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Ty Mackay
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Monday, August 17, 2009 - 11:24 pm, by:  Ty Mackay (Duo89) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

driving down leach highway earlier tonight when some douches come out of the bushes and ditch a rock through my f***ing window! narrowly missing my head.... so adding to my woes of that yellow canary and most problems all fixed, heres another one....

im ok etc, but the most pain im going to get is from this replacement?

does anyone have a second hand windscreen in WA??

if not how much is a new one gonna cost me...

thanks again guys.!

I have to be the most unluckiest person here.
Matt Sartori
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Monday, August 17, 2009 - 11:26 pm, by:  Matt Sartori (Klutch) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Your car is cursed.
Ali Saeed
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Monday, August 17, 2009 - 11:26 pm, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

man thats fked . why would someone even do that?
Nathan Hlad
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 01:05 am, by:  Nathan Hlad (Jackpot) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

the same thing actually happened to me about a month ago....

some little prick decided to lob a rock at my windscreen about 2am in the middle of nowhere, no other cars on the road, left a crack the size of a basketball.
anyway i had 4 mates in the car, they were a little drunk decided to get out and thank the prick who only looked about 16.
i think he learned his lesson and wont be throwing rocks at cars any time soon.


on another note about a week or two ago i was driving through the city and some fag threw something at my windscreen (didn't do any damage) but i didn't have anyone in the car,
just kept driving......

WHAT IS WITH ALL THESE TOOLS AND THROWING BLOODY ROCKS ?!?!
Matthew Sharpe
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 05:53 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Its all fun and games until they kill someone and end up in prison. Happened here a couple of years ago.
Peter Nitschke
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 06:06 am, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You should be able to ge a new windscreen fitted for around $250. Shop around.
Ty Mackay
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 12:38 pm, by:  Ty Mackay (Duo89) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

yeah it really is ridiculous...i dont even understand the joy in it all..? seriously?

250? thanks peter, its less than what i was expecting but still money NOT well spent, money wasted due to some little prick...
Adam Peterson
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 12:48 pm, by:  Adam Peterson (President) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ty,
Report it to the Police ASAP !

They need this info as your evidence can be used towards the Trans Perth cases.
Adam Peterson
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 12:50 pm, by:  Adam Peterson (President) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

btw, your insurance policy should give you one free windscreen per year. Check your policy PDS
David Vaughan
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 01:16 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Pedestrian overpasses on the Hume Highway toward Sydney have high mesh to prevent people dropping rocks on cars passing below. This was done after a truck driver was killed by them.
Ty Mackay
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 05:58 pm, by:  Ty Mackay (Duo89) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

im 20 P plater, with a Twin Turbo, Japanese import, never got insurance unfortunatly! :-(
Matt Sartori
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 06:10 pm, by:  Matt Sartori (Klutch) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Ty Mackay wrote on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 05:58 pm:

never got insurance unfortunatly! :-(




You deserve all you get.
Adam Peterson
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 06:10 pm, by:  Adam Peterson (President) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ty, you're mad
David Vaughan
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 06:18 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Cost of car includes cost of insurance.

You don't buy insurance when you have the capital behind you to insure yourself, not when you "can't afford" it.

Here endeth the sermon...

...but it is a bloody important one!
Scott Wilkes
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 08:17 pm, by:  Scott Wilkes (Scottywilkes) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

mate no insurance your mad.

I was 18, P plater, with a japanese imported twin turbo car lol, you should get out of it lightly haha.

My insurance was 1600, and i paid it, why, i can drive in peace, knowing if i do something wrong or someone else does something wrong im covered.
Ty Mackay
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 08:31 pm, by:  Ty Mackay (Duo89) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Matt Sartori wrote on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 06:10 pm:



Ty Mackay wrote on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 05:58 pm:
never got insurance unfortunatly! :-(





You deserve all you get





matt, fair enough i dont have insurance if i cant afford it, no need to be a complete dick about it. my family comes first. dont bother saying anything considering you have a problem with me so all your going to say is negative so dont say anything.

the only insurance i could get was with over 2000 excess, i struggle to put fuel in my car at the moment, so important yes? but family is first :-):-) so please dont flame me for it.. i know i need it, i will be the first things on my list...
Ali Saeed
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 08:35 pm, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

because i dont have insurance i deserve to get rocks thrown at me at random..epic logic
Matt Sartori
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 08:47 pm, by:  Matt Sartori (Klutch) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Pretty much.

You have to be complete and utter stupid to not buy insurance.

If you can't afford insurance, YOU CANT AFFORD THE CAR.

