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2 hours ago, Purdie said:

You need to read the policy :mellow:

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A limited miles policy would seem to imply that you are only covered upto the limit quoted, whereas a general policy, where they ask you to estimate the annual mileage is likely to be more flexible as you've given an estimate. I'd be nervous driving a car that's done 6K on a 5K limited miles policy, but wouldn't worry about driving a car that's done 13k in the last month of a policy where I estimated 12k per annum. Mind you, none of my cars are worth more than £4K, so if the insurer didn't payout, I wouldn't be too worried. Might not be so relaxed with a new 718?

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Adrian Flux - 10,000 miles ,£380 fully comp,insured up to £20k to drive some one else's car aged 48 when i was with Green light i only had 5000 miles which i soon used up,cost another £100 for another 3000 miles if i remember correctly

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17 minutes ago, Jason986S said:

That was a handy perk. Made driving other people's cars more comfortable with that level of fully comp cover. One I do miss.

plus protected no claims too :)

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8 hours ago, mrbikerdood said:

plus protected no claims too :)

Yeh. I've got that now on my own car. Was like £25 extra I think. I couldn't justify Flux for another year, nearly triple the best price and £300 more than Locktons (which included PCGB and breakdown).

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Do you really save that much money by buying insurance with a limited mileage, or is there some other benefit ?

In my experience it makes very little difference to the price, unless your are doing say 20k miles + a year.

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Yes, greenlight mirrored my ncd even though I wasn't with them on the 987, the Clio was limited to 2000 miles (I think!) A year & it was only £200 or so, yes expensive per mile, but that's to be expected at that milage per annum

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7 hours ago, PaulQ said:

Do you really save that much money by buying insurance with a limited mileage, or is there some other benefit ?

In my experience it makes very little difference to the price, unless your are doing say 20k miles + a year.

I have very little NCB as I lived in Irelan for 26 years. The only way I could insure the Boxster was as a second car for limited mileage only, even then some of the quotes were mad, one company even asked if I was used to driving a rear wheel drive car with 250bhp. I am 56 and been driving since I was 16 (moped) and 17 (car). So yesin some circumstances it makes a difference.

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16 minutes ago, Terryg said:

one company even asked if I was used to driving a rear wheel drive car with 250bhp. I am 56 and been driving since I was 16 (moped) and 17 (car). So yesin some circumstances it makes a difference.

One of the sponsors of this forum declined to insure me on the Boxster because I didn't have a year's experience of driving a Boxster. I told them I regularly drive a RWD Spitfire and have had powerful cars in the past. My 204bhp Tiptronic Boxster is hardly a rocket ship?

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23 minutes ago, Nobbie said:

One of the sponsors of this forum declined to insure me on the Boxster because I didn't have a year's experience of driving a Boxster. I told them I regularly drive a RWD Spitfire and have had powerful cars in the past. My 204bhp Tiptronic Boxster is hardly a rocket ship?

I had the same issue when I first got my Box...

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37 minutes ago, rowbos said:

I had the same issue when I first got my Box...

I have only been questioned by specialist insurers, never comparison site/mainstream companies. Yet they're willing to throw a policy at you/us for cheaper, no questions asked. 

I've never owned a RWD car before the Boxster, but my history of modified & tuned cars and Jap imports helped (when asked). All were FWD mind.

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20 hours ago, david_yorkshire said:

3K miles policy 

£1K PA

unlimited trackday cover

pretty happy with that

hopeful to stay under the mileage limit !

Looked at the price, was mystified, then looked at the car....... ahhhhh!

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