Car Insurance - 0 years No claims

AgileMyth

Trying to help a friend out. Hes after buying a car and has lost his no claims bonus after a few years out of the country.

Any ideas who might be cheap? we're after ringing about 8-10 companies and its not looking good!

Been on bikes the last few years myself so not up to date on car insurance companies.

Hes 25 and its a 1.4 corrolla if that makes much difference.

Cheers folks.

maceocc2

What kinda quotes is he getting?

If there in the 2k-3k range he might be better off going to xsdirect and taking the big excess in exchange for cheaper insurance.

djimi

Try some brokers maybe. What was the problem exactly? It might not be cheap, but I doubt a 25 year old on a 1.4 Corolla will have trouble getting a quote of some description (especially as it sounds like he is not a novice driver).

If he is having real trouble then try the likes of XS Direct, who will insure him but the cover wont be worth a toss.

AgileMyth

maceocc2 wrote: »

What kinda quotes is he getting?

If there in the 2k-3k range he might be better off going to xsdirect and taking the big excess in exchange for cheaper insurance.

€1300ish is as cheap as we seem to be getting. Seems like a lot to me.

AgileMyth

djimi wrote: »

Try some brokers maybe. What was the problem exactly? It might not be cheap, but I doubt a 25 year old on a 1.4 Corolla will have trouble getting a quote of some description (especially as it sounds like he is not a novice driver).

If he is having real trouble then try the likes of XS Direct, who will insure him but the cover wont be worth a toss.

Getting quotes, they just seem crazy high.

Henry Ford III

AgileMyth wrote: »

€1300ish is as cheap as we seem to be getting. Seems like a lot to me.

Sounds reasonable enough with 0 ncb.

AgileMyth

Jaysus. Think I'll stick to the bikes for a while!

nd

try http://www.firstireland.ie/index-2-personal-car-quote.php

sawdoubters

put him on your insurance how many tickets has he got or lifetime claims

how old is he,how old is car


http://www.moneyguideireland.com/category/car-insurance

imurdaddy

Try nononsense.ie

I was in a similar postion couple years back after been abroad and lost my ncb, them gave me a good quote but im a good bit older.

Digital Society

Tesco Insurance with a clubcard get 10% off.

Minimum of 25 so he might be good there. Try an online quote with madeup details now yourself.

Zoney

Wife and I in same situation used 25plus.ie, seemed to be the best just from online quotes. We'll be ringing up next time though - advice here seems to be that's the only proper way to do it!

AgileMyth

Cheers folks. Will try them all in the morning. Liberty are cheapest so far.

djimi

€1300 really isn't bad for someone with no NCB. I'm not really sure what he is expecting to pay tbh?

theteal

Back when I started driving at 24 years of age the best quote I got was €1400 from Quinn. I'm not saying it's not a ridiculous figure but €1300 is not far from expected

ironclaw

Anywhere between €1500 and €1200 would be right on the money for someone with no claims. You could probably get that down to €800 or so if they are willing to go Third / Fire Party only.

marcus2000

maceocc2 wrote: »

If there in the 2k-3k range he might be better off going to xsdirect and taking the big excess in exchange for cheaper insurance.

Unfortunately XS Direct aren't operating in the Irish Market at the moment!!!

djimi

marcus2000 wrote: »

Unfortunately XS Direct aren't operating in the Irish Market at the moment!!!

http://www.xsdirect.ie/

marcus2000

djimi wrote: »

http://www.xsdirect.ie/

The website is there, but they don't operate in Ireland since January 1st.

djimi

marcus2000 wrote: »

The website is there, but they don't operate in Ireland since January 1st.

Ah yeah I see now if you try to go ahead with a quote they ask you to call them.

Odd that they wouldnt put that on the front page of their website...