Just been looking at the post office online insurance quotes. I am researching how much it would cost to insure an S3. This has left me a little puzzled.
I am over 45 now... boooo ... but insuring an S3 seems possible ... yay
What is puzzling is that I can insure a brand new S3 for the same money as my wife is paying for her 2 year old A3 1.6 diesel. Just for comparison I went onto the Parkers website to see what the insurance groups are. S3 = 36, A3 = 16 and my current Mk6 GTD = 30.
Value of car, and insurance group do not seem to make much difference to our quotes. The thing that made the biggest difference was the annual mileage. My wife was saying that she did 20k miles. My mileage is likely to be under 12k.
Out of curiosity, I entered my details to insure the A3 1.6 diesel and the quote was just a £25 cheaper than a new S3.
It makes no sense to me that a car that is twice the value and 20 insurance groups higher is almost the same cost for me to insure.
I was expecting a shock when trying to insure an S3. I got a pleasant surprise.
Is this just because I am over 45 now?
I am over 45 now... boooo ... but insuring an S3 seems possible ... yay
What is puzzling is that I can insure a brand new S3 for the same money as my wife is paying for her 2 year old A3 1.6 diesel. Just for comparison I went onto the Parkers website to see what the insurance groups are. S3 = 36, A3 = 16 and my current Mk6 GTD = 30.
Value of car, and insurance group do not seem to make much difference to our quotes. The thing that made the biggest difference was the annual mileage. My wife was saying that she did 20k miles. My mileage is likely to be under 12k.
Out of curiosity, I entered my details to insure the A3 1.6 diesel and the quote was just a £25 cheaper than a new S3.
It makes no sense to me that a car that is twice the value and 20 insurance groups higher is almost the same cost for me to insure.
I was expecting a shock when trying to insure an S3. I got a pleasant surprise.
Is this just because I am over 45 now?