Polster is a Volvo OEM product. How did you describe Polestar to LV? Perhaps you overdid the additional performance gains........?? Polstar does not turn our motors into a rocketship by any stretch of imagination!
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Nov 26th, 2018, 21:48 | #15 | |
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Never say anything like ‘performance upgrade’ - just sets the red lights flashing if they’re already a bit twitchy about such things.
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Nov 26th, 2018, 22:49 | #16 |
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When I called my insurer (NFU) they asked me was the car the 250 or the 258 bhp version. So obviously they're aware.
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Nov 27th, 2018, 05:18 | #17 |
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When I called LV to inform them, the call handler had to refer to her “Technical Department” who classified it as an ECU “chip” performance upgrade.
I thought it was a bit steep but I do live in one of the most expensive postcodes for insurance in the country, so thought it was par for the course. Now that I have had your feedback, I will go back to them and query it. For reference, my annual premium went from £840 to £950, for myself and my wife, with one claim in the last five years.
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For reference my LV annual premium is now c£260 on below XC60 T5 based on: Policy for self & wife (both retired) - £250 excess - no accidents - max NCD - garaged - 10,000 miles. Try NFU for a comparion?
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Nov 27th, 2018, 19:32 | #20 |
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With regard to the insurance debate, if you order Polestar as part of the specification for a new car, it is merely an option on the Volvo website in the same way of adding say the winter pack or bigger wheels.
On that basis there seems to be no reason to proactively tell insurers unless they ask. If its ordered post delivery/registration of the car then that is a different matter. |
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