350Chris Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 This thread nearly started yesterday with a grown(ish) man in tears! Having wrestled the insurance down on my current car this month with Adrian Flux I rang up to enquire about adding a 350Z to the policy (as soon as I find the one for me). Having had quotes from comparison sites I expected a £300-400 cost to change which I was perfectly happy to swallow. However when the cheery woman on the phone came back and told me that 'it would be £1,700 please sir....would you like to proceed with that', two things were confirmed; 1) she was not the sharpest tool in the box 2) my Zed ownership fantasy was probably over I shouted at everyone in the office, kicked the cat at home, chugged some mighty fine 12 year old (rum) and then slept on it... Today the crack like habit that I have developed for this forum drew me out from my dispair and into the insurance section where I stumbled across Sky Insurance - not only did it turn out that they are just up the road from me but after a few questions and a couple of minutes of the hold tone - it looks like I will be adding them to my fantasy bank. Not only have they come in cheaper than anywhere else for the Zed they have come in cheaper on my current modified toy and I get to give Flux the finger (in exchange for some cancellation fee rape). Extremely happy, extremely impressed and ready to celebrate with, rather than cry into, the 12 year old (still the rum) If anyone from Sky Insurance is reading this - the chance of you seeing a naked, drunken, petrol enthusiast dancing outside your offices has just increased exponentially!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I actually found it was the other way around for me. I already had a car insured with Flux, so called them up when I was looking at buying the zed and checked what it would cost. If you are already mid-term with a company, the company you are with may not be the cheapest for a zed, so you have a choice. Either pay their high price until your policy is due for renewal, or have the broker (flux) cancel the policy (loosing 1 years ncb) and move to a company which is more favorable to the zed. I phoned around all the companies I could find, incl sky & other "specialist" ones and the problem I had was that, even though i had 20 years NCB, had many many years experience of 200mph motorbikes & hot hatches, some of them felt I was a high risk as I hadnt recently driven a high performance RWD car. Some said if i had driven a skyline, or z4m or whatever then they said it would have made a big difference to my quote. So some of the quotes I had from the "specialist" insurers were about double that of Adrian Flux. One even came back at nearly £2000. So, I stayed with Adrian Flux. Come my renewal however a few weeks back, I did the normal shopping around and decided to move to Admiral as they came in at about 25% cheaper than Flux this time. But, I certainly wouldnt hesitate in going back to Flux if they come up with a good price in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350Chris Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 Don't get me wrong, I am not bashing Flux - I have been insured with them for several years They just don't want my business this time around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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