LHD insurance

Firblog

What is the difference in insuring a left hand drive car compared to right hand drive one? Is there a sizeable loading?

User1998

Generally speaking you can’t insure LHD cars here

hoodie6029

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120770822#Comment_120770822

I’ve certainly seen plenty of Irish reg LHD cars here. Might only be a couple of insurers that cover them though.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058302560/lhd-insurance

Worth ringing a broker if you’ve a car in mind OP to get an idea of price.

User1998

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120771844#Comment_120771844

I’d imagine almost all Irish reg LHD cars are insured under classic policies

hoodie6029

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120771967#Comment_120771967

I’ve seen a 221 Corvette, a few fairly new LHD Range Rovers around the Google neck of the woods in Dublin over the last few years. They’re hardly on classic policies.

galwaytt

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Arnout

I moved here last year from the Netherlands and brought my car with me. Brokers didn't get me anywhere, as they work with standardised systems which pretty much automatically reject when the phrase LHD comes up. They all advised me to contact insurers directly. In the end there were two willing to insure me, Liberty and Axa. More details on my insurance adventures here: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058264205/car-insurance-after-moving-to-ireland

hi5

I had a LHD Dodge Ram for years, insured on a commercial policy with AXA, I don't recall any loading for LHD, premium was around the €500 mark.

Henry Ford III

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120770822#Comment_120770822

Nonsense. It's not difficult nor expensive to insure a LHD vehicle here.

Arnout

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120817227#Comment_120817227

Nah, can't say it's cheap either. I don't know what the equivalent RHD of my car would cost, but I pay 2 or 300 more than I did in the Netherlands, whereas the insurance for my wife's car is cheaper here than in NL (we bought pretty much the same car that we had in NL, but in RHD, when we moved here).