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Post by Humph on Aug 17, 2018 14:30:23 GMT
I had a Cortina 2.0S as a company car. Bumper mounted fog lights and a matt black panel between the back lights. Sexy.
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Post by Humph on Aug 19, 2018 7:29:34 GMT
@espada, when your son took his car to uni, did he have to tell his insurance company and did they charge him more?
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Post by tyrednexited on Aug 19, 2018 8:04:51 GMT
...he should do, since the address at which he spends most of his time, and more importantly where the car is normally kept, will change.
Not only that, but for a student those details are the most likely to be checked in the event of a claim, and non-declaration may well be an invalidation issue.
As for cost, he should, presumably, insuring the vehicle as a "student" already, (with a commensurate premium) so the main factor in play will be the change of address/postcode.
ST5 postcode is "mid-range" for premiums (probably one step-up from Nantwich), but there might just be a blip for the specific campus postcode (given the general record of students).
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Post by Humph on Aug 19, 2018 8:15:10 GMT
Going there today for an open day so it'll be on my list of questions, but thanks for the heads up, I thought it might be a consideration. There's a parking charge on campus too so it'll be debatable whether it's worth taking his car. Having said that, it's a bit isolated too as opposed to a city based facility, so a car could be handy.
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Post by bromptonaut on Aug 19, 2018 8:20:07 GMT
Going there today for an open day so it'll be on my list of questions, but thanks for the heads up, I thought it might be a consideration. There's a parking charge on campus too so it'll be debatable whether it's worth taking his car. Having said that, it's a bit isolated too as opposed to a city based facility, so a car could be handy. He may find there the Uni sponsors regular buses between campus and Hanley/Newcastle. Here in Northampton we have 'Uno Bus' which links now links the new Waterside Campus with Halls which remain close to the old sites with town centre and Sixfields Park and Ride on the ring road.
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Post by Humph on Aug 19, 2018 8:23:12 GMT
Oh ok, that's worth checking out. Thanks.
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Post by tyrednexited on Aug 19, 2018 8:35:46 GMT
Regular public bus service from campus to/from Newcastle/Hanley/Stoke appears to be every 20 or 30 minutes (depending on time of day) early to reasonably late. If he takes his car, he will be under enormous pressure to (always) be the taxi service (but he may well also be "popular" ) Edited to add: I think I'm quoting the current (vacation) timetable. There is an implication that it is a 10 minute service in term-time. www.firstgroup.com/potteries/routes-and-maps/keele-university
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2018 8:06:45 GMT
My son's car is insured under our company fleet policy so we have no issues about him living away from home. But point taken if he gets to insure in his own name. He does genuinely work for the business when home from University so its all legit.
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