Simple as that.
Brett Cutts
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 09:22 pm, by:  Brett Cutts (Boof390) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Boy some of the comments on here remind me why I avoided car clubs for so many years. I can remember being under 25 working 2 jobs and having third party property damage cover only on my GT Falcon in the early 1990's because i could not afford to spend a third of the cars value on insurance every year. Give the guy a break not every body comes from a backround or is in a economic situation that they can afford to fork out the sort of money required to put comp cover on some of these cars and how does that make him deserve whatever he gets !!!!!!!!!!!. There is always some d--k head out there who takes delight in stealing or damaging other peoples property insured or not. It also seems to be a lot of the same people coming up with these self serving rants. GET A LIFE !!!!!!!!!
As for the comment if you cant afford the insurance you cant afford the car I was looking to sell my TT to my apprentice recently and we did the exercise. We have a 23 year old male who has had insurance on 3 vehicles with no claims or speeding fines with 1 company since the age of 16. We were looking to insure a tt Soarer for 6000 dollars . The insurance company he is with refused outright as they will not insure grey import cars full stop. After spending 3 hours on the phone myself after he gave up in disgust I had quotes ranging from 2500 to 5000 dollars per year (like anyone is going to spend 5 grand insuring a 6 grand car)with excesses ranging from 1500 to 2500 dollars. So the bottom line was if you bent the car in the first year if you gave the full purchase value of the car to the insurance company they would fix it or refund less than your insurance premiums to you if they write it off. So i guess i must be completely stupid too because there is no way in hell I would be paying a insurance company for that privilage either. I even did the exercise of leaving the car registered and insured in my name with him as nominated driver. Bearing in mind i have 12 cars and a car trailer with this company it was going to be a grand a year plus 2000 excess (bit different from the 450 a year and 250 excess I have)
I am afraid a few people on this forum need to step out of there ivory towers and spend some time out in the REAL world.
Here endeth my sermon...
Scott Wilkes
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 09:33 pm, by:  Scott Wilkes (Scottywilkes) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

if part of that was directed at me, im not having a go at him, i struggle to pay my insurance as im only 19 on apprentice mechanic wages, paying rent etc etc. As much as its money id love to have my self, i sacrifice other priveleges to be able to drive in peace that if i hit a 100,000 beamer etc im not going to be screwed for half my life haha.

At very least, get third party, as in the event of an accident, atleast you dont have to worry about thousands and thousands of dollars in repairs.
Andrew Duaso
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 09:35 pm, by:  Andrew Duaso (Andrewd) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

at the end of the day, now he cant afford insurance...

but tomorrow he runs over a bus stop or rear ends a expensive car etc...

he pays for that for ever!

or he hits someone like someone i know and then says i have no insurance...

then your pants dude, there are some scary people out there...

you have to start somewhere with insurance otherwise when your 30 you'll still have no rating and they will still rape your arse for it...

get 3rd party at the very least
Mike Triggs
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 09:39 pm, by:  Mike Triggs (Mikeandimah) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Nathan Hlad wrote on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 01:05 am:

the same thing actually happened to me about a month ago....

some little prick decided to lob a rock at my windscreen about 2am in the middle of nowhere, no other cars on the road, left a crack the size of a basketball.
anyway i had 4 mates in the car, they were a little drunk decided to get out and thank the prick who only looked about 16.
i think he learned his lesson and wont be throwing rocks at cars any time soon.


on another note about a week or two ago i was driving through the city and some fag threw something at my windscreen (didn't do any damage) but i didn't have anyone in the car,
just kept driving......

WHAT IS WITH ALL THESE TOOLS AND THROWING BLOODY ROCKS ?!?!




Years ago, when living in Darwin, someone I didn't see fired an air rifle at me. The pellet hit the B pillar just behind my head...made a big enough noise, and had I been travelling a poofteenth slower, might have hit me in the head (the window was open).
Brett Cutts
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 09:42 pm, by:  Brett Cutts (Boof390) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Third party property is definately a affordable minimum and i agree you should not be on the road without it. Personally I feel it should be compulsary to prove you have it before you can get registration as I belive some countries do already.
Mike Beck
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 09:45 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My word that is a disgusting thing to have happen.

Would be interesting to know what sort of people were responsible.
Brett Cutts
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 09:53 pm, by:  Brett Cutts (Boof390) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Scott i remember apprentice mechanic wages well thats why i had 2 jobs and ran a GT around with third party only on it. I was aiming more at the got what you deserve / cant afford the car comments. I am going to show my age a bit now but I remember getting my 1st payslip as a 1st year back in 1989 thinking 86 bucks you have to be s^&*ing me (I was getting 250 a week / weekend moonlighting at the same time after hours)
Nathan Hlad
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 03:06 am, by:  Nathan Hlad (Jackpot) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

not saying this happens to everyone but i had insurance about 2 years ago and some lady decided not to look before coming out of her carpark and i had no time to stop....
anyway i was fully insured was costing me $2800 a year and you know what they said ? (after dodging my calls for like 2 months)

"we have been searching and have not been able to find the parts needed for your cars repairs"
it needed a new front fender and a headlight !!

well after talking for months and months they would not pay up so i decided never to get insurance ever !
i figure if i save up the money i would have paid them and only use it when i NEED to i would be saving a lot of money, time and hassle.
the fender and headlight would have only cost a few hundred dollars.

