Classic Insurance Quote - Please Help

Obsolete01

Hi all,

I have bought a 1989 Nissan Skyline from Japan and am wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction to get a quote on it please as i have been told the fact it is an import i will not get a quote. However i find this hard to believe ............

Any advise would be of great assistance, thank you.

Nino Brown

Obsolete01 wrote: »

Hi all,

I have bought a 1989 Nissan Skyline from Japan and am wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction to get a quote on it please as i have been told the fact it is an import i will not get a quote. However i find this hard to believe ............

Any advise would be of great assistance, thank you.

Imports are loaded, and skylines have extra loading, you will get quotes, but unless you have a big NCB and you're not a young lad, they'll be huge.

Are you over 25?, and is it your only car?

Obsolete01

Nino Brown wrote: »

Imports are loaded, and skylines have extra loading, you will get quotes, but unless you have a big NCB and you're not a young lad, they'll be huge.

Are you over 25?, and is it your only car?

No I am 28, have a car for daily driving and have 7+ years NCB.

Nino Brown

Obsolete01 wrote: »

No I am 28, have a car for daily driving and have 7+ years NCB.

Have you tried AXA? I''m assuming your current insurers aren't having any of it?

Obsolete01

Nino Brown wrote: »

Have you tried AXA? I''m assuming your current insurers aren't having any of it?

So here is the thing ..... I rang Axa this morning and i got a guy and he said it was €380. Which is a great price ......... but then i thought "i wonder if they know it was an import" however given the fact it is a skyline i assumed they knew - but then when i rang back to ask they said to me that it has to be an irish car

So now im not sure where to go.......

My current insurance company is liberty and they will not even look at me ..... but i am not suprised

Nino Brown

Obsolete01 wrote: »

So here is the thing ..... I rang Axa this morning and i got a guy and he said it was €380. Which is a great price ......... but then i thought "i wonder if they know it was an import" however given the fact it is a skyline i assumed they knew - but then when i rang back to ask they said to me that it has to be an irish car

So now im not sure where to go.......

My current insurance company is liberty and they will not even look at me ..... but i am not suprised

That's ridiculous. And what does your liberty policy say about driving other cars? Since you won't be driving it full time, you may not need to insure it directly.

Obsolete01

Nino Brown wrote: »

That's ridiculous. And what does your liberty policy say about driving other cars? Since you won't be driving it full time, you may not need to insure it directly.

It states that i am insured to drive other cars as long as they are not in my name/tax'd and nct'd - but i would prefer have my own cover and do it right.

The funny thing is and i said this to liberty was that i have been insured on Turbo Starlets/R32's/STI's/EVO's/180sx/Altezza and Type r civic and integra's with them up until two years ago.

I dont understand why they are like this .............. So i am not sure who to contact now

Nino Brown

Obsolete01 wrote: »

It states that i am insured to drive other cars as long as they are not in my name/tax'd and nct'd - but i would prefer have my own cover and do it right.

The funny thing is and i said this to liberty was that i have been insured on Turbo Starlets/R32's/STI's/EVO's/180sx/Altezza and Type r civic and integra's with them up until two years ago.

I dont understand why they are like this .............. So i am not sure who to contact now

If I were you I'd write out an email with all the details and send it to every broker you can find online, see if anyone bites.

hi5

If I import a Mustang or Firebird from the USA it doesn't get loaded for classic insurance, are you sure these are classic policies they're talking about?

Obsolete01

hi5 wrote: »

If I import a Mustang or Firebird from the USA it doesn't get loaded for classic insurance, are you sure these are classic policies they're talking about?

Really? And what insurance companies do you get quotes from.

corktina

I think they misunderstood about the Irish/imported bit. Try them again. It IS an Irish car now

Obsolete01

corktina wrote: »

I think they misunderstood about the Irish/imported bit. Try them again. It IS an Irish car now

Yes see that's what i thought also - I will phone them again tomorrow morning to confirm because it made no sense really and truly.

corktina

they don't like Jap imports, but I'd have said they would have takn that into account when quoting.

Milly33

Axa are a bunch of tools sorry. They are always playing stupid with stuff.. Have you tried First Ireland they are very good, just ring them up give all the details and they will come back to you.they are brokers as such

Tommyboy40

Milly33 wrote: »

Axa are a bunch of tools sorry. They are always playing stupid with stuff.. Have you tried First Ireland they are very good, just ring them up give all the details and they will come back to you.they are brokers as such

+1 on First Ireland. Lovely people to deal with