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Skylined

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5th Jul 13 at 22:27

Been offered a quote by Adrian Flux that beats the next best price by £100, but I'd have to have a box fitted to the car.

The guy on the phone said that it just monitors mileage and not speed/acceleration/location etc, but I'm a bit concerned at how it's going to monitor mileage without these things, as they're not going to wire it into the car so it must be a standalone gps chip or something.

Anyone had any experience or know anything about it?

John

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5th Jul 13 at 22:38

I'd rather pay £100 than let them track me.

GB123

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5th Jul 13 at 22:40

Exactly what John said.

Skylined

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5th Jul 13 at 23:01

Well yea that's what I'm thinking, but it's not cheap insurance. Talking £700 instead of £800 so trying to save all I can.

Graham88

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6th Jul 13 at 00:35

Would you want to take the risk? Sod that malarky. Problem is the more people who do it the more common it will become before it's enforced. Spend £100 more. If it was a £500 difference then maybe worth considering, but I think I'd still rather spend £500 more.

gazza808

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6th Jul 13 at 05:59

And we all know flux are the biggest morons for being c u n t s during claims, cancelling policies etc. why give them more reason too.

corsadonk

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6th Jul 13 at 06:04

Sod that!

Ben G

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6th Jul 13 at 07:31

Not a chance i'd have one of those boxes in my car, even if it was 500 quid more expensive.

100 quid isn't even a tenner a month. Would you honestly be bothered about pqying an extra £2.50 a week to be able to drive without worry of big brother analysing you?

WukaChop

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6th Jul 13 at 08:30

Don't want one, got one anyway because my insurance is through the roof... Still is with the box but it's a £700 saving.
They're not brilliant, corner too fast, they moan at you, have to make an emergency stop because someone pulls out on you, they moan at you, stall, and they moan at you, etc.
Not really worth having.

Russ

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6th Jul 13 at 08:41

quote:
Originally posted by John
I'd rather pay £100 than let them track me.

implying you are not being tracked anyway

Jamie-C

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6th Jul 13 at 08:44

They secretly put one onto my quote and didn't tell me until I was footing up the bill, I very swiftly told them I'll go elsewhere

For an extra £10 a month or whatever it's not worth having it in there

Graham88

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6th Jul 13 at 09:26

quote:
Originally posted by WukaChop
Don't want one, got one anyway because my insurance is through the roof... Still is with the box but it's a £700 saving.
They're not brilliant, corner too fast, they moan at you, have to make an emergency stop because someone pulls out on you, they moan at you, stall, and they moan at you, etc.
Not really worth having.

Serious? Fuck that. They ring you up?

John

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6th Jul 13 at 10:12

quote:
Originally posted by Russ

quote:
Originally posted by John
I'd rather pay £100 than let them track me.
implying you are not being tracked anyway

I'm not being tracked by the insurance company.

Jay

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6th Jul 13 at 11:01

My mates got one drives 29mph everywhere, dullest car journeys ever, fuck that to save £100 a year piss that away on a night out.

Ben G

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6th Jul 13 at 11:12

Exactly jay. I've spent more than that on a dinner for 2 before. Hardly worth worrying about.

YOLO etc

taylorboosh

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6th Jul 13 at 11:52

We will all have them eventually sadly

Ben G

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6th Jul 13 at 11:56

By that time we'll have turned into sunday drivers, so no need to worry.

Skylined

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6th Jul 13 at 22:15

Ah fuck that then, cba with them ringing me up all the time. It's an evo so it gets the cobwebs blown away sometimes.

I've also heard that we'll all be getting them at some point. Got a mate who works in IT at an insurance company and says that's all they're working on

Jamie-C

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6th Jul 13 at 22:22

You have an evo that 'gets the cobwebs blown away sometimes' and your thinking about having your driving monitored? If you can afford to have an evo as a weekend toy surely your can afford to spend an extra £100 on insurance

John

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6th Jul 13 at 22:31

An evo and contemplating getting a tracking box put in it

Skylined

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6th Jul 13 at 22:49

I did tell them I wasn't interested but the guy insisted that it only tracked mileage so just wondered if anyone knew anything more.

Ofcourse I can afford an extra £100 but that's no reason to pay it. Pretty sure everyone wouldn't say no to having £100 knocked off their insurance.

Corsa_Sport21

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6th Jul 13 at 23:01

Tell them you want it in writing that it only tracks the mileage, with the option of cancelling the policy for a full refund if they pull you up for anything else.

John

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6th Jul 13 at 23:26

Its not that I'd be worried about. You can bet your life that if you were in a big smash they'd use it against you.

leon.

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7th Jul 13 at 04:43

Exactly what John says massive get out for them.

Russ

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7th Jul 13 at 08:56

quote:
Originally posted by John

quote:
Originally posted by Russ

quote:
Originally posted by John
I'd rather pay £100 than let them track me.
implying you are not being tracked anyway

I'm not being tracked by the insurance company.

they probably have your mobile phone number and are paying NSA for the information tracking you round the country, maybe

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