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Just resurrecting this thread again with an update that might be of interest. My S8 insurance is coming up for renewal next month, so have been looking around. Decided to check up on 'By Miles' again to see if they have started operating in Northern Ireland (they haven't), and posed a couple of questions, and the information given also pertains to something Briang9 mentioned in another thread:

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showpost....0&postcount=20

The main reason the D2 A8/S8 is rejected as being 'incompatible' is because of the location of the ODB port! Since it is somewhat lower down in the dash than say in the D3, their ODB adaptor might get knocked/damaged. What I was told is that if anyone with a D2 is still thinking of moving across to them, they can send out an extension lead with the adaptor.

I find it strange though that some people are being told their S8 is incompatible, yet others are being told they can't give a quote. If they come back to me, I'll push them to find out why the discrepancy, and also up to what insurance group they will quote for. It's all underwritten by AXA and they quite happily insure my S8.