Insurance prices = WOW :|

-westy- · 5 Jan 2011 at 14:22

rypt said:
MEng is an undergrad degree, MSc would be postgrad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Engineering ?

I'm not disputing that MEng would be studied as an undergraduate, just that most people would think of/refer to a Master's as a postgraduate degree.

thepeteh · 5 Jan 2011 at 14:25

It's still pretty irrelevant comparing what it was like to insure your 530i when you were younger.

[TW]Fox · 5 Jan 2011 at 14:27

thepeteh said:
It's still pretty irrelevant comparing what it was like to insure your 530i when you were younger.

It was hardly 10 years ago. I will run a quote on the same details today if you are that bothered.

thepeteh · 5 Jan 2011 at 14:35

I'm not overly bothered but then that would be interesting to see what number it comes up with.

The point I was trying to make, albeit fairly badly was that you can't compare 'then' to 'now' as the insurance market would have course as you know be different. Never mind the fact that your postcode, job, relationship status etc probably make your quotes cheaper.

Jono8 · 5 Jan 2011 at 14:42

To be honest, due to the amount of variables and varying amounts that people can stomach as an excess, comparing all our insurance prices, is on the whole, quite pointless.

[TW]Fox · 5 Jan 2011 at 14:44

That was my point in the first place. Somebody was suggesting his age was the problem.

cm1179 · 5 Jan 2011 at 14:54

well i'm 31 and can't insure my 1.0 lupo for less than £500 p/a granted i have no ncb, after i lost 12 years worth in 2009

thepeteh · 5 Jan 2011 at 14:55

no-NCB protection ftl

Morba · 5 Jan 2011 at 15:03

[TW]Fox;18147820 said:
No, it was after a few years in a reasonably new, modified 2 litre Mondeo.

Ah forgot about the mondeo! It was your 3rd car.

Smokey26 · 5 Jan 2011 at 15:09

[TW]Fox;18147053 said:
Whilst I do think that his current circumstances dictate he should buy something modest his age isnt the problem - I was 6 months older than him when I insured my 530i for the first time.

A 530i is slow and worth nothing though. This is an Alfa.

lawz · 5 Jan 2011 at 15:56

1.1 Saxo, TPFT @ £560 give or take. Thats 20 (and 11 months), 3 years driving, 3 years ncb.

Same price as last year (19 and 11 months, 2 years driving, 2 years ncb)

Insurance has defo went up a lot the past year in my opinion.

mufc802 · 5 Jan 2011 at 16:59

James07 said:
Yeah but you have to be the main driver so it dosnt take anything off, sometimes even adds on money.

It reduced my quote by half by adding my dad as a named driver.

thepeteh · 5 Jan 2011 at 17:02

lawz said:
Insurance has defo went up a lot the past year in my opinion.

I'm glad it's just your opinion because mine has gone down year on year since age 17

flibbage0 · 5 Jan 2011 at 17:13

MrLOL said:
What MEng degree do you have ?

Nice trick question.

Morba · 5 Jan 2011 at 17:14

thepeteh said:
I'm glad it's just your opinion because mine has gone down year on year since age 17

Without threatening to change or moving to another insurer?

Raymond Lin · 5 Jan 2011 at 17:41

[TW]Fox;18145044 said:
He isnt a mechanical engineer, he's part way through a diploma in 'mechanical engineering' at a college. This makes him a student, which is a higher risk occupation than a mechanical engineer.

It'll be a good 5+ years before he's actually an engineer, in the same way as somebody doing biology A level isnt a Doctor.

Purely in the spirit of correction...you don't need to do Biology at A Level to get into a medical degree. The one A Level you must have is Chemistry. They actually prefer Mathmatics over Biology, but Chemistry is mandatory.

thepeteh · 5 Jan 2011 at 17:46

Morba said:
Without threatening to change or moving to another insurer?

I'd say from my renewal quotes it's still gone down year upon year but not by that much. But after shopping around, easily so.

If people moan about insurance rises because of their renewals then that's a little silly, as you know they send out the renewal in the hope that everyone just bends over and accepts straight away, but that's just business, it's a buyer's market - shop around.

[TW]Fox · 5 Jan 2011 at 17:48

Raymond Lin said:
Purely in the spirit of correction...

No correction needed as that wasn't my point.

you don't need to do Biology at A Level to get into a medical degree. The one A Level you must have is Chemistry. They actually prefer Mathmatics over Biology, but Chemistry is mandatory.

Wooosh.

Raymond Lin · 5 Jan 2011 at 17:51

[TW]Fox;18149369 said:
No correction needed as that wasn't my point.

Wooosh.

I know, but what you said wasn't exactly right, you only said Biology as it is associated with the human body, but when in fact University don't mind if you don't have an A Level in it. chemistry would and should be the course you picked, As for any aspiring doctor, they got to take chemistry, so to presume people who take biology = wanting to be a doctor is incorrect if they don't take chemistry they can't do medicine, except saying chemistry in your example just doesn't sound right.

But what am i doing? Lol this is rather pointless.

[TW]Fox · 5 Jan 2011 at 17:52

Raymond Lin said:
I know, but what you said wasn't exactly right

You mean what you think I meant wasnt right. I'm well aware that Biology isn't a prerequisite for a medical degree. I just picked the closest A level to illustrate a point.