Cheapest insurance? (Now purchased)

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I think the quotes are reasonable, £500 of that is just the typical London surcharge.
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Fancy a smart? Get yourself to Poland for this beast
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Lightly modified Pug 106 ?



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Sounds like you