Insurance renewal quote.

I'm with AON - they managed to get mine through good old hibernian, €1700 including class 2 business use and open drive too.

The next closest was €3,400 - ironically that was also through Hibernian but a different broker. Another company told me they'd do me a favour and offer insurance (apparently a 27 year old shouldn't be driving a 2.5l car) but it'd cost €4,500.

I think it's all down to shopping around and keep beating them down.

Nice story dude

So when you getting the CSL

it is insane that they think just because it is a high litre car it would cause more crashes

Bike insurers have being using that excuse for years to rip us off, "Whats that sir its a 1000cc, oh i'll have to speak with my supervisor"..

Haven't been forgetting about this; have been trying to get the basics down on paper.

BTW; I'm 29, drive the 520 and my insurance with FBD is€820 with no excess and 2 windscreens!

I filled out the online form for a quote from www.jlt.ie and got a reply yesterday informing me they can't quote my E36 M3

€3077 for a 29yo with a licence for ten years is taking the piss, insrance companies.....what a helpful bunch of money grabbing ****ards, you'd think you were trying to insure a ballistic missile or something, what a joke.

Edited......ah you know the rest.

I'd say that quote is from XSdirect as thats the excess they charge for a policy with them, Ref: earlier posts on this thread.

I'm currently insured with St.pauls through broker Top Quote.

It was Top Quote who sent a proposal for renewal from XSdirect.

I now have the choice of paying St.Pauls €2097 for renewal, alternatively i can take out a policy with XSdirect €1000 odd with €4000 excess.

hmmm... my 328i seems the way to go for the next year or two..

29 yrs old

5 yrs no claims (cos I've bounced around companies as I've changed cars to get the best deal)

Myself & fiance fully comp with business cover & full NCB protection

€860 with Quinn Direct.

Not a bad price I reckon..

@ Robbie, normally I'd advise selling if it's squeezing the finances. There are plenty across the pond, tis only a car, and what you're at with the UUC stuff is building a foundation to enable you to get a new E90 M3 in a few years time. This requires sacrifices! I had to sell my shiny Xsara VTS to buy my first gaff, and bought an E34 518i for €600, threw a grand getting it into shape and it started the BMW thing for me. A biker mate is still scooting around in it 60k later!

But as the lads said, E36 M3s ain't fetching good money at all at the moment. So balance cashflow needs with the money lost by selling. It may be that you're better laying it up for a year if you have somewhere to store it and getting something cheap & cheerful. A lad @ work is selling his clean 95 1.8 Galant with 140k for less than a grand.. Or another lad bought an import 87 starlet for €250 that's been doing the job for a year while he gets a house! He calls it the 'white shadow' - I call it the Dignity Stripper

Hope it all works out for the best...

FBD will surely come down a bit on price if you put excess of €400-500 on the policy i'd imagine.

Well dude, i'm not 100% about any of dem insurance crowds but better safe than sorry......€4000 is alot to fork out to XSdirect if the unthinkable happens.

Having said that i could go with XSdirect myself yet.....all depends what mood i'm in on the day

Give FBD a call and ask for ways to make the quote cheaper, like limited mileage, garaged on private property, put a woman on as a named driver as this will reduce the quote for some unknown reason.....oh, i mean they're better drivers or something