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[–] tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They're all at it.. although Admiral were by far the cheapest for me, giving me a renewal price of £500 compared to >£1k from just about everyone else.

[–] Carter@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

£500?! For how mant cars. My latest car insurance was £69.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

£69 a year? I don't think so.

[–] tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Even when I had a 10 year old Peugeot it was about £200.

You routinely hear of people paying 2k+ these days.. I'd seriously think about selling the car at that point.

The average cost of insurance is £478 (or maybe was, not sure how old that statistic is). £69 is an ebike, not a car..

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

They could have the insurance on yearly credit, and pay monthly, maybe.

[–] Carter@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nope. £69 was for a yearly policy. Initial renewal quote was £130 and I phoned up with a cheaper rival quote so they came down.

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Carter@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I logged into the online portal and turns out I misremembered. It was actually £82.05.

You must be extremely lucky with your location, job, car... everything really.