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Ziggy · Sep 24th, 2003, 11:24 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by RDMac

Just wondering how everyone in the UK is finding insurance prices.

I know it depends on a load of things but check this out:

32years old, no claims, full no bonus, company director, 6,000 miles a year, wife insured, married

Fully Comp, Derby postcode, garaged

Direct Line: £391
Elephant: £381
Churchill: £346
NorwichUnion: £275

Now the guy on the phone at Norwich Union said that it was cheap because the system knew I already had a policy with them (on my classic Cooper) so I got a discount? But I was concerned that the system showed the car as 2003 BMW MINI COOPER AUTO !! - I checked with him and he changed it to manual S and the price remained the same.

That is cheaper than my J reg Mazda MX3 1.6 Auto (group 12), which is DEAD slow! I Can't believe it

Same price for an automatic Cooper and a Cooper S! That surprises me as we're talking about a group 8 to a group 15 jump. I'd check he hasn't got it down as a standard Cooper - if he doesn't know about the MINI, he may not appreciate what a difference that one letter makes

Sep 24th, 2003, 11:24 AM	#15
Ziggy MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London Local Time: 08:42 PM Posts: 49 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by RDMac Just wondering how everyone in the UK is finding insurance prices. I know it depends on a load of things but check this out: 32years old, no claims, full no bonus, company director, 6,000 miles a year, wife insured, married Fully Comp, Derby postcode, garaged Direct Line: £391 Elephant: £381 Churchill: £346 NorwichUnion: £275 Now the guy on the phone at Norwich Union said that it was cheap because the system knew I already had a policy with them (on my classic Cooper) so I got a discount? But I was concerned that the system showed the car as 2003 BMW MINI COOPER AUTO !! - I checked with him and he changed it to manual S and the price remained the same. That is cheaper than my J reg Mazda MX3 1.6 Auto (group 12), which is DEAD slow! I Can't believe it Same price for an automatic Cooper and a Cooper S! That surprises me as we're talking about a group 8 to a group 15 jump. I'd check he hasn't got it down as a standard Cooper - if he doesn't know about the MINI, he may not appreciate what a difference that one letter makes This is the self-preservation society