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Old 7th April 2020, 07:35 PM
HPsauce HPsauce is offline
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Just swerving back to the starting point, insurance renewal...…..
I got an email from Privilege (who I switched to earlier in this thread) saying my renewal was nearly due and to review the paperwork with quote etc..
That of course hadn't arrived, but it did so today.

Gone up by almost 10%, so I did my usual rummage online. Couldn't actually find anything much better value. Cheaper yes, but not matching in cover.
I've also been thinking, as I guess many of us have, about SORNing the Audi for a while.

So I went online to see how their renewal process worked (I usually phone) and tried to find about insurance during SORN. No real guidance, just suggesting phone in but due to the current situation lines will be busy, prioritising etc. etc.

So I rang the number suggested (NOT the one on the paperwork) and it was answered within seconds by a cheerful chap with a Scottish accent clearly working from home, but with everything to hand.
After discussing the options around SORN, which is basically either don't insure (not a risk I'd take) or drop to 3rd-party, fire&theft (hardly any cheaper) he sensed my caution and said "lets see what we can do about a loyalty discount" which brought it down below last years. Then we discussed probable mileage which brought it down even further.
I think there are probably specialists who do "laid up" insurance but I don't see the point, being an optimist.

So I ended up renewing, with all features intact, for significantly less than last year, which I'm happy about.
And I'll probably SORN at the end of April, taxing again as and when I decide I need it. Online that's easy now.

I guess we're all different, but for a 2nd car that's cherished but not going anywhere for a while, it's worth asking the questions....
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.).
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!

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