unixguy
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| posted on 9/11/05 at 03:54 AM |
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Insurance
Hey there guys.
A friend of mine from the US is paying me a visit soon, and I'm wondering if he/I could take out insurance on a car that I own to cover him
driving it for a month?
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Humbug
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| posted on 9/11/05 at 06:46 AM |
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Speak to your insurance company about getting him added as a named driver for teh month
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unixguy
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| posted on 9/11/05 at 07:02 AM |
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The plan is for me to buy some old car for him to use while he is here; so there would be no current insurance on it.
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Kissy
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| posted on 9/11/05 at 07:52 AM |
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Hire a car if it's a month - you can get a decent rate for a base model (eg corsa) - find a local company, not a brand name.
Alternative is to buy something out of the local paper or e-Bay and then ring round. May be cheaper to take out insurance for a year on installments
and then cancel when it suits - you'll have to pay a bit for cancelling, so check out the small print; may also be cheaper for you to be
'main driver' HTH
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DarrenW
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| posted on 9/11/05 at 08:58 AM |
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If you are handy with cars you could even buy wisely at auction, insure on installments as said above, cancel after a month and sell car for small
profit to offset the insurance cost - net effect - costs nothing.
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stevebubs
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| posted on 9/11/05 at 09:00 AM |
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Yes - you can get a daily rate on Insurance. I've done it a few times when I've bought a new car and there's been overlap with
getting rid of the old one.
Just give the broker for your tin-top a call and they should be able to sort you out.
Stephen
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steve_gus
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| posted on 9/11/05 at 08:39 PM |
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when I looked when changing cars, there was a car hire company that did a small car over a month at about 14 quid a day all in.
Im sure there are many deals like that.
thats about 400 quid. by the time you have bought a car and insured it, it would cost more than that
atb
steve
http://www.locostbuilder.co.uk
Just knock off the 's'!
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JoelP
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| posted on 9/11/05 at 09:56 PM |
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i found a place in leeds that charged about £110 for a corsa for a week, quite a good price considering theres no other bills to pay - except fuel of
course, which will undoubtedly make an american feel ill! 
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