Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 27, 2023 Site Supporter Posted December 27, 2023 On 24/12/2023 at 09:20, Zico said: Other halfs boss Got his ev through the company then ended up buying it outright Several years old now Battery has gone 14k for a new one Took this up with the garage/manufacturer Basically got told it was his own fault for buying as no one buys EVs out right, they should lease them and hand them back after 3 or 4 years Dunno what he has, but my van's battery was guaranteed to have at least 70% of its initial capacity for 7 years. New batteries are coming down in price, especially with new technologies now meaning that smaller units will contain as much power as their lighter counterparts. Also allows for far more recharging cycles. I read an article recently that explained that a tipping point had been reached with battery prices, that meant evs were cheaper. It's wrong to look at the cost as a stand alone feature, as the maintenance costs are lower. No gear box, engine etc to wear out neither- something which some drivers will use as an indication of when to change a vehicle. With an ev you don't have to change the whole thing, just swap the battery. With the new types coming in soon, they will be giving much larger ranges and a longer life too. A no brainer. Quote
Nowack Posted December 27, 2023 Posted December 27, 2023 Electric car battery swap: NIO network explained | DrivingElectric As its a battery I don`t know why more manufacturers are looking to standardise them and just replace the battery every time like you do with most other devices. Quote
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 27, 2023 Site Supporter Posted December 27, 2023 13 minutes ago, Nowack said: Electric car battery swap: NIO network explained | DrivingElectric As its a battery I don`t know why more manufacturers are looking to standardise them and just replace the battery every time like you do with most other devices. Absolutely. Way back, in the infancy, I genuinely thought that this would be the way the industry would go. Just pull up to a garage, and swap over to a charged one. Still have home charging obviously, but a quicker alternative when on the road. Quote
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted March 14, 2024 Site Supporter Posted March 14, 2024 Renewal time.. Good grief, Policy gone up to 2400 a year!! Rang them and after 2.5 hours on hold (kept getting cut off), they have it down to 1700 for both cars. Can change to Esure and it will come down to 1150 for both cars, but that includes a huge payment upfront.. Still 50 a month cheaper. Absolute farce atm! They even had the cheek to say "If you can get a cheaper quote, ring us and we'll try to beat it". Quote
Moderators Zico Posted March 14, 2024 Moderators Posted March 14, 2024 Esure put mine up £100 Dabbled with the options but it wasn't coming down I'd have just let it renew but next time I logged in had a message saying they couldn't actually renew it anyway so to look elsewhere, which has never happened before so I did got £150 off with some random called 1st central so went with them on the day esure ran out I got an email thanking me for auto renewing sorted it out no problem like, just saying Quote
Site Supporter Winchester White Posted March 14, 2024 Site Supporter Posted March 14, 2024 Lad is 18 and passed his test last week. Got a new Kia Picanto on PCP for him arriving in 3 to 4 weeks, 2k to insure with both me and his mum as named drivers. Quote
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted March 14, 2024 Site Supporter Posted March 14, 2024 annoying thing, I've got 20 years without a claim, hastings have capped it at 9 years ! Quote
Site Supporter Winchester White Posted March 14, 2024 Site Supporter Posted March 14, 2024 2 minutes ago, only1swanny said: annoying thing, I've got 20 years without a claim, hastings have capped it at 9 years ! Yeah I think that's the max pal. Quote
Duck Egg Posted March 14, 2024 Posted March 14, 2024 My old man was telling me today that his insurance had more than doubled to £1200. He had a look on Go Compare & their cheapest was nearly 2k! I was hoping it was because he's well into his 80s but looks like it's massive increases for all of us. Quote
Site Supporter Winchester White Posted March 14, 2024 Site Supporter Posted March 14, 2024 27 minutes ago, Duck Egg said: My old man was telling me today that his insurance had more than doubled to £1200. He had a look on Go Compare & their cheapest was nearly 2k! I was hoping it was because he's well into his 80s but looks like it's massive increases for all of us. Old drivers have massively increased recently. Quote
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted March 14, 2024 Site Supporter Posted March 14, 2024 Got it down to 800 now through Compare the market.. That'll do. Quote
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted March 14, 2024 Site Supporter Posted March 14, 2024 1 hour ago, Winchester White said: Lad is 18 and passed his test last week. Got a new Kia Picanto on PCP for him arriving in 3 to 4 weeks, 2k to insure with both me and his mum as named drivers. That's very good relatively speaking. Lad has been driving a few months now, and recently swapped to a slightly newer i30. Bigger engine etc but got over 2k back. Was over 5k, now around 3. Quote
little whitt Posted March 26, 2024 Posted March 26, 2024 FUCK ME just got a Email last year £467 This year £ 779 Quote
Not in Crawley Posted March 26, 2024 Posted March 26, 2024 13 minutes ago, little whitt said: FUCK ME just got a Email last year £467 This year £ 779 Just shop around, actually managed to get mine down after being quoted an eye-watering amount from my old company. Quote
Traf Posted March 26, 2024 Posted March 26, 2024 3 hours ago, little whitt said: FUCK ME just got a Email last year £467 This year £ 779 Do you still have those wooden blocks on the pedals so you can reach them? Or have you gone all upmarket now with these... Quote
little whitt Posted March 26, 2024 Posted March 26, 2024 1 hour ago, Traf said: Do you still have those wooden blocks on the pedals so you can reach them? Or have you gone all upmarket now with these... It was a Game Changer That for me Pal Quote
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted March 26, 2024 Site Supporter Posted March 26, 2024 Compare the market, Geoffrey insurance or esure, both came up cheapest Quote
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted October 13, 2024 Site Supporter Posted October 13, 2024 Who's in the know? Had an old woman drive into my car, she's written it off (3 panels) it's repairable but insurance won't and have deemed ut undrivable (bullshit I've done 1000 miles since and it would pass an mot no issue, it's cosmetic). She didn't even realise and make ut clear she wasn't going to sort it, just gave me her details and walked off. On private land. Probably cost about 4/500 to repaint it Coparts wanted to pick it up to inspect for valuation, I refused aa once it goes there it's gone.. I've never deal with this before, so they're sending me a valuation based off pics at market value, so should be 3.5k ish, can't be arsed buying a new car, I can afford one but I like older cars.. Quote
Members DazBob Posted October 13, 2024 Members Posted October 13, 2024 53 minutes ago, only1swanny said: Who's in the know? Had an old woman drive into my car, she's written it off (3 panels) it's repairable but insurance won't and have deemed ut undrivable (bullshit I've done 1000 miles since and it would pass an mot no issue, it's cosmetic). She didn't even realise and make ut clear she wasn't going to sort it, just gave me her details and walked off. On private land. Probably cost about 4/500 to repaint it Coparts wanted to pick it up to inspect for valuation, I refused aa once it goes there it's gone.. I've never deal with this before, so they're sending me a valuation based off pics at market value, so should be 3.5k ish, can't be arsed buying a new car, I can afford one but I like older cars.. Why not get it written off and then buy it back and get the work done yourself? Also, WTF do you put on the forms when it asks your occupation?? Quote
Big E Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 1 hour ago, DazBob said: Why not get it written off and then buy it back and get the work done yourself? Also, WTF do you put on the forms when it asks your occupation?? Be a huge appendix I reckon Quote
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted October 13, 2024 Site Supporter Posted October 13, 2024 1 hour ago, DazBob said: Why not get it written off and then buy it back and get the work done yourself? Also, WTF do you put on the forms when it asks your occupation?? Teacher, part time cleaner. Jobs a good un. Was cheaper when I was a truck driver, Quote
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted October 13, 2024 Site Supporter Posted October 13, 2024 1 hour ago, DazBob said: Why not get it written off and then buy it back and get the work done yourself? Also, WTF do you put on the forms when it asks your occupation?? Going to see what they offer me. Tbh it's long in tooth, it's 16 years old.... but I like it. I do about 50 miles a day, it's comfy so all I'm bothered about Quote
Dimron Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 Do a buy back deal with the insurer and get it fixed with a good old fashioned clanger. Then look into a classic car policy with someone like Lancaster Insurance... I pay £100 pa after an independent £6,000 valuation by the insurer for my 28 year old car car (with a general market value of less than £1,000).. like you, I will never part with my car Quote
Sweep Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 Just got me renewal through, and it's gone down over £100 a year, which is a rather pleasant surprise, for once. Quote
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted October 14, 2024 Site Supporter Posted October 14, 2024 16 hours ago, Sweep said: Just got me renewal through, and it's gone down over £100 a year, which is a rather pleasant surprise, for once. Was also pleasantly surprised at my insurance cost for the van. Now cheaper than the car! Quote
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