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In Article <[email protected]>,Rooney
<[email protected]> wrote:


>I change insurers every year or two, because I've found there's always
>a much better deal to be had elsewhere when the renewal notice comes -
>sometimes hundreds of £££ savings. Sounds like Tesco were pulling a
>fast one.

Where's the best place to go and check prices then?
I'm in the market for motor insurance after the last 17 years as a company
car driver, and not having owned a car previously. Yeah, I know... welcome
to the real world...

Regards,
Richard G.
 
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:00:05 +0000, Richard G. <[email protected]>
wrote:

>In Article <[email protected]>,Rooney
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>I change insurers every year or two, because I've found there's always
>>a much better deal to be had elsewhere when the renewal notice comes -
>>sometimes hundreds of £££ savings. Sounds like Tesco were pulling a
>>fast one.
>
>Where's the best place to go and check prices then?
>I'm in the market for motor insurance after the last 17 years as a company
>car driver, and not having owned a car previously. Yeah, I know... welcome
>to the real world...
>
>Regards,
>Richard G.

You can do it all on the internet - Googling on 'online car insurance
uk' will give you a fair number of starting points. It's
time-consuming, but well worth taking a couple of hours to look at
what's on offer. I haven't got a clue what kind of logic they use -
sometimes a company that gave an absurdly high quote one year will
give a highly competitive one the next year.

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In Article <[email protected]>,Rooney
<[email protected]> wrote:

>You can do it all on the internet - Googling on 'online car insurance
>uk' will give you a fair number of starting points. It's
>time-consuming, but well worth taking a couple of hours to look at
>what's on offer.

OK, used thisismoney.co.uk so far, which saves quite a bit of time and seems
to find some very competitive quotes from companies I've never heard of!

>I haven't got a clue what kind of logic they use -
>sometimes a company that gave an absurdly high quote one year will
>give a highly competitive one the next year.

Ah, that'll be the "brand new customers only" effect I expect.

Regards,
Richard G.
 
On 15 Mar 2005 11:01:09 -0800, "Chris Gilbert" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>You should all be members of the Environmental Transport Agency
>(ETA).

No lectures, please. "could" would suffice.

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Following up to Chris Gilbert

>> Anyone got any warnings about the AA here?
>
>You should all be members of the Environmental Transport Agency
>(ETA). They campaign on behalf of Transport 2000 while the others
>are members of the Road Transport Lobby.

So they are named after a terrorist group and campaign against
cars, I wonder why I'm not a member? When I hear RAC spokesman,
they are usually making statements about speeding or similar and
are introduced as having x members, however I never told them my
opinions on anything when I was a member, or wanted them to do
other than fix the car. I must remember to join a rescue
organisation that does not support *any* political point of view
when I get to choose in a few months.
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Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
 
The Reids wrote:

> So they are named after a terrorist group and campaign against
> cars, I wonder why I'm not a member?

The first point is irrelevant coincidence and the second is a
misrepresentation. If they were anti-car then they wouldn't come out to
fix cars, but if there are /fewer/ cars on the road due to fewer
pointless journeys being made then that will /actively benefit/ those
still on the roads. Or do you *like* sitting in traffic jams?

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email protected] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
 
Bitstring <[email protected]>, from the
wonderful person Richard G. <[email protected]> said
>In Article <[email protected]>,Rooney
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>I change insurers every year or two, because I've found there's always
>>a much better deal to be had elsewhere when the renewal notice comes -
>>sometimes hundreds of £££ savings. Sounds like Tesco were pulling a
>>fast one.
>
>Where's the best place to go and check prices then?
>I'm in the market for motor insurance after the last 17 years as a company
>car driver, and not having owned a car previously. Yeah, I know... welcome
>to the real world...

If you can get an appropriate piece of paper from your company you can
at least start with a max no claims discount with most insurers
(assuming you haven't hit anything in your company car for a few years,
of course). You may have known that, but some folks don't ...

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SC recommends the use of Firefox; Get smart, or get assimilated.
 
In message <[email protected]>, The Reids
<[email protected]> writes
>Following up to Chris Gilbert
>
>>> Anyone got any warnings about the AA here?
>>
>>You should all be members of the Environmental Transport Agency
>>(ETA). They campaign on behalf of Transport 2000 while the others
>>are members of the Road Transport Lobby.
>
>So they are named after a terrorist group and campaign against
>cars, I wonder why I'm not a member? When I hear RAC spokesman,
>they are usually making statements about speeding or similar and
>are introduced as having x members, however I never told them my
>opinions on anything when I was a member, or wanted them to do
>other than fix the car. I must remember to join a rescue
>organisation that does not support *any* political point of view
>when I get to choose in a few months.

