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Gibbo said:
BMW Motorsport E30 325i
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Utterly gorgeous car and from those couple of photos looks like its in great condition considering how old these are now.

@Gibbo, if you don't mind me asking how do you go about keeping/managing so many different cars? Do you have any sort or trade/dealer type coverage or are they all managed as private ownership? I struggle keeping on top of TAX/Insurance/MOTs for 2-3 cars. That many must be a logistics nightmare! :D
 
GSXRMovistar said:
Utterly gorgeous car and from those couple of photos looks like its in great condition considering how old these are now.

@Gibbo, if you don't mind me asking how do you go about keeping/managing so many different cars? Do you have any sort or trade/dealer type coverage or are they all managed as private ownership? I struggle keeping on top of TAX/Insurance/MOTs for 2-3 cars. That many must be a logistics nightmare! :D
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It can be, but I do tend to drop 1 or 2 of with manufacturers when I go for a holiday and let them have the car for 2-3 weeks for servicing and repairs. When I was on holiday in February McLaren had the 600 LT for a month for servicing and warranty repairs, upon me getting home they delivered car back to me.

Again when I jetted off in May the Alpine and 360 were sent of for servicing and/or warranty work, collected upon returning.

Corvette has no tax or MOT, so I service that as and when it suits me but its generally trouble free.
The R8 there is a specialist near work so can just drop there.

It can be a pain but I somewhat manage OK, got no kids to worry about helps, servicing on Corvette and BMW I do myself, if its more complex there is specialist I can call upon to help.

Insurance is done via three companies:
Admiral Multicar
Heritage multicar on classics for agreed values
Classicline on 600 for track cover, though as I won't track the car any more now it will divert back to Admiral at renewal as they are far cheaper, about £800 for the McLaren compared to £1300 paying now which will no doubt become £1600 at renewal.

Bit of a juggling game and for MOTs I have a local place, again to work I take all the cars too which makes life somewhat easy.
 
Poor MX5, Sorry old pal

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GSXRMovistar said:
I struggle keeping on top of TAX/Insurance/MOTs for 2-3 cars. That many must be a logistics nightmare! :D
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Maybe not the most cost effective but one of the reasons I pay most of these monthly and have MOT reminders set up, just makes ownership of multiple vehicles much less of a headache. So far Admiral multi cover has worked out fairly well just hope there are no unpleasant price rises which force me to mess about with separate insurance.
 
Rroff said:
Maybe not the most cost effective but one of the reasons I pay most of these monthly and have MOT reminders set up, just makes ownership of multiple vehicles much less of a headache. So far Admiral multi cover has worked out fairly well just hope there are no unpleasant price rises which force me to mess about with separate insurance.
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They did try to increase my premium this year, but after a phone call and as loyal customer threatening to remove all the business from them which across several cars is not a small chunk of money the guy on the phone was very helpful and got my overall premium within £50 of the year before, so it works to give them a call and play the loyal customer line and what can you do for me oh pretty please.

This year every insurance company has tried a cheeky 10-20% renewal increase, I have refused it and called them, all of them either matched the previous year or got within 3-5%. :)
 
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