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Oct 18, 2011 17:34:17 GMT
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Excellent: Adrian Flux (insuring me with Herts Insurance Company)
Excellent: Peter James
Good: Aviva
All for young, or younger, drivers. All on classics, imports or heavily modified cars.
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Last Edit: Oct 18, 2011 17:35:10 GMT by Lewis
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Mike
East Midlands
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Oct 18, 2011 17:49:11 GMT
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Good experience: Lancaster Classic Insurance
Acceptable experience: Tesco, Alliance
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Oct 18, 2011 17:56:29 GMT
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Good: Admiral, good prices, good customer service and the opening hours (7 days a week) are really good
Bad: Adrian Flux, nearly got taken to court and slapped with a CCJ because of their incompetince. Wouldn't recomend them to anyone and certanly would never use them again.
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Oct 18, 2011 18:10:05 GMT
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NIG brokered through Footman James, let me down twice.  |
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1980 3dr 3.5 V8 Range Rover.
Rover 75 CDTi Auto.
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bl1300
Posted a lot
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Oct 18, 2011 18:11:48 GMT
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very interesting the same names are cropping up again and again I'm just glad I'm with a company that seems to be good Footman James.
Hotwire. Once you've made your decision would you consider putting this thread into the usefull threads section as it could be very usefull for everyone when looking for insurance
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Current fleet.
1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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Oct 18, 2011 20:07:23 GMT
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Yeah I think I will  .. "wisdom of the crowd" and all that. Thanks for all the info, clearly some consistency on the good and the bad side. Also I'd not heard of Peter James before so I'll check them out for my own purposes too  |
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Oct 18, 2011 20:26:02 GMT
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I believe Peter James was the James in Footman James, then I think, sold out, then got bored and started again. (but I'm tired so I will wait someone to confirm cos this might be a dream)
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74 Mk1 Escort 1360, 1971 Vauxhall Victor SL2000 Estate.
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longman
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 3
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Oct 18, 2011 20:28:12 GMT
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I believe Peter James was the James in Footman James, then I think, sold out, then got bored and started again. (but I'm tired so I will wait someone to confirm cos this might be a dream) sold to Aon .. then as you said....... |
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Paul
98 500 SL
86 911 Carrera/sold
23 Octavia Phev
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wayjay
Part of things
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Oct 18, 2011 20:35:57 GMT
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Good,Footman james,and Tesco
Bad,direct line
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Oct 18, 2011 20:41:26 GMT
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Good - Admiral (Very good, in fact).
Very Bad - Direct Line (completely incompetent).
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Oct 18, 2011 20:58:14 GMT
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Fantastic: Footman James
Horrific: Any insurance company in Ireland
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Club Retro Rides Member
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Lex
South East
日本車 <3
Posts: 2,404
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Oct 18, 2011 21:05:48 GMT
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Never had a crash and had to claim so my opinions is based purely on price and customer service.
Good: Aviva (Driving for a year, 1 years NCB, £650 mods declared on my Colt. Very helpful on the phone, very understanding of modifications. Seem better with insuring older cars than newer which should be fine for everyone here.)
Bad: Adrian Flux (Chuffing expensive, hold music is bloody abysmal and trust me you'll hear a lot of it. Unless you're a fan of Queen then you'd be happy)
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Last Edit: Oct 18, 2011 21:06:36 GMT by Lex
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Oct 18, 2011 22:04:52 GMT
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Fantastic: Footman James Horrific: Any insurance company in Ireland Quinns FTL eh? lol |
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Good: Admiral; Been happy with mods despite not the newest cars and being a young driver. Helpful and the breakdown cover isn't too bad either.
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ChasR
RR Helper
motivation
Posts: 10,296
Club RR Member Number: 170
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Here we go:
Good: Footman James, Lancaster, Admiral group, Peter Best, Direct Line
Bad: Swinton/Tradex and Aviva.
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Last Edit: Oct 19, 2011 6:32:17 GMT by ChasR
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complete dicks - Direct Line.
merely terrible - HIC after the Adrian Flux buyout.
cheap policy but never had to claim - Quinn Direct.
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1986 Panda 4x4.
1990 Metro Sport.
1999 Ford Escort estate.
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10mpg
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 204
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Oct 19, 2011 10:19:28 GMT
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BAD AWFUL TERRIBLE: Performance Direct,
POOR:Direct Line, Aviva
GOOD: Footman James (Tough noticeably worse service since buyout, that said the price dropped!)
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Last Edit: Oct 19, 2011 10:22:00 GMT by 10mpg
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Oct 19, 2011 11:59:14 GMT
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Good: Quinn - although a few years ago now, i remember nice customer service, good prices and, i think i got free 24 hour cover for picking a car up and bringing it home.
Bad: Adrian Flux - Renewal has rocketed, customer service is poor. Even before all the recent "insurance hikes", I swapped my group 13 audi 80 estate for a group 8 mk3 polo GT and they would not reduce the cost at all. Then it went up. They wont let me go fully comp as my car is 'only' insured for £1000 (its not even worth that, i tried to bump it up so they'd let me go fully comp!!).
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Oct 19, 2011 12:55:11 GMT
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Peter James - BAD (I don't have a landline now, calls to them are premium rate and always a long wait at 25p/minute)
Equity Red Star : BAD (mrs is insured with them, we just bought an AX in my name, they won't transfer her remaining months insurance onto the AX as 1. it's in my name, 2. we don't have logbook (it went to DVLA 2 days ago!)
Daimond (aimed at women) **** Bad! "you get settlement cheque within 24 hours" - our car was in a smash abroad leaving us with no transport. Took them 4 months to decide to write it off - then we get cheque in 24 hours !
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Oct 19, 2011 14:40:37 GMT
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Good: multicar policy(mixed moderns and classics) provided by Heritage via Norton Insurance. very good price on consecutive years and good account mgt.
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.. "wisdom of the crowd" and all that.
