Short term insurance - 5 weeks

[captain]

I'm leaving the country on 7th August and just realised my old policy ran out on 1st July.

 

Anybody got any bright ideas for insurance?

 

If I go the route of getting the cheapest 3rd party insurance paying monthly it works out at £30 deposit, £30 on 1st August and then some ridiculous cancellation fee taking my costs for 5 weeks driving to £100 plus.

 

I just had a quote from Aviva for £464 for a 28-day cover note...... so that's not really an option either.

 

Thanks.

[rabbitstew]

What about other providers? Adrian Flux happily did me a "rolling monthly" insurance on a car I was selling the other year. Only problem was for me was that because I was using my NCB on my main car, the cost per month was very high - but in your case you should be fine if you have some NCB to use.

[p40ulw]

have you got any other family members in the uk? if so get them to phone (or go online) and add you as a aditional driver onto thier policy then add your car as a temporary cover, you set a strat date and a expiry date on there. (plus if you dont need it for aslong as you got the cover you get a partial refund!)

 

this is basically what i do when i buy a new car and still have my old one.

 

hope this helps.

 

P.S. just for example i paid £68 to cover my audi a3 as a temp car on my 350Z insurance with my GF as a additional driver

[Ekona]

Hire a garage and keep it locked up, and SORN it? Remove the battery beforehand and pop a steering lock on it or something should be pretty unstealable.

 

Not sure if that's something easy to find in your area though, just another option.

[captain]

have you got any other family members in the uk? if so get them to phone (or go online) and add you as a aditional driver onto thier policy then add your car as a temporary cover, you set a strat date and a expiry date on there. (plus if you dont need it for aslong as you got the cover you get a partial refund!)

 

this is basically what i do when i buy a new car and still have my old one.

 

hope this helps.

 

P.S. just for example i paid £68 to cover my audi a3 as a temp car on my 350Z insurance with my GF as a additional driver

 

My girlfriend is staying in the country until she finds a job and I am currently a named driver on her MX-5 policy.

 

I'll try that route.

[rabbitstew]

have you got any other family members in the uk? if so get them to phone (or go online) and add you as a aditional driver onto thier policy then add your car as a temporary cover, you set a strat date and a expiry date on there. (plus if you dont need it for aslong as you got the cover you get a partial refund!)

 

this is basically what i do when i buy a new car and still have my old one.

 

hope this helps.

 

P.S. just for example i paid £68 to cover my audi a3 as a temp car on my 350Z insurance with my GF as a additional driver

 

My girlfriend is staying in the country until she finds a job and I am currently a named driver on her MX-5 policy.

 

I'll try that route.

 

Be interesting to see if that works, it might depend upon insurance company, as whenever ive ever asked insurance companies about temp insurance just for a few weeks whilst I sell my old car, none of them have been willing to do it. Ive always had to insure it as a seperate vehicle, on which i cant use my ncb. I remember when I got my zed, my old car was costing me 180quid a year to insure and i ended up having to pay 120quid just for 4 weeks insurance on it when I was selling it.

[p40ulw]

Your not using your NCB's your using their insurance, if you can do it online its alot easier! Ive done it this way pretty much every time ive bought a new car, it does work it just depends on who you are insured with, i know axa and any insurance company they are conected to will do it online and it takes minutes to do. Very easy

[DoogyRev]

Iif it's looking to be expensive, you could have a look at hiring an car for when you need it. Might work out cheaper