+1 I got mine though kwikfit - it was not the cheapets (by around a £5) but offered (and got) £45 cashback. Anyone who shops online without cashback these days is losing a lot of dosh.

Mine's up for renewal soon so will be interested in any recent good deals anyone got

Interesting.
I come across Quinn direct a lot at work...every scrote i stop in a shit hole car always seems to be insured with them
Any chance of a pm for further details?
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Just had a go, they were absolutely not budging an inch...

"First Direct: If you haven’t found a policy cheaper until 31 March 2011 First Direct says it will beat new customer's renewal quote from their previous insurer by at least 10%, providing your quote is over £200 fully comp or £120 non-comprehensive. Try it: First Direct (then let us know if it worked for you)."
Above is a quote from http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/insura ... surance?dd

Gotta love those Insurance companies.

So my Vectra died about 3 months ago. It died for me but some mechanic thought he could bring it back to life so I sold it to him.

So being a lazy git I thought theres only a couple of months on the Insurance I'll just let it expire in May

But of course a few months on they send me a renewal saying next years premium is £840 and I don't need to do anything they'll just take the money from my account next week!

So I gets on the dog and bone and tell them I don't want to renew (it expires next week) and I tell him the car has gone.

So this genius tells me he will cancel the policy from midnight and there is a £41 cancellation fee that I now owe them

I say can't we just wait a week and imagine I'm with a new company (as I'm sure there is no fee for not renewing a policy, surely even car insurance companies can't do this can they?!). He says no its against the law to have a policy on a car I dont own so it has to be cancelled and I'll be refunded any premiums paid less cancellation fee, but as I'm only a week from renewal I actually owe them money to terminate the policy!

Anyways, we have words, he speaks to his boss and they waive the outstanding £41 so thats it I'm free!

I'm moving to a company car. No more Insurance, no mare car tax, no more garage charges, its going to be heaven.

I've traded them all in for a huge tax bill at the end of the year!

Glad you got sorted, Hotpot.

I've just spent the morning setting up my next policy. I'm late 40s, 9 yrs+ No Claims, no convictions (religious or otherwise) and drive an MG ZS 120+ TD.

Last year with Churchill was £360.
This year's equivalent coverage is £420.

I shopped around via Martin Lewis's site - Go Compare, Aviva, Direct Line, Moneyexpert.com and Moneysupermarket.com. The last came up with Swiftcover at £307! It was slightly inferior cover but the equivalent came to £354!

Trouble is, their site won't let my card pay! I'm awaiting instruction from them.

I've been driving for 30 years now and can't recall the last time my policy price fell - and as I'm moving back to the Hebrides soon it'll fall even more - unless there's an admin charge for change of address.

It's great - you won't look back!

If you haven't picked your car yet use the comcar website to see what the tax will be. Its amazing the variation. With my current car I could save £850pa by switching to the diesel version (but still top of the range). Saving even more by switching cars.

If you are with a lease company beware that they can be $cumbags too. For example, ours won't let have an air conditioning service at the manufacturer's specified time or let us change tyres at the recommended tread depth - instead we have to wait for them to be vitually illegal - and then they'll try and switch to a cheaper tyre brand.

Finally had a reduction for the first time in three years! Hastings Direct with £451.97, happy enough with that. Swiftcover made me laugh, their renewal offer was.... £1,099.98! Don't think they wanted my custom somehow.

Make sure your employer fills in the right form so your tax code is restricted to collect the tax due on your car benefit.

Remember, the lower the list price and the lower the CO2 emissions, the lower the benefit and the less tax you pay

My insurance is up soon in a few months so time to look around.