Car insurance...
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kingginger...well, it seems I only post here at the moment to rant...
However... I thought I was getting abused on a monthly basis by Direct Line to the tune of £140 for my car insurance (Ford Mondeo Estate, 2.2TDCi fyi... doing 20K miles a year, 10 years no claims, one ban and 3 points in the past).... As that had leapt up from the £80 I used to pay per month... But due to disorganisation I forgot to hunt around and just had to take the monthly financial drubbing...
This year however, I really do feel like Direct Line are asking permission to bend me over a barrel, pull my pants down and do me with something wooden that has splinters.
Why?
My insurance renewal for this coming year is now £280 per month... No circumstances have change *at all*.
£280? What the hell? How do you justify that Direct Line? And thats with discount for being a home owner, a Direct Line home insurance hold, and all the rest...
Time to kiss goodbye to my business for the car insurance, home insurance, pet insurance, the whole lot - you are taking the piss!!
Oh - I did phone up to confirm - They said the quote is correct... I asked whether the backers of Direct Line had a Crack and Cocaine habit to keep up (didn't wait for an answer).
FFS!
However... I thought I was getting abused on a monthly basis by Direct Line to the tune of £140 for my car insurance (Ford Mondeo Estate, 2.2TDCi fyi... doing 20K miles a year, 10 years no claims, one ban and 3 points in the past).... As that had leapt up from the £80 I used to pay per month... But due to disorganisation I forgot to hunt around and just had to take the monthly financial drubbing...
This year however, I really do feel like Direct Line are asking permission to bend me over a barrel, pull my pants down and do me with something wooden that has splinters.
Why?
My insurance renewal for this coming year is now £280 per month... No circumstances have change *at all*.
£280? What the hell? How do you justify that Direct Line? And thats with discount for being a home owner, a Direct Line home insurance hold, and all the rest...
Time to kiss goodbye to my business for the car insurance, home insurance, pet insurance, the whole lot - you are taking the piss!!
Oh - I did phone up to confirm - They said the quote is correct... I asked whether the backers of Direct Line had a Crack and Cocaine habit to keep up (didn't wait for an answer).
FFS!
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Date: 2011-03-20 07:06 am (UTC)I've just done mine, and was feeling annoyed because the best I could get was £180, compared to £140 last year. But that's the total annual cost, not monthly! Think I'll feel lucky instead.
(Swiftcover.com - have been cheapest for me 3 years running and am very happy with them - though no experience of how they are with a claim.)
Heya DrDoug
Date: 2011-03-20 10:40 am (UTC)As to how good they are in a claim... Well - With never having made a claim I hope that I never have to check :-)
Wow - They are good
Date: 2011-03-20 10:55 am (UTC)But £914!! Wow... Cheep like the budgie...
:-)
Dude - Many thanks!
Re: Wow - They are good
Date: 2011-03-21 05:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-20 06:29 pm (UTC)This was really doing it for me until we got to the bit about splinters
Gah! Hope you get a better quote sorted out. xx
LOL
Date: 2011-03-21 07:15 am (UTC)However, Swiftcover.com are providing to be much more amenable :-P
Not as much as a Trish I am sure... But Trish's don't do car insurance just yet lol...
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Date: 2011-03-23 09:33 am (UTC)Just read that...
Date: 2011-03-23 04:59 pm (UTC)