Is there such a thing as "weekend car insurance"?

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Just wondering if such a thing exists, where you are insured to drive over the weekend.

I know you can get temporary policies, for a couple of days or a few weeks at a time, but is there some kind of recurring weekend policy, where you are covered to drive on weekends throughout a whole year?

I am guessing that the answer is "no" or "yes, but it isn't worth having because it is too expensive", but I thought I may as well ask...

The idea would be to have one fully insured car, and one insured to drive at the weekends.

I'm asking because there is a small chance that I might be given a 1999 E36 323i Cabrio :p

I may as well turn it away or take it and sell it if I can't get some kind of funky insurance for it.

Edit - Abandon thread, they were talking about a different car which is a total shed. :eek: :(
 
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Closest you'll get is a limited mileage policy - the likes of Admiral will also mirror your ncb on the second car, so you could have for example two policies both running 3 years no claims, one for say 10k on your existing and one for 2k on the other car.

Could always take it and ditch the polo? Will hardly be an expensive thing to run and tbh it's not anything like special enough to be a weekend car.
 
You'd still need basic insurance during the week, even if not driven, so I can't see why it would be cheaper than a standard limited mileage policy. Unless weekend driving was statistically less likely to result in accidents (and it probably isn't)
 
I don't really want to insure it full time and replace the Polo, it will cost considerably more to fuel, and the insurance is in the £1500 - £1800 region because of my age. Which is the same as an E90 325i :rolleyes: whereas the Polo insurance is currently at £760.

Hence why I will probably say thanks but no thanks if there isnt some snazzy policy available.

I don't know why I'm asking in honesty, because once you add the cost of a "weekend policy" onto the cost of the Polo insurance, I may as well have just kept the E36 as a daily. :rolleyes:

Although I suppose I would have £1200 or so from the sale of the Polo going spare...

I got caught up in the excitement of being offered a free car and made a thread immediately. :p

Bah.
 
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gah, BMW and their confusing numbers.

i guess they see BM cabrio and instantly thing this person must be a gangsta pimp and can afford it?
 
neil_g said:
gah, BMW and their confusing numbers.

i guess they see BM cabrio and instantly thing this person must be a gangsta pimp and can afford it?
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Nah, they see a BM cabrio and instantly think this person must be a gangsta pimp and is going to plough into a queue of traffic at 120MPH.
 
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More details coming through, it is a 1996 325i hard top, not a 1999 323i cabrio. A/C doesn't work, there is a large crack in the windscreen and it needs two new tyres. Also no tax or MOT. Hasn't been run for 2 years. It is also rusty and is a horrible shade of teal. 220,000 on the clock.

Will say thanks but no thanks. Isn't even worth stripping as a track car by the sounds of it.

They have two BMW's apparently, the only one I have seen is the cabrio, hence why I thought it was the one they meant when they offered me their "old BMW". :(

/end thread, abandon thread, thread is now pointless, run for the hills.
 
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It's not worth anything complete, but it's still a world apart from a polo in terms of driving enjoyment in working condition which generally isn't hard to get an e36 into

In all seriousness, as clarkey says it'll be worth several hundred in parts at least.
 
rodenal said:
It's not worth anything complete, but it's still a world apart from a polo in terms of driving enjoyment in working condition.

In all seriousness, as clarkey says it'll be worth several hundred in parts at least.
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See my update above, they meant the "other one" which I didn't realise they had, tucked away in a barn behind all the tractors. It is an utter shed. :p

Bit disappointed... I assumed they meant the 323i cabrio which I occasionally see parked round near the farmhouses. :(
 
Someone will buy that as a drift missile any day. If they are going to scrap it then at least have the inlet manifold off it, they are super rare and sought after these days.
 
I'd be tempted to take that as a bit of labour of love, keep it SORN while I do it up as a track/drift machine.

But I dunno, would have to see the car to see if it would be worth it and how the engine's running etc. If it was a 328i though I'd snap it up!
 
Greenja said:
I'd be tempted to take that as a bit of labour of love, keep it SORN while I do it up as a track/drift machine.

But I dunno, would have to see the car to see if it would be worth it and how the engine's running etc. If it was a 328i though I'd snap it up!
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I don't have anywhere to keep it off of the road, and I certainly don't have anywhere to "do it up", nor do I have any way of getting it to a track.
 
Not really. The early M50B25 non-VANOS is the engine of choice for thrashing on, they are a bit more cammy than the later ones and are hard as nails. The best for turbocharging too, can do 500hp with bolt ons.

Mostly though, people want to chuck the big inlet manifold onto 328i's because it gives you 20-30hp at the top end. Combine this with a shorter final ratio and weight loss and you can suddenly stay pretty close to M3's.
 
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