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*******Motors Chat - Round 7*******

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  • #2222
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    That reminds me of an article a while ago where a 316d was referred to as a "high-powered" car.

    It'll show you how little knowledge some of these journalists have about cars.

    It's ridiculous, I wouldn't even count the 530 a performance car and insurers have a fit when you ring for quotes etc!
    Only last week we got a new policy, rang a few on a Saturday and they said they couldn't possibly quote such a car unless the underwriters were there to sign off on it.
    It'd make you laugh!


  • #2223
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,158 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    bear1 wrote: »
    Which then reminds me of when AXA bumped up the insurance on my 1.9D S40 and said it was now considered a performance car.
    When I first saw the title I thought it was going to be luxury Mercs and BMWs... the last cars I would have thought about were Skoda and Ford.

    I'm pretty sure Axa had the same line with everyone this year, I could half believe it on my yoke, but after some back and forth they backed down and reduced my premium to 630ish i think. Still a fair whack for a 26 year old, tpft, 5 years NCB and no commuting!


  • #2224
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,900 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure Axa had the same line with everyone this year, I could half believe it on my yoke, but after some back and forth they backed down and reduced my premium to 630ish i think. Still a fair whack for a 26 year old, tpft, 5 years NCB and no commuting!

    Which is exactly why I told them fcuk off.


  • #2225
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    im hoping to get mine to under a grand this year, ill be doing well if i do :D


  • #2226
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,158 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    bear1 wrote: »
    Which is exactly why I told them fcuk off.

    I wanted to, but struggled to get quotes anywhere near that reduced price. So I had little choice in the matter! It sucks! I reckon it'll only get hard, as this car gets older....:o


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  • #2227
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure Axa had the same line with everyone this year, I could half believe it on my yoke, but after some back and forth they backed down and reduced my premium to 630ish i think. Still a fair whack for a 26 year old, tpft, 5 years NCB and no commuting!

    I just got my renewal have to check it against last years, get some alternative quotes and then ring up and haggle


  • #2228
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,900 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    FBD from what I can see are giving the best price (for me and a 2.2 car anyway).
    Can't remember the exact amount but it's something like 30e per month cheaper than what AXA were offering.


  • #2229
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Stheno wrote: »
    My mechanic hates those cars, he's had a couple that broke his heart

    Troubleshooting on them is impossible the fuelling system is so complex it's a joke, the engine itself is very simple same block as the Focus ST.


  • #2230
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,384 ✭✭✭pred racer


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure Axa had the same line with everyone this year, I could half believe it on my yoke, but after some back and forth they backed down and reduced my premium to 630ish i think. Still a fair whack for a 26 year old, tpft, 5 years NCB and no commuting!
    toastedpickles wrote: »
    im hoping to get mine to under a grand this year, ill be doing well if i do :D
    OSI wrote: »
    Thats a good €150 cheaper than I pay on the Golf with Axa at the same age and NCB, but I do have a named driver. Which in turn was about 25% of the renewal quote I got from Aviva :pac:


    One of the few benefits of being ancient.......cheap insurance:p

    Stheno told me about it :D


  • #2231
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,301 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    pred racer wrote: »
    One of the few benefits of being ancient.......cheap insurance:p

    [...]

    One of the very few, believe it or not. :(


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  • #2232
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    pred racer wrote: »
    One of the few benefits of being ancient.......cheap insurance:p

    Stheno told me about it :D

    Yeah but there's only a few years until your blocking my way doing 15mph with no lights on (or everything on including fog lights because it was foggy last March) at 9pm trying to count everyone else's cattle over the ditch :)


  • #2233
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,301 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    Lads, any of you having spare self-dimming rear view mirror and wants to get rid of it? ;)

    There are loads of them on ebay alright, but I'd rather prefer to give some €€€ to a boardsie. :D


  • #2234
    quadrifoglio verde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭quadrifoglio verde


    pred racer wrote: »
    One of the few benefits of being ancient.......cheap insurance:p

    Stheno told me about it :D

    That and classic car insurance you jammy old git! :p


  • #2235
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    Got me some new front tyres today...




    Nankang NS-2s :pac:



    Huge step up from Federal SuperSteel 595s though. Happy enough with them, they grip much better than that muck.

