Car Insurance in Dublin?

Kingy

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Morning,

Bit of an unusual question, but I might need to go to work in Dublin for a few months, and would probably be coming back to Leicester some/most weekends which rules out taking my car over on a ferry. With this is mind, I need to think about transport over the other side. Now I've heard that insurance is horrific in Northern Ireland, but what is the car/car insurance market like south of the border?

Any help appreciated. :)
 
Wouldn't know about insurance. I would suggest not driving though, as traffic here is a nightmare! Really, public transport is relatively good if you live in a good part of the city.

Where are you working/living?
 
Rossmac said:
Wouldn't know about insurance. I would suggest not driving though, as traffic here is a nightmare! Really, public transport is relatively good if you live in a good part of the city.

Where are you working/living?
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I'd be working in Cabinteely, South County Dublin which apparently is very close to Dunlaoghaire, Killiney and Dalkey...

As for where I'd be living, somewhere close to where I'd be working hopefully, I'll worry about that more when I get off the plane...

Public transport is an option I suppose if it's as good as the tube in London or Metro in Newcastle. How far are those places away from Dublin Airport?
 
Insurance in the Republic is usually very high, and if your going to be living near your job just use the buses. Traffic in the city is usually very heavy so you will be spending most of your time stationary in your car.
 
The transport is not as good as the metro or tube in England. Its okay though and you'll get by. Insurance is stupidly expensive. Cabinteely is in the city so if your working in the city you wont need a car, you should be able to get around. Cabinteely isnt too far from dublin airport, but traffic from the airport is ridiculous at some times and could take anywhere from 30mins to 2 hours. Theres a tunnel close to the airport that runs into the city, but its 12euros for a car(trucks go free)

So if you dont have to have a car, dont.
 
Kingy said:
I'd be working in Cabinteely, South County Dublin which apparently is very close to Dunlaoghaire, Killiney and Dalkey...

As for where I'd be living, somewhere close to where I'd be working hopefully, I'll worry about that more when I get off the plane...

Public transport is an option I suppose if it's as good as the tube in London or Metro in Newcastle. How far are those places away from Dublin Airport?
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Very random, but my girlfriend lives in Dun Laoghaire :p

Insurance is criminal, her brother who is 25 with no claims paid something ridiculous like £1800-1900 to insure a 1994 1.3 Civic DX. He wasn't happy when I told him that I insured a VTI with all mods declared like for like for £450 FC :p

Thing is, I see so many Evo's and Scooby's on the roads over there I wonder how they afford it (perhaps they don't!).

The reason insurance is so high is that the award system there is different. As far as I know, they have a court-like system where a jury decides on the monetary entitlement as a result of a claim. Hence the payouts can be stupendous for the insurance companies and so they fluff the premiums.

Apparently the insurance scheme is allegedly about to go under reform and hopefully this should bring premiums down, but till then.........

Killiney (We take her dog for walkies up Killiney Hill) is about 15mins from her house in Dun Laoghaire and the airport is about 40 mins away from Dun Laoghaire. However, access is not a problem as they run an aircoach shuttle service to the airport from relatively nearby which is about 7 Euro.

I personally love Ireland and particularly where she lives, such a pleasant, friendly, beautiful country.

All the best
 
Gaijin said:
Very random, but my girlfriend lives in Dun Laoghaire :p

Insurance is criminal, her brother who is 25 with no claims paid something ridiculous like £1800-1900 to insure a 1994 1.3 Civic DX. He wasn't happy when I told him that I insured a VTI with all mods declared like for like for £450 FC :p

Thing is, I see so many Evo's and Scooby's on the roads over there I wonder how they afford it (perhaps they don't!).
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Insurance on Civics is much more than any other hatchback of the same size/engine. Insurance companies see them as boyracer cars and usually will cost more to insure.

Theres plenty of evos, scoobys and skylines floating about, some with very big power, once you have a few no claims years on a smaller car, the same insurance company will quote you on a bigger one.

Also the quote you get can literally change on who picks up the phone, some will tell you that they dont insure vtecs, turbos etc. Ring the number again and a different person will quote you without any problems.
 
I find Dublin a pain in the ass to get around without a car - if every you want to go to a place on one side of the city to the other side, there are nearly always 2 bus trips involved or a train then bus.

Who are you insured with?

If you want to keep your car in the UK, you'll have to start from scratch with insurance over here - if you pick up a 1l micra, you'll be able to tax and insure it for about £1000 I'd say. Then you'd get your refund when you cancelled the policy.

My advice would be to take your car over, make sure your insurance covers you (I know Quinn Direct do) and then use a families/friends car when home at the weekends.
 
Gaijin said:
Very random, but my girlfriend lives in Dun Laoghaire :p

Insurance is criminal, her brother who is 25 with no claims paid something ridiculous like £1800-1900 to insure a 1994 1.3 Civic DX. He wasn't happy when I told him that I insured a VTI with all mods declared like for like for £450 FC :p

Thing is, I see so many Evo's and Scooby's on the roads over there I wonder how they afford it (perhaps they don't!).

The reason insurance is so high is that the award system there is different. As far as I know, they have a court-like system where a jury decides on the monetary entitlement as a result of a claim. Hence the payouts can be stupendous for the insurance companies and so they fluff the premiums.

Apparently the insurance scheme is allegedly about to go under reform and hopefully this should bring premiums down, but till then.........

Killiney (We take her dog for walkies up Killiney Hill) is about 15mins from her house in Dun Laoghaire and the airport is about 40 mins away from Dun Laoghaire. However, access is not a problem as they run an aircoach shuttle service to the airport from relatively nearby which is about 7 Euro.

I personally love Ireland and particularly where she lives, such a pleasant, friendly, beautiful country.

All the best
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Cheers for that, mind if I add you to MSN re making an England / Ireland relationship work?
 
commited said:
I find Dublin a pain in the ass to get around without a car - if every you want to go to a place on one side of the city to the other side, there are nearly always 2 bus trips involved or a train then bus.

Who are you insured with?

If you want to keep your car in the UK, you'll have to start from scratch with insurance over here - if you pick up a 1l micra, you'll be able to tax and insure it for about £1000 I'd say. Then you'd get your refund when you cancelled the policy.

My advice would be to take your car over, make sure your insurance covers you (I know Quinn Direct do) and then use a families/friends car when home at the weekends.
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Insurance would need to be told about the new residential address though...

A grand to insure a micra is obscene. Do people use Mopeds / Motorbikes over there? What are the license / insurance implications in that instance? Do you have a CBT test over there?

I've seen weird things about sharing a B&B room? That's just odd...

Do people (not students! ;) ) share houses / apartments over there?
 
yeah - people share rooms and apartments here - the cost of living is astronomical.

You could buy a moped and run it, but only one company does the insurance and therefore it's generally fairly steep. Never looked into it though.
 
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