ANYWAY i dont want to argue with anyone, i know how stong-willed the sc members are.
im just saying insurance isnt for me.
Scott Wilkes
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 07:31 am, by:  Scott Wilkes (Scottywilkes) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

haha brett i k now what you mean, but i wasnt sooooo bad, was 300 a week first year :-)
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 08:48 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Third party minimum is a MUST HAVE, you can ruin your life financially and ruin other peoples lives without it. If you can't afford third party insurance, then you can't afford to drive, simple as that. If you can't get 3rd party insurance, then you need to drive a car that you can get insurance on. Think of your family alright!

Nathan, thats a terrible excuse, there is a process you can go through if you have issues with an insurance company. In New Zealand we have the Insurance Ombudsman who will negotiate disputes between insurance companies and their customers - if your story is true, you were screwed and the ombudsman would rule in your favour. In any case, you are again risking your own financial future for the sake of simple, cheap 3rd party insurance.

Its just damn irresponsible, I've been hit twice in the last five years by young fools who don't have any insurance, leaving me out of pocket for my $250 excess until my insurance company has been able to threaten them out of it (in one case this took 6 months and almost went to court).

Now I am fully insured and have been since I started working full time, so being out of pocket $250 for 6 months was annoying, but no biggie, but if I had only had 3rd party, I would have been the one suffering & without a car because some fool decided it was OK to drive around without it.

When I got my first car at 16 I couldn't afford full insurance, but I damn well made sure I had 3rd party - it was something like $12 a month.

Having no insurance might make sense if you have vast savings reserves and can afford to fix your mistakes yourself, but otherwise you are a fool.

Lecture ends.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 08:51 am, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Speaking for my part, I did not say "If you can't afford insurance you can't afford the car." My comment was subtly different:

David Vaughan wrote on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 06:18 pm:

Cost of car includes cost of insurance.


and meaning that your insurance cost is there, whether you shell out dollars to an insurance company or not.


David Vaughan wrote on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 06:18 pm:

You don't buy insurance when you have the capital behind you to insure yourself, not when you "can't afford" it.


You see, not insuring is saying, "I can afford the consequences of a predictable, if unlikely, problem"; just like using margin loans or CFDs in the share market for example. We make a lot of those decisions and sometimes discover we could not afford them after all but, one way or another, we bear the cost of insurance. Not insuring is not a free lunch.

Brett, I thought you might be about to make a worthwhile point until you got to the fact you were insuring a TT. Other cars have cheaper whole of car costs, just like I buy a Lexus rather than a Mercedes SLR McLaren (not to mention a zillion cars in between).

I also thought I recalled that other people had done better on insurance. I took the the facts as Brett presented them and filled in some gaps where I was obliged to do so to complete the application, so you are welcome to change them. I entered a 23 year old male, no claims or offences, held a licence since 2003, insuring a 1992 TT Soarer kept at postcode 5000. The first quote, from SGIC, was about $2250, only slightly below your quotation but with an NCB of only $400 and a minimum car value of $7700. The second quote was JustCar, and they quoted on $6180 of insurance just $856 with on-line payment. I did not note down the excess but you can find the quote here QTE547274088 in the next 30 days. There was no change to the quotation when I changed details from "no finance" to "unsecured finance".