    140 quid for them fitted and balanced too, so happy about that! (225/40/18)


  • #2236
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,384 ✭✭✭pred racer


    YbFocus wrote: »
    Yeah but there's only a few years until your blocking my way doing 15mph with no lights on (or everything on including fog lights because it was foggy last March) at 9pm trying to count everyone else's cattle over the ditch :)

    Don't forget the rear wiper trying to wear through the glass:p


  • #2237
    davycc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,013 ✭✭✭davycc


    Being old man awesome I love it:-) paying 300e fully comp on my 2l mr2 ..regular policy too,my one and only.


  • #2238
    tossy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,599 ✭✭✭tossy


    davycc wrote: »
    Being old man awesome I love it:-) paying 300e fully comp on my 2l mr2 ..regular policy too,my one and only.

    I don't know i'd happily be 24 again for the sake of a few hundred euro a year :D


  • #2239
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,384 ✭✭✭pred racer


    tossy wrote: »
    I don't know i'd happily be 24 again for the sake of a few hundred euro a year :D

    In my head I am 24;)


  • #2240
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,729 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    24 IRL, can't afford insurance.
    You're better off, lads.


  • #2241
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    Anything is possible once you're Polish :pac:

    #kurwalogic


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  • #2242
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Sobanek wrote: »
    Anything is possible once you're Polish :pac:

    #kurwalogic

    I think you mean #kurvalogic :pac:

    Although kurwa would also be acceptable haha


  • #2243
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Hmmm.... So Saudi Arabia and OPEC are in an oil-price war and are slashing prices..


    How soon until we can have a good old fashioned petrol-fight on the forcourt. Those were always a lark!


  • #2244
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,900 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Dartz wrote: »
    Hmmm.... So Saudi Arabia and OPEC are in an oil-price war and are slashing prices..


    How soon until we can have a good old fashioned petrol-fight on the forcourt. Those were always a lark!

    I read about SA... the bastards are only cutting the price for the Americans. The Asians and Europeans will still pay the same price.
    Pr1cks.


  • #2245
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,384 ✭✭✭pred racer


    Dartz wrote: »
    Hmmm.... So Saudi Arabia and OPEC are in an oil-price war and are slashing prices..


    How soon until we can have a good old fashioned petrol-fight on the forcourt. Those were always a lark!

    I thought Saudi were part of OPEC:confused:


  • #2246
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    Speaking of car insurance quotes I got a few a few weeks as I was thinking of buying a car (although now I'm not I'm keeping the golf). I don't know what liberty are like but they were giving me quotes at about half the price I was thinking in my own head. I'm only 20 and I though the car insurance was very reasonable well on a golf car around 2008 I'm not sure if there in a particularly low risk group.


  • #2247
    Interslice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,505 ✭✭✭Interslice


    Mycroft H wrote: »
    The set on micks garage doesn't have a Square Drive 10mm; it has a hex drive 10mm. Same with halfords.


    sorry :o. Thought it had one in it. Forgot the renault one was an 8mm. I've gotten strange singular sockets of ebay before, if you haven't looked there already.


  • #2248
    quadrifoglio verde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭quadrifoglio verde


    pred racer wrote: »
    I thought Saudi were part of OPEC:confused:

    They are....this article explains what they're playing at.
    http://m.wsj.com/briefly/BL-263B-2540


  • #2249
    Interslice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,505 ✭✭✭Interslice


    Bpmull wrote: »
    Speaking of car insurance quotes I got a few a few weeks as I was thinking of buying a car (although now I'm not I'm keeping the golf). I don't know what liberty are like but they were giving me quotes at about half the price I was thinking in my own head. I'm only 20 and I though the car insurance was very reasonable well on a golf car around 2008 I'm not sure if there in a particularly low risk group.


    I've always found liberty mad dear. About 400 euro more than chill on the last renewal. Just realised that in 18 months I'll be 30 with 5 years NCB.

    Anyone know what the story is with changing car mid insurance policy? Engine size will be the same or less. Do they generally charge big admin fees?


  • #2250
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,900 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Yeah that's the one. Bunch of sneeky fcuks.


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  • #2251
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    Interslice wrote: »
    I've always found liberty mad dear. About 400 euro more than chill on the last renewal. Just realised that in 18 months I'll be 30 with 5 years NCB.

    Anyone know what the story is with changing car mid insurance policy? Engine size will be the same or less. Do they generally charge big admin fees?

    I couldn't believe how cheap they were around 950 on a golf fully comp with break down assist covering me to drive any car and all that. Everyone else is probably thinking that's expensive but for my age I though it was very cheap.


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