Young drivers/gps tracked insurance

[david1701]

@broughtonblue cheers for that its yet more weight to the anti argument

@mcshroom I really really like that as an idea but I live out in the sticks so have had to abandon my plans for just hiring some kit (fairly standard profoto 7b stuff) and buy it instead (cheaper inferior kit) because of the aggro and time involved in getting to/returning the hire car. I think I'd live on hired cars and hired kit if I was in an urban area

 

[mr_cellophane]

I went the Admiral route as well. Saved a fortune on 4 cars even though my eldest does more miles a year than the rest of us added together.

 

[PoliceMadAd]

You could try i-kube, i was 19 when i got insured with them, 1.4 L year 99 Seat Ibiza 3dr, 1.7k was the quote. -£300 for the tracker so it was really 1.4k for the quote. Google them, as a young driver i'd definetly recommend them, they're a good company imo, customer service and all that.

 

[fimm]

Would a small van be a) big enough b) any cheaper to insure?
(I don't really know about this sort of thing, being in the fortunate position of living in a city and therefore being able to run with hire cars when we need on and also being female!)

 

[Dan B]

I went the Admiral route as well. Saved a fortune on 4 cars even though my eldest does more miles a year than the rest of us added together.

Judging by our experience, they are incredibly - and I mean woefully - bad when it comes to a claim. Our door window glass was broken at the start of July: the repairers are turning up this afternoon to replace it (they had trouble getting the part). That's two and a half months during which we would have been driving around with a crash-wrapped passenger window if we had left it to the insurers to sort out. They showed absolutely no interest or responsibility in making temporary arrangements so that the car was either drivable or secure, and little more interest than that in chasing up the glass fitters (they sat on the claim for three weeks without even telling them to go ahead and order the part). And for the privilege of spending something like £40 on hold to their 0870 number they've this year put our premium up by £100 for a claim they haven't even resolved yet.

If it were my choice I wouldn't go near them with a bargepole, but only because I think I could get a better swing with a baseball bat.

 

[david1701]

Would a small van be a) big enough b) any cheaper to insure?
(I don't really know about this sort of thing, being in the fortunate position of living in a city and therefore being able to run with hire cars when we need on and also being female!)

a small van would be epic but I think quite expensive to insure? tbh if I wasn't worried about insurance I'd buy a landrover as it would be handy to have one again for those trips out with dogs, bikes, to the dump ect as we have motorway monster and people carrier in the household already