Better to at least know what the group stands for and what they will say
in your name. I joined the ETA knowing what it stood for and that I
agreed with its aims.

Are there any rescue organisations that won't comment on speeding or any
other motoring issue if asked?
 
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:40:00 +0000, Peter Clinch
<[email protected]> wrote:

>The Reids wrote:
>
>> So they are named after a terrorist group and campaign against
>> cars, I wonder why I'm not a member?
>
>The first point is irrelevant coincidence and the second is a
>misrepresentation. If they were anti-car then they wouldn't come out to
>fix cars, but if there are /fewer/ cars on the road due to fewer
>pointless journeys being made then that will /actively benefit/ those
>still on the roads. Or do you *like* sitting in traffic jams?
>
>Pete.

I reserve the right to make pointless journeys - it's my car, my fuel,
my money, my taxes! I accept that someone might want to campaign
against me, but I'm buggered if I'll support them!

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Rooney wrote:

> I reserve the right to make pointless journeys - it's my car, my fuel,
> my money, my taxes! I accept that someone might want to campaign
> against me, but I'm buggered if I'll support them!

But OTOH I'm sure you're quite willing for them to persuade (not force,
mind) /other/ people off the road at the same time!

The simple fact of the matter is a lot of people do themselves no
favours by exercising their right to drive as much as they do. In many
cases a car is the best thing, which is why my partner and I have and
use one, but in a huge number it's actively daft. I know people who
will drive less than 1 km, not because they're particularly lazy but
because they have a default travel option of going somewhere == car.
They're costing themselves money, and often time, wasting time of anyone
else on the roads, and adding to general pollution and public danger.
It is in everyone's best interests if more people at least wake up to
the possibilities afforded by alternatives, which they won't do without
campaigning.

I am reminded of a conversation I had in Amsterdam, where my host for
dinner commented "you /can/ drive through Amsterdam if you want, but it
would be your fault!". This applies to a lot of places in the UK too,
it's just people don't seem to realise the fact.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email protected] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
 
Richard G. wrote:

> Where's the best place to go and check prices then?

I've used these people for a few years now. Even after I've got a
price from them I find it hard to better it anywhere else...

http://www.its4me.co.uk/

Chris
 
"Richard G." <[email protected]> schreef in bericht
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> In Article <[email protected]>,Rooney
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>You can do it all on the internet - Googling on 'online car insurance
>>uk' will give you a fair number of starting points. It's
>>time-consuming, but well worth taking a couple of hours to look at
>>what's on offer.
>
> OK, used thisismoney.co.uk so far, which saves quite a bit of time and
> seems
> to find some very competitive quotes from companies I've never heard of!

Be carefull with sites that do the searching for you. They often get payed
by the companies they promote. Oops, by the companies with the *Best Buy* I
mean.

--
Theo
www.theosphotos.fotopic.net
 
On 16 Mar 2005 04:21:14 -0800, "Chris Gilbert"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Richard G. wrote:
>
>> Where's the best place to go and check prices then?
>
>I've used these people for a few years now. Even after I've got a
>price from them I find it hard to better it anywhere else...
>
>http://www.its4me.co.uk/
>
>Chris

They are £200 higher than my best quote!!!

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Rooney wrote:

> They are £200 higher than my best quote!!!

Then I shall look around again before renewing with them.

Chris
 
On 16 Mar 2005 06:51:18 -0800, "Chris Gilbert"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Rooney wrote:
>
>> They are £200 higher than my best quote!!!
>
>Then I shall look around again before renewing with them.
>
>Chris

I believe some companies prefer certain driver/vehicle profiles, but
I've never been able to fathom any of it out.
Same mystery applies to insuring young drivers: I get absurdly high
(in the region of £3 grand) quotes for my learner daughter, or a
straight refusal to quote at all, apparently on the basis of engine
size. But this takes no account of top speed or acceleration etc.
If my car were a horse, it would be a Clydesdale rather than an Arab -
should be cheaper to insure for a learner than most modern hatchbacks!

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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:35:07 +0000, Rooney <[email protected]> wrote:

>On 16 Mar 2005 04:21:14 -0800, "Chris Gilbert"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>Richard G. wrote:
>>
>>> Where's the best place to go and check prices then?
>>
>>I've used these people for a few years now. Even after I've got a
>>price from them I find it hard to better it anywhere else...
>>
>>http://www.its4me.co.uk/
>>
>>Chris
>
>They are £200 higher than my best quote!!!

They didn't get very near mine. I'm with Tesco now, having used Direct Line
for many years. Last time I spent half a day of my employer's time trawling
the net for quotes, it was a fruitless exercise (no doubt as I have had one
no-blame claim within living memory). Neither Tesco nor DL before them ever
gave me the impression they were fleecing me through my inertia - premium
increases have always been reasonable, especially so when negative ;-)

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Mail john rather than nospam...
 