Something must have been substantially different. In any event, I agree with Brett and others that 3rd party property should be compulsory, as I think it used to be when I was first insuring.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 11:04 am, by:  Brett Cutts (Boof390) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Interesting that SGIG and Just Car let that go through online I did all my quoting on the phone and 4 companies made the comment that they would not insure that car with that person full stop they were 2 of them. RAA were the 5 grand wonders and shannons came in the best at 2500 with 1500 dollars of excess. I even tried a few brokers and that did not help. Those details are correct and the car was not going to be under finance. (I am trying to get the little brat to buy a rental house with the amount of money he has tucked away lives at home and i reckon he's that tight he's still got the first dollar he ever earned)
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 11:42 am, by:  Brett Cutts (Boof390) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Insuring a TT or Skyline now is like insuring a GT or a Torana when I was a kid they have the boy racer stigma that a few morons have managed to get for them. I used to have (don't cringe) a XB v8 ute that I rebuilt a written of GT coupe into so you have a XB GT ute with less weight than a coupe so quicker and no weight in the back so lets brake the arse loose in 3rd gear at 80ks an hour. Tons of fun and used to climb walls with the rally car and car trailer I used to tow with it. Back then it was $500 a year for full comp with a $250 excess. At the same time I had a rough purple XB GT as a daily driver (luxury pack with power windows sun roof etc and gutless compared to the ute even had it on lpg) had third party property on that as comp insurance was $2500 all because of a jg33 prefix on the chassis number even though was worth less than the ute and was less powerful . Bottom line is I dont know about most people but I want to drive a car because I like it not because its cheap to insure or run. If a driver has a poor record with traffic convictions or accidents fine pay the price but insurance companies rate about as low as banks with me for being blood sucking leeches. On a whole young drivers are hit pretty hard by them mainly due to a pretty average minority of dimwits. I was young once and used to run amok too, but I learned how to safely off the roads on a couple of dirt tracks owned by a local car club and have still never had a accident that was my fault. And yes I too have been hit by a uninsured mung bean and after going to small claims court and getting 2 50 dollar payments had him go bankrupt. (little bstrd could not keep windows in his car for a long time after he fixed it though) so I have seen both sides of the coin.
Oh and David as for whole of car costs setting the bench mark my 1927 chev is insured for $17000 would be as expensive as hell to fix (assuming I survived hitting anything bigger than a push bike) and cost me a mammoth !!!!!! wait for it !!!!!! 70 dollars a year to insure with a 200 dollar excess and the car is mine free of charge if they write it off
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
NSW
IS300

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 12:20 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Insurance companies work in very broad classes of driver and car and it produces all sorts of silliness. I tried Shannons during my poke around but on line they do not take drivers under 25 and, when you list the cars (I decided to see what it would cost him at 25) then the 2.5L TT is not listed, only the two unturbocharged cars (3L six and 4L V8). My V8 was insured with Shannons as they were cheapest in all but one of the years, costing hundreds although admittedly i am older than your great grandfather or thereabouts.

If they offer a price for the car on line, with secure payment available and no caveats on "checking", then the contract can be made.
Ty Mackay
DieHard
WA
Soarer TT 1jz-gte

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 12:25 pm, by:  Ty Mackay (Duo89) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I understand guys, and most of you make a good point, i'll see what i can do =), anyone suggest a good isurance company? :-)
Matt Sartori
TryHard
Western Australia
Rx7

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 01:19 pm, by:  Matt Sartori (Klutch) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Justcar.


Expensive, but probably the only people that will insure you and your mods.


Could try your luck at shannons, but they dont usually insure people under 25 and P platers.
David Vaughan
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 02:01 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The best company for 3rd party may not be the best for comprehensive so it depends a bit on what you want on this occasion. I suggest you dedicate a long session on line to checking a wide variety of companies. You soon know which ones won't touch you or your car. Some, like Shannons, invite you to ring them if you do not pass the criteria although I agree with Matt that you might be too risky for them. It is also cheaper on line than over the phone. Try also things like BudgetDirect, Zurich and Allianz as well as the usual motoring organisation companies, AAMI and so on. Google "car insurance".
Ali Saeed
DieHard
WA
V8 Limited

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 03:16 pm, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

just got quoted $2010 for comprehensive by just car for a v8. not to bad me thinks, considering the lowest after that is about 2600. thirdparty is only 312. go gets it ty!
Andrew Duaso
TryHard
Victoria
V8

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 03:26 pm, by:  Andrew Duaso (Andrewd) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Just car lick balls!


they wont insure aftermarket air sus

Shannons FTW

Agreeed Modified all mods

worst area for car theft there is Preston Vic

ok 3rd worst in the state, but by only a few cars... (more cars get stolen a year here than there is on the road in WA lol)

$800pa

if that dont work for ya, get your mum to insure it and list you as an occasional driver...

what i pay is reasonable, i know ppl who pay far less, but im not 50 and live in the sticks
Scott Wilkes
DieHard
Tasmania
92 TT Factory Manual

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 05:26 pm, by:  Scott Wilkes (Scottywilkes) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

ok, when i went around looking for insurance for my soarer, at the age of 18, which was only last year lol.

No one would touch me other than justcar, this is with no previous offences etc, basically perfect record.

Was 600 for 3rd party and roughly 1500 for full comprehensive.

I dunno why you fellas are getting extreme quotes of 2000+ for insurance haha. Seems like you fellas on the mainland are getting ripped hard lol
Ali Saeed
DieHard
WA
V8 Limited

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 07:46 pm, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

mine was 1700 from just car with a previous offence
Adam Barry
DieHard
WA
UZZ31 Soarer

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Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 08:09 pm, by:  Adam Barry (Acdchook) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My old UZZ30 cost me $1000 for $15k comprehensive insurance with Just Cars, and I was 23 at the time.
Now I'm 27 and I've got the UZZ31 insured through Elders on a combined policy with my work ute, $1400 for both (about $31k total).

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