OK, so I could drive home the A500 and if there is a day or two cross over between cars leave the A500 parked up and use the Audi until its picked up by VW Finance, then switch over the insurance I have with Admiral.

Cheers, another problem solved by the forum

Admiral have always been cheapest for me the past few years, and they added the TMC box to the policy without question (called it an engine management chip, with an 11-25% power increase) and the call centers are in South Wales so i can understand them (familiar accent!)

This is why i have stuck with bell as they are located in Cardiff so very nice to talk to them on the phone 

I've left my renewal to damn late 

Been work the last few nights and it's completly slipped my mind....I now have a new policy starting in 45 minutes to the tune of £655.....and that's with 6 yrs NCB.

There's always next year 

I've left my renewal to damn late 

Been work the last few nights and it's completly slipped my mind....I now have a new policy starting in 45 minutes to the tune of £655.....and that's with 6 yrs NCB.

There's always next year 

Is there not a cooling off period?

Martin

I'm with LV. They were extremely helpful when I added (then removed) the TMC box.  UK call centre which always helps, and seemed very reasonable - just over £100 extra for the box.

Its kind of random what is best with what car and what "customer" I found, we currently have an Alfa and a Land Rover, and when I tried to put the Land Rover on Aviva who were cheap for Alfa it was super-expensive, and vice versa Tesco who insure the LR were very uncompetitive for the Alfa.

As some said earlier though, if you know the inside workings of these companies, they are all tied into best deals for new customers as that's what they expect so you HAVE to shop around, catch 22, their research says you will, their price structure reflects this, so it drives you to follow the price structure...

That's cause you were a "new" customer to elephant! The pricing models usually means the renewal is always more expensive than a new punter.

Interestingly they check your a customer if you get an online quote and fudge it to your renewal price.

2 years back I was ill with food poisoning for a week and forgot to renew, car was in garage and I could not travel outside a 10m radius of a toilet in any case, so policy with Aviva expired. Went online day later (ok, was some risk if house burnt down I suppose!) but as I was a "new" customer - with no existing policy - the price was £50 cheaper than the renewal they already sent me!

In summary, all insurance companies are thieves, and your best to do what you can to make sure your really getting their best price, not just a good price