toyotasuprauk Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Hi all, When I try to get a quote from Tescos online for car insurance the page just keeps refreshing itself over and over and I cant do anything. http://www.tescofinance.com/personal/finance/index.html?goto=products/motorins/apply.jsp Does any one know why this may be or how I can stop it happening? Thanks Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxygene Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 I gave up with their website in the end and phoned em up instead. Hopeless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 IMHO you are always better off talking to someone on the phone when it comes to insuring a car like the MKIV, you are much less likely to get nasty surprises when the policy details and bill comes in. On line quotes being way out or getting a refusal to insure the car are common occurances. Surprisingly there are still a lot of companies who know little about the MKIV When trying to get insurance after a ban, no online companies would offer quotes. But a few quick phone calls soon had a reasonable quote give the circumstance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Tesco website is wank. It never works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Originally posted by Supragal Tesco website is wank. It never works. Sounds like the voice of experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Originally posted by Supragal Tesco website is wank. It never works. Sitting on the fence again Rosie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Many an hour whittled away getting an idea on quotes for different cars... it just about works at work but it's very shonky, and my firewalls at home just won't entertain it in the least. Rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotasuprauk Posted December 11, 2003 Author Share Posted December 11, 2003 It used to work ok for me before I started using Kerio Personal firewall but now even with that disabled it just keeps refreshing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Yeah, it hates firewalls- can't quite remember what it does with mine (enabled or disabled!!) don't think it refreshes, think it just can't find the next page. Either way I don't use it. I am insured with them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Need4Speed Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 My pet hate with on-line quoting is the way you give all your details (name, address, etc.) and when they've got all that they say "we only offer cover for vehicles built specifically for the UK market". Then you get loads of unsolicited mail from people who've been sold your details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotasuprauk Posted December 11, 2003 Author Share Posted December 11, 2003 Have to agree I called some insurance company today. Before giving all the details I said 'Do you insure imports for under 25's?' They said they weren't sure and would have to take all the details first. Got the end of the quote and surprise sorry sir we don't insure imports for under 25's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400BHP Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 When you call them mention the website isn't working and you tried that first, then you are still eligable for the 5% web discount. Otherwise, you are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotasuprauk Posted December 12, 2003 Author Share Posted December 12, 2003 So far its looking like. 23 year old. 2 years NCB, car garaged, SZ manual, clean license etc. £1400 Tesco £1070 Bell direct £1044 Adrian Flux Elephant- There is no such car as the non turbo supra And lots of people that wouldn't even quote! Still plenty more calls to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Blimey! Thats good going, the best I managed before I started modifying my NA was 1400!! I think I'm going to sulk ( plus I've got more NCB ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotasuprauk Posted December 12, 2003 Author Share Posted December 12, 2003 Perhaps I shouldn't be complaining so much about the ridiculous cost of insuring an import then! Its times like these I need a UK car. These prices aren't that good Faye as they are only TPFT not fully comprehensive. Best quote for fully comprehensive so far is £1500 with Bell direct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 WHAT!!! You have to be joking. When I bought my car my insurance details were 24 years old 0 NCB No crashes in last 3 years No Convictions Car parked in communal car park Elephant quoted for my 1993 GZ (TT) £850! I later added some alloys which added £60 That was on the 10 month bonus accelerator though. This year my renewal was £680. Converting it to a manual cost £12 (WTF? £12? £6 of that was a fee for admin!!) Adding an AEM and associated gubbins was £30. (OK I said it was only going to be up to a 10% performance increase, but to be honest, I could map it to be a performance decrease if needed ) Like I said though that was on a TT, so why you're getting high quotes for a NA is ridiculous. Do you live in a rough area? Saying that when we moved, Tesco's put my girlfirends insurance up by £50 saying it was a high crime area. Elephant reduced mine by £30. I hate insurance companies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Originally posted by toyotasuprauk Perhaps I shouldn't be complaining so much about the ridiculous cost of insuring an import then! Its times like these I need a UK car. These prices aren't that good Faye as they are only TPFT not fully comprehensive. Best quote for fully comprehensive so far is £1500 with Bell direct. Okay I'll stop sulking now. According to one insurance company - can't remember before you ask, they charge as much as a TT because there are less NAs about so therefore getting hold of parts is harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotasuprauk Posted December 12, 2003 Author Share Posted December 12, 2003 My postcode isn't a high risk area and the car is garaged. Elephant are the cheapest but the problem is the bunch of hats they use for picking quotes out from doesn't cater for the NA Supra. I could insure it as an import TT for less than anyone else but if anything happened they would use that to get out of paying for it so I wouldn't do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotasuprauk Posted December 12, 2003 Author Share Posted December 12, 2003 Originally posted by Faye Okay I'll stop sulking now. According to one insurance company - can't remember before you ask, they charge as much as a TT because there are less NAs about so therefore getting hold of parts is harder Sounds like the usual rubbish they come out with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Originally posted by toyotasuprauk My postcode isn't a high risk area and the car is garaged. Elephant are the cheapest but the problem is the bunch of hats they use for picking quotes out from doesn't cater for the NA Supra. I could insure it as an import TT for less than anyone else but if anything happened they would use that to get out of paying for it so I wouldn't do that. Yep its ridiculous isn't it. I got a quote off Diamond for an import TT and it was about £600. But low and behold they don't do the NA, I was well p*ssed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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