Massive Car insurance costs?

[ginjaninja]

Just seeing if I'm going mad here.
Been driving 2 years, no points. 32 years old.
Last year's insurance was £610 on Hastings Premier.

Just looking at quotes and the same plan on compare the market is £864? what on earth is going on??? Can't get it below 850 no matter what I do or where I look.

I know prices have went up, but not by almost 50%.

One of the few upsides of getting older...i noticed insurance for a lot cheaper when i got to 50...not long to go.

 

[deardevildude]

One of the few upsides of getting older...i noticed insurance for a lot cheaper when i got to 50...not long to go.

Mine dropped massively when I hit 21 I noticed. Had only been driving 2 years and most quotes dropped by about £600 from the previous year

 

[TrojanWhore]

I think it was when I was around 25 that it got massively cheaper....

Had a seizure a couple of years ago and with that (1yr) and the time it took them to process my license application I'd not had my own insurance for over 2 years, losing 13-14 years of NCD in the process....
Was absolutely bricking it after getting my license back, as I thought it would be thousands to insure anything, but thankfully it wasn't as bad as I feared.

Audi A3 (2014, 2L TDI, 185bhp) is costing me just over £600/yr... with an added epilepsy diagnosis, no NCD and a license which I technically only got a few weeks ago (despite passing in 2005 )
It's on a 3k mileage limit, but I work from home so it's basically to get me to the supermarket plus a couple of trips away per year possibly (festival/visiting friends etc), well chuffed with that

 

[Richie]

Got my renewal email through this morning - 20% increase. Going to give them a phone as a quick look on Compare The Market shows I can save a little off that with another company.