In article <[email protected]>, Rooney
<[email protected]> writes
>On 16 Mar 2005 06:51:18 -0800, "Chris Gilbert"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>Rooney wrote:
>>
>>> They are £200 higher than my best quote!!!
>>
>>Then I shall look around again before renewing with them.
>>
>>Chris
>
>I believe some companies prefer certain driver/vehicle profiles, but
>I've never been able to fathom any of it out.
>Same mystery applies to insuring young drivers: I get absurdly high
>(in the region of £3 grand) quotes for my learner daughter, or a
>straight refusal to quote at all, apparently on the basis of engine
>size. But this takes no account of top speed or acceleration etc.
>If my car were a horse, it would be a Clydesdale rather than an Arab -
>should be cheaper to insure for a learner than most modern hatchbacks!
>

Ah but it is heavy and will do expensive damage to those things it hits
:-(


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Dominic Sexton
 
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:18:59 +0000, Peter Clinch
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Rooney wrote:
>
>> I reserve the right to make pointless journeys - it's my car, my fuel,
>> my money, my taxes! I accept that someone might want to campaign
>> against me, but I'm buggered if I'll support them!
>
>But OTOH I'm sure you're quite willing for them to persuade (not force,
>mind) /other/ people off the road at the same time!
>
>The simple fact of the matter is a lot of people do themselves no
>favours by exercising their right to drive as much as they do. In many
>cases a car is the best thing, which is why my partner and I have and
>use one, but in a huge number it's actively daft. I know people who
>will drive less than 1 km, not because they're particularly lazy but
>because they have a default travel option of going somewhere == car.
>They're costing themselves money, and often time, wasting time of anyone
>else on the roads, and adding to general pollution and public danger.
>It is in everyone's best interests if more people at least wake up to
>the possibilities afforded by alternatives, which they won't do without
>campaigning.
>
>I am reminded of a conversation I had in Amsterdam, where my host for
>dinner commented "you /can/ drive through Amsterdam if you want, but it
>would be your fault!". This applies to a lot of places in the UK too,
>it's just people don't seem to realise the fact.
>
>Pete.


I wouldn't blame anyone for using the car in preference to public
transport, which is dire. I don't buy the 'green' thing - to hear some
people talk you'd think the countryside was dying from pollution. Last
century there was a problem, mostly caused by industry and
agriculture, with car pollution somewhere behind, but that's mostly
long gone. Most cars are fairly clean, the air is reasonable, the
wayside plants flourish, the roadside hedges teem with birds, the
acid-rain menace turned out to be a minor thing. And as for using up
the earth's resources - there's no point in *not* using them!
I rarely get stuck in traffic though, so I'm quite fortunate (-:

My solution to the transport problem would be to turn all those dull,
straightish, flattish, long-distance paths into railways. They would
be ideal (-:

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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:11:51 +0000, Dominic Sexton
<{d-sep03}@dscs.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>, Rooney
><[email protected]> writes
>>On 16 Mar 2005 06:51:18 -0800, "Chris Gilbert"
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Rooney wrote:
>>>
>>>> They are £200 higher than my best quote!!!
>>>
>>>Then I shall look around again before renewing with them.
>>>
>>>Chris
>>
>>I believe some companies prefer certain driver/vehicle profiles, but
>>I've never been able to fathom any of it out.
>>Same mystery applies to insuring young drivers: I get absurdly high
>>(in the region of £3 grand) quotes for my learner daughter, or a
>>straight refusal to quote at all, apparently on the basis of engine
>>size. But this takes no account of top speed or acceleration etc.
>>If my car were a horse, it would be a Clydesdale rather than an Arab -
>>should be cheaper to insure for a learner than most modern hatchbacks!
>>
>
>Ah but it is heavy and will do expensive damage to those things it hits
>:-(


That's true. I'd only had it a couple of weeks when a Micra rear-ended
me while I was stationary at a junction. I heard a bang but felt
nothing. The Micra was wrecked.

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Rooney wrote:

> I wouldn't blame anyone for using the car in preference to public
> transport, which is dire. I don't buy the 'green' thing - to hear some
> people talk you'd think the countryside was dying from pollution.

I don't see why you're focusing purely on the countryside. Most
pointless car use, and most car derived pollution, affects the urban
areas the majority of the population live in. And urban areas are also
the places where public transport and cycle use is most relevant, and
often simpler, cheaper, easier and quicker than using a car.

Again, it is clearly the case that ETA are not simply "anti car", or
they wouldn't have a service targeted directly at cars and their
drivers, would they?

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email protected] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
 
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