Randy_Baton

I think i figured out what the issue with my initial quote was, it was my VPN. I turned it off today and now I getting more quotes through, including admiral at £280. I use PIA as a VPN, its a popular one, which i think also makes it popular with criminals. I've noticed random oddities like this before where websites don't play nice with me. People who use VPNs are notoriously bad drivers

I have an agreed value policy with AF, I send them photos of my car and a list of all the mods and work I've had done and they come back with a value for my car. I've assumed they won't haggle too much, if at all on that value should i write it off. The agreed value adds £50 to the premium.

Rang up Admiral and they couldn't tell me why it wasn't working online. but I've got a quote of £301 with Admiral vs £650 with AF. obviously would need to check all the small print to compare but my quandary is : £300 per year vs ~£2k if I ever write it off so a ~7 year break even window. I've had 8 years behind the wheel and one write off 4 months after passing my test... Touching all the wood right now.

Sounds like I'll probably move away from AF, 'IF' I can figure out why I can't get insurance via non specialists. I've not added the speed awareness course to my quotes, it just asks if I have had any Speed Awareness doesn't fall under any of that does it and there is no where else for me to put it? and according to google there is no way for insurance companies to find out that I've been on one.

I normally do go with the specialists but I was tempted last year by basically halving my premium was a non specialist, (but forgoing the agreed value) however this year they all the non specialists seem to have disappeared.

No I haven't written my car off yet My insurance renewal is coming up. I'm with AF and have been for a few years, my premium goes up ~£40 each year and its now getting close to £700. The main reason for me going through AF is for the Agreed Valuation amount, mines set to £7k at the moment but they love lowering each lower after I've renewed... If I go through a standard insurance quote they value my car at £2.5k private £3.5k dealer and its normally around a £350 premium. On that basis I've always thought paying the ~£300 higher premium to AF is worth it as I'd get ~£4k more in the case of a write off. Having only ever written my moms car off 20 years ago I've no experience of actually claiming. So was wondering if anyone has any experience of claiming and what value they got for their car. I can't find any 350z for sale for much under £4k private or dealer. One other point, I can't seem to get any quotes to come up through the standard insurers (admiral etc.) is there something going on in the insurance world at the moment that is restricting access to insurance? I tried removing all mods and also just reusing the same quote as last year and go compare only brought back about 4 options. I'm going to ring Admiral up later to see if they can see whats up with my application. Nothings change year on year apart from 1 year etc NCB. I did do my first speed awareness course, but my license is clean.

Hi, had my first MOT failure today, a bushing has cracked The garage said it was the 'NS front lower suspension arm bushing' anybody able to point me to a link for a new one? I had a google but everyone seems to use different terminology! Thanks.

Just had my quote from CK, the first company they used wouldn't insure me apparently having a vinyl wrapped roof is a bit of a no no (It wasn't just the vinyl, but this was the mode flagged as the most at risk). and all the other companies they tried were double my renewal quote.

I've been with AF for 5 few years but they upping my renewal by 10% this year which is 20% above my original quote 5 years ago. Guess I'l be playing the ring-a-round game later in the week.

I've got the same issue, I quietened mine down a bit with dynamat all over the rear end and then put some carpet underlay under the boot mat. I've got 1 layer of basic foam carpet underlay that i brought for a few quid from a carpet shop and then my friend had some of the proper rubberised sound proofing stuff left over from his house so I chucked that in as well. The 2 layer of underlay mean my tonneau cover is well wedged in now

Not been on in a while but thought I'd post the conclusion. After the initial 30 day period Ebay found in the buyers favour. I rang up and stated my case and the call centre person said they'd look at it as they believed I had a good reason to dispute and they'd get back to me in the next few days. What I think happened is both myself and the buyer raised issues with the sale and as his was raised first they dealt with his claim rather than mine, so didn't see what I had written in my defence. 10 minutes after I put the phone down the case was closed in my favour and no appeal was raised by the buyer. I pointed out it was sold as not working and I did't know why so claiming it didn't work for a specific reason didn't go against what I had originally posted. I also said the buyer hadn't described which screws were missing, but all internal screws were visible in my photos and a box of 100's of external screws were available for a few £'s and I'd offed a £10 refund to cover this despite not thinking it mys responsibility to do so. I also pointed out that despite having a 100% buyer record, if you read through the comments on the buyers review page 15% of the comments were negative reviews and a few more had been removed by ebay.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272878892129

Yep - he originally offered me £40 for it. I might just offer him £10 good will because to be honest I wasn't expecting more than ~£50 for it. That might just **** him off though His main complaint is that its water damaged and this wasn't disclosed. I don't know why it stopped working but I doubt it was water damaged.

From what I've read if you lose you often don't get the item back. Thats why I was thinking its not worth fighting. But then again I've got a ZED whats £100...

HI, I sold a bricked laptop on ebay. It was sold as not working fro parts and a number of faults were listed. I stated as it didn't turn on I couldn't test anything. Buyer has now complained that the wire that lights up the back lit keyboard has snapped and the wire to the left hand speaker has snapped and also a few case screws are missing. They want a refund, I'd like to refuse as they were a d!ck from start to finish of the process and have very minor complaints. I've googled it a bit and it seems I'm better off to just accept the refund as ebay seller protection is none existent. It seems like I f I refuse the refund ebay will find n the buyers favor 99% of the time and i will auto refund out of my account and I may not even get the item back. Its sold for £110 Anyone have any advice

Haven't posted any pics since I got the wing added and had to take some photos for my insurance. Not bad for 2 hours work (I've come along way....)

Hi, My cars in the garage getting the break fluid changed and they are having trouble removing one of the bleed nipples. They are going to soak it in wd40 and leave it for a while. What are my options if it snaps off?

Would your shortcut work for other people? if so post it.

Echo... Yep I'm hardly ever on here. I just find it harder to quickly digest whats new, but I also feel that my Zeditis has run its course, so i'd naturally be on here less.

For a second there, I thought you were saying they charged you £300 to fit a wiper blade. My MOT and oil change costs about £80 (I provide my own fluids). I get collection and delivery thrown in, but then again I only live 3 doors away....

Okay - but not great its kind of smoothed out. I do <5k miles per year so its not in heavy in use.

I got mine done by Jack in a very similar style I was driving past so go him to fit it form me. Pics and prices Here:

If this only impacts new car,s presume my Zed will stop depreciating by so much....

Are you blade sliver or Gunmetal? I'm Silver and can vouch for poor boy blackhole (even though its meant for dark cars). I've just tried 50 cal and thats perfectly fine as well. I use supernatural as a wax or sealant, but its pretty much all I've ever used. I've had the same tub since I brought the car. I don't generally take pictures post wash, but my build thread has pictures in it, so if any of them look shiny its probably a result of poorboys followed by supernatural.

I've got a Kleers 1000 to get round the same issue. Works fine for cleaning cars, but not powerful enough for snow foam. http://www.kleers.com/Kleers-Jetwash-1000 This is the first youtube video that came up on the search