C70 Insurance??

[JumboBeef]

My old C70 2.0 cost £180ish, unlimited miles and business use. I'm old with full NCD

[volvoid]

I dont know.
There are a lot of foreigners in UK, enough that there may be some insurers who give them a better deal. Insurance is competetive, up to a point.
I wonder if its worth driving your overseas-registered car here till you have to import it (or go home for a week), using your existing insurer ?
Youre going to have to shop around. Ask other incomers.

[volvoid]

You wouldnt be alone in being so cheesed off by some insurance prices that you buy a fiat panda and a bicycle.

[bournricha]

If you have difficulty over NCB may I suggest Be Wiser brokers .I had not had my own insurance for nine years ,having been a named driver on my partners insurance .It was only Be Wiser that would give me credit for that and gave me 7 years ncb .ALL the others wanted to really sting me as if I was new despite having been driving safely for 45 years .
The premium ended up at £240 for a t5 in rural Scotland ,which I thought was about fair .Also ,they have not tried to bump up the premium on renewal or even creep it up which is refreshing .
They seem to take an individual view and not be be bound by "computer says no".

[bournricha]

Try Be Wiser insurance .They are the only ones that would give me credit for nine years as a named driver ,age 65 ,rural Scotland ,t5,45 years safe driving .All the others wanted to start me from fresh, and I think you will have the same problem from abroad .Premium was £240
,all the others more than double .Also included ,RAC roadside
Oops ,seem to have repeated !

[02Anders]

Thx for all your input Gents!
In the end I managed to get a reasonable insurance quote from "Aviva" on the Volvo C70 T5 for me and a MG ZT-T +190 for my wife. At least they were willing to accept our NCB from abroad, and their cover and terms seemed quite reasonable.

[DAN AT ADRIAN FLUX]

Hi,
If you haven't actually taken up the insurance yet please feel free to give us a try. If you have then no problem at all. Try us next year possibly.
Regards,
Dan.

[Dibble]

Originally Posted by Luxobarge

Is this your main car or is it a second + car? How many miles do you expect to do in a year?

If it's a second + car and you expect to do less than 5,000 miles a year you can insure it as a classic with Peter Best (very good company) at nearly a half of what you will pay for "normal" insurance.

If that doesn't work then the normal search in the insurance search engines will be the way to go IMHO.

I don't think the insurers consider a car to be Classic until it is 20 years old. I have just acquired a 1997 940 and would not be considered a Classic for that reason.

[02Anders]

Originally Posted by DAN AT ADRIAN FLUX

Hi,
If you haven't actually taken up the insurance yet please feel free to give us a try. If you have then no problem at all. Try us next year possibly.
Regards,
Dan.

Well I haven't paid yet.
Dan, do you guys accept NCB from abroad? That seems to be a bit of an issue with many insurance companies...

[Luxobarge]

Originally Posted by Dibble

I don't think the insurers consider a car to be Classic until it is 20 years old. I have just acquired a 1997 940 and would not be considered a Classic for that reason.

Let's not get into the discussion of what's a "classic" as such, but I can assure you that the policy I'm on with PB is their "classic car" policy - I believe they'll consider anything over 10 years old for that type of policy, are you saying they refused to insure your 940 on a classic policy? If you haven't asked them, I suggest you do so, you might have a pleasant surprise!