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My boss's son has just had this fitted cost a bit for the box as well i think, although it did bring his insurance down quite a bit, if he only goes out for work and during the day the premium stays the same but if he goes out late at nights it increases the premium and if he's driving like a knob.
 

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Cheers for the reply, is there anyway you could find out the insurance company he used?
 

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Mark315 said:
Cheers for the reply, is there anyway you could find out the insurance company he used?
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Ill try to remember to ask the Knobhead boss tomorrow, but if he starts one of his boring as feck conversations, its your fault!!
 

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think the aa sent me a letter out.... no chance am i getting it fitted in the scooby lol would end up costing me more than what it is now, but if you do drive sensably could save well over half which would be around 900 quid spare.. thats IF you drive like a granny basically
 

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dross432 said:
think the aa sent me a letter out.... no chance am i getting it fitted in the scooby lol would end up costing me more than what it is now, but if you do drive sensably could save well over half which would be around 900 quid spare.. thats IF you drive like a granny basically
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Well it's going to be for 2 years max. So I'd rather drive like that than not drive at all...
 

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Try multicar insurance, admiral were about 40% cheaper than the best quote I could find online!
 

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Nearly sure it's through Autoline. I'm insured through them myself, thankfully I am passed the days of totally extortionate prices now and I have never had any bother with them as a company - great when some liverpudlian twit hit me a couple of years ago!

Way I got round the premiums back in the day was to insure using the folk's address in Scotland...........was ballixed if I had an accident (never thought about this at the time!) but luckily enough I didn't, 450quid 3rd party fire and theft on a 1.6 mk3 golf held together with rust in my own name and got me a vital 1 years no claims. Not the best route to go down but saved me a clean fortune!

Hope the Granny Box gives you a good saving! (y)
 

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Just spoke to my boss there, his son has the box through the co/op insurance. He was saying if you drive after midnight you get penalised and it monitors all your driving characteristics, acceleration and braking etc. Also you get a years free theft gps tracking with it.
 

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Bit harsh if you work at a bar or something though lol The idea behind it sounds good though, my gf just got her first car on her R's there and we had to fork out £1,300 fully comp :scream:

Anyone know what happened with that proposal to not let new drivers have passengers in their car at night? Again I think that's a bit harsh if it goes ahead, I know Canada works like that though for new drivers, well the province of Manitoba anyway.
 

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£0 for my first year, £900 for my second, then been hovering around £500-600 the last three years for me :p lol
 

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Gavlar said:
Bit harsh if you work at a bar or something though lol The idea behind it sounds good though, my gf just got her first car on her R's there and we had to fork out £1,300 fully comp :scream:

Anyone know what happened with that proposal to not let new drivers have passengers in their car at night? Again I think that's a bit harsh if it goes ahead, I know Canada works like that though for new drivers, well the province of Manitoba anyway.
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Is that all? I wish i could get a quote like that. For a cheap, small engined car on 3rd Party insurance, its around £3.5k :scream:
 

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Boabybooster said:
Just spoke to my boss there, his son has the box through the co/op insurance. He was saying if you drive after midnight you get penalised and it monitors all your driving characteristics, acceleration and braking etc. Also you get a years free theft gps tracking with it.
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Fook that lol. There must be a policy which will be a bit more expensive, but lets you drive after midnight. I could live without quick acceleration bursts etc for a year max ;).
Thanks for asking him for me anyway, appreciate it. :grinning:
 

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When I was renewing with admiral they offered a £70 discount if I had a black box fitted. No way!

My cousin has one fitted because he drives his mums car. With it he has a curfew, and not allowed to go above 70 ever. Also tracks him and he's not allowed to go into the south!

I paid £900 in my first year in a Saxo VTR as a named driver. Then £1400 in my own name fully comp on my Polo TDI Sport with Elephant, now paying £800 on the Polo with Elephant. Happy with that at 20 with 1 years no claims.
 

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Just tried getting a quote for my own car with my mum as the policy holder. In shock atm to get such a great price for a 1.9ltr- £959, fully comp, with no Black Box. Think i will end up doing this for a year or so, before setting up my own policy to start collecting NCB :grinning:
 

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I paid 3000 my first year (2006) fully comp on a rusty polo worth 200 but it was back in the good old times of quinns third party extension, my Gti twincam corolla was sweet on R plates :grinning:
 
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