Decided yesterday after my wife once again told me her car was playing up to cut our losses and ditch it. I went to a local garage that I trust today and saw they had a nice replacement. Did an online comparison quote for the insurance and it was cheaper than quotes for her old car. Happy days.
So I called Admiral, with whom we have a multi car policy and enquired about changing the wife's car. Cutting a long story short he wanted nearly another 200 quid off me to insure the car that my research showed should have been cheaper to insure. So I told him to forget it, to cancel her car off the policy and I'll insure it elsewhere.
He then informed me that if I do that I'll lose my multi car discount and the new premium for just my car will be not much less than I already pay for my car and the wife's old one...
Ok, fine. Cancel the wife's and I'll decide what to do.
After getting off the phone (this call took a good 30 minutes by the way, the above is much condensed!) I went and did a comparison search for my car. Admiral (yes, the same Admiral I'm already in my second year with, who just flatly refused to budge on their price) can insure my car for almost exactly HALF of the price the fella on the phone just told me?!
Where do they get these figures from?? The whole thing is totally farcical! Tomorrow I'm going to ring up, cancel my policy, call back on the new business line and save myself 50%
So I called Admiral, with whom we have a multi car policy and enquired about changing the wife's car. Cutting a long story short he wanted nearly another 200 quid off me to insure the car that my research showed should have been cheaper to insure. So I told him to forget it, to cancel her car off the policy and I'll insure it elsewhere.
He then informed me that if I do that I'll lose my multi car discount and the new premium for just my car will be not much less than I already pay for my car and the wife's old one...
Ok, fine. Cancel the wife's and I'll decide what to do.
After getting off the phone (this call took a good 30 minutes by the way, the above is much condensed!) I went and did a comparison search for my car. Admiral (yes, the same Admiral I'm already in my second year with, who just flatly refused to budge on their price) can insure my car for almost exactly HALF of the price the fella on the phone just told me?!
Where do they get these figures from?? The whole thing is totally farcical! Tomorrow I'm going to ring up, cancel my policy, call back on the new business line and save myself 50%