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Well, I was expecting the worst, insuring the 981S as an additional vehicle. I got a quote from Admiral with their multi-car product that adds the Boxster, making 3 cars and it's £200 pa cheaper than I was paying for the 2 cars previously! Result!

We had 9+ years NCD on one policy, 4 on the other and they've given me 3 on the Boxster. It's actually cheaper to insure than the A3, albeit I've gone for £1k excess on it. Boxster comes in at £566 for the year. I've had one small fault claim in last 3 years, dammit.

That'll do nicely!

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They are good value. Just remember to call them at renewal because they will raise their prices but they usually sort me out nicely so I have stuck with them for a number of years.

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Result!

How long now to collection?

Thanks Meno! Just under 2 weeks now - 9 April. Cue snow...

It's been a feckin long year but March, flippin March has been the longest month in the history of all months ever! I am stupidly excited and am barely able to think about anything else. Beer excepted of course!

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They are good value. Just remember to call them at renewal because they will raise their prices but they usually sort me out nicely so I have stuck with them for a number of years.

Cheers KPE, I shall watch out for that.

Seems like they're all the same; there I was thinking I'd be rewarded for loyalty (been with my previous insurers for years and years) but it turns out they've been ripping me off and the only peeps who get rewarded are new customers. How did I not know this at my age? Especially considering I worked for a motor insurance intermediary for 4 years, albeit on the IT side.

I must be stoopid.

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for anyone reading you should also try Porsche Insurance aka Marsh...my 981s is insured on its own with 9 yrs NCD for £370 per annum, 10k of the 12k miles are business and the excess is £430....it was £200 cheaper than the 987 when I swapped over in Sep 2013..

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for anyone reading you should also try Porsche Insurance aka Marsh...my 981s is insured on its own with 9 yrs NCD for £370 per annum, 10k of the 12k miles are business and the excess is £430....it was £200 cheaper than the 987 when I swapped over in Sep 2013..

That's a great deal, too. I might talk to them at renewal next year.

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It was £800 for the Cayenne with a £430 excess so we went with someone else...£394 and £250 excess...I said I was surprised at the Cayenne Diesel being twice as much as a Boxster (that would do 40 mph more top speed, 0-60 2.5 seconds faster and was worth the same)...she said they are very competitive on Boxsters..

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Really weird you should post this Stuart. I've just had a one hour phone call with them today, and have ended up with, firstly, a great price on the Merc CL500 which I collect on Wednesday, then great prices on the Boxster (£185), the Primera and the Outlander. We stay with our current insurers until each policy runs out during the next 12 months, then pay a pro-rata payment until 1st April 2016 for each one, then all four policies start afresh on that day. One payment of under a grand follows for all four cars, fully comprehensive and all the extras like legal cover, protected no claims, up to £50k injury cover etc etc.

Really glad I took the time to make the call and sort it with them.

Another recommendation for Admiral multi car here :thumbsup_still:

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Really weird you should post this Stuart. I've just had a one hour phone call with them today, and have ended up with, firstly, a great price on the Merc CL500 which I collect on Wednesday, then great prices on the Boxster (£185), the Primera and the Outlander. We stay with our current insurers until each policy runs out during the next 12 months, then pay a pro-rata payment until 1st April 2016 for each one, then all four policies start afresh on that day. One payment of under a grand follows for all four cars, fully comprehensive and all the extras like legal cover, protected no claims, up to £50k injury cover etc etc.

Really glad I took the time to make the call and sort it with them.

Another recommendation for Admiral multi car here :thumbsup_still:

£185 your Boxster, versus £566 mine. Is that the difference between 3 yrs NCD and max NCD I wonder? Cracking price that!

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They are good value. Just remember to call them at renewal because they will raise their prices but they usually sort me out nicely so I have stuck with them for a number of years.

That's a good tip, my first year with Admiral and I am expecting them to bump up the renewal cost as the were hundreds of pounds cheaper than Aviva on a multi-car policy last year. Cheers!

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Really weird you should post this Stuart. I've just had a one hour phone call with them today, and have ended up with, firstly, a great price on the Merc CL500 which I collect on Wednesday, then great prices on the Boxster (£185), the Primera and the Outlander. We stay with our current insurers until each policy runs out during the next 12 months, then pay a pro-rata payment until 1st April 2016 for each one, then all four policies start afresh on that day. One payment of under a grand follows for all four cars, fully comprehensive and all the extras like legal cover, protected no claims, up to £50k injury cover etc etc.

Really glad I took the time to make the call and sort it with them.

Another recommendation for Admiral multi car here :thumbsup_still:

mine (981) was Porsche Insurance aka Marsh NOT Admiral...the Cayenne is Hastings Direct....

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I've found if you call Admiral renewals department in the evening you get put through to a call cenre usually in the US and they've always been very helpful in reducing the renewal premium as much as possible

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+1 for Admiral multicar. Boxster came down from £480 to £185, 1987 3.2 carrera with agreed value came down from £270 to £90 and Merc e220 Cdi with 25,000 miles including business use came down from £500 to £380.

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Anyone actually *claimed* from Admiral? Could be a reason they're so cheap...

Nope! Not sure yet who they use to underwrite, which is more important...

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It was Admiral for me too. I went through the usual comparison websites and they came out top at £245 even without any no claims bonus at all, I was really surprised. I do expect it to be significantly higher next year, they always are. You apparently get an introductory discount and they work on customer ambivalence, i.e. that a good number of people cannot be bothered to shop around when it comes up for renewal. I do however shop around each year and invariably end up changing insurers.

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We have 5 cars and use Admiral Multicar and upto Aug 2014 included the Boxster. (£171)

What I did not realise that any accident repairs have to be carried out by their bodyshops not an official Porsche one

Also any windscreen replacement would not be an OEM but a pattern one

So this current year I changed to Porsche/Marsh policy for £435. This does include cover for 2 trackdays

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Just added the boxster to my multicar policy with Admiral. £126 fully comp garaged. £116 fully comp parked on the driveway!! How do the work that out. Policy runs from 1st may to 4th Feb so only 9 months but at £116 it's a no brainer

Phill

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Mine is also kept in the garage but similar to Ninja, it is cheaper without the garage - is there potentially more risk of damage to the car in a garage from stuff falling from shelves etc?

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Mine is also kept in the garage but similar to Ninja, it is cheaper without the garage - is there potentially more risk of damage to the car in a garage from stuff falling from shelves etc?

That's what I was told when enquired.

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Its nuts isn't it? If you've got a flash car and a garage you're going to want to hide it away. Just a blatant excuse to charge more. Its a policy that actually indirectly encourages car crime.

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