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Post by WDB on Mar 9, 2022 15:12:04 GMT
I see your point. I wouldn’t want to be in a car with five drivers.
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Post by bpg on Mar 9, 2022 17:15:33 GMT
If I get away with £2,500 come end of April for the next year I will be happy (well not happy but you know what I mean, especially as it will be for five drivers). I thought insurance here was expensive, it looks like the UK is catching up fast. I pay about that for three cars and a motorbike.
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Post by Humph on Mar 9, 2022 17:19:59 GMT
I paid less than £1000 pa insurance for our three cars this time.
Driving gods y’see…
😉
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Post by bpg on Mar 9, 2022 18:02:24 GMT
Over here we have to be covered by a legal entity rather than a sky fairy deity.
Do you get a glass of wine and some bread as proof of insurance or is there some identifier on your car like a knick in an alloy or something ? 🤪
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Post by Humph on Mar 9, 2022 18:06:34 GMT
Mildly, erm, altered, alloys are but a subtle sign of a car with a life lived aren’t they?
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Post by WDB on Mar 9, 2022 19:53:01 GMT
Knicked, eh? Does that make Humph and Mrs Humph a pair of knickers?
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Post by Humph on Mar 9, 2022 21:32:58 GMT
That joke was pants.
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Post by EspadaIII on Mar 17, 2022 12:05:30 GMT
After three months of driving the Punto, I have swapped over to the Captur for a few days as it needs its MoT and a service.
Clearly a bigger and heavier car than the Punto but with more power and torque.
Captur 90bhp and 135Nm torque at 2,500rpm 1,100kg Punto 60bhp and 102Nm torque at 2,500rpm 890kg
The Punto is so much easier to drive. It pulls away more quickly, has better low speed acceleration and is a lot nippier. The Captur is more refined and better on the motorway but around town the Punto wins every time, especially with the 'City' mode on the power steering which makes tight spaces a doddle.
The Punto has a traditional 1,200cc 4-cyl n/a engine. The Captur is 899cc 3-cyl turbo and needs the turbo to get going. Really obvious once you drive it back to back with the Punto.
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Post by Humph on Mar 17, 2022 12:25:54 GMT
A Punto passed me (and everyone else) on the motorway yesterday. Remarkable turn of speed from such a vehicle in truth. Someone was clearly of a mind to hurry, or was temporarily out of their mind perhaps. 🤔
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Post by WDB on Mar 17, 2022 12:40:11 GMT
Probably bpg having heard he could save 3p a litre at junction 7. 😛
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Post by bpg on Mar 17, 2022 13:50:09 GMT
It's been about 18 years since I drove anything with a FIAT badge. Can be wound up to a decent turn of speed but needs Max Verstappen levels of commitment to maintain momentum.
3p wouldn't be worth it for me while in the UK, I'm there so infrequently these days and the petrol there is cheap in comparison anyway.
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Post by EspadaIII on Mar 25, 2022 10:16:19 GMT
Result!
Got the LV renewal quote for the Mini and Punto. Down from over £2,200 to just over £1,800. That is for Espadrille and me to drive the Clubman and all five of us to drive the Punto including one brand new driver and one 23 year old driver with six points. Also includes business use for Her and me. Given that we live within a ten minute walk of what most people in the country would nickname Dacca/Karachi/Beirut thats pretty good going.
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Post by bpg on Mar 25, 2022 10:27:43 GMT
They know you've got a BEV waiting in the wings, they'll have it back. 👹
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Post by EspadaIII on Mar 25, 2022 11:04:23 GMT
Don't I know it! Thankfully that can be paid by the company so it is less expensive... I might just try it with Admiral who insure the boys' cars. Think they will be cheaper.
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Post by EspadaIII on Apr 7, 2022 15:24:05 GMT
Espadrillette has a little prang yesterday afternoon. She is fine as are her friends who were with her. Need to replace the bumber, a head light and a numberplate. The first two are from a scrappy at £25 each. Cost to fit at a local garages about £100. She was crossing a main road and a large white van was in a filter lane waiting to turn right into her road, so her view was slightly blocked. A car came from behind the van as her car edge beyond it. A 2002 Corolla with only 24,000 miles. Damage to the Toyota is enough for it to be a write off; dented cill, rear door and wing damaged. Neither party wanted to trouble the insurers. For us it is obvious, for the other party, there is a suspicion that there is evidence of speeding...., the car spun around and local witnesses say that my daughter was proceeding with care.
Reading the Highway Code, I reckon my daughter is 'at fault' but there is some culpability on the other side. We have agreed that I will bung them some cash and we will forget about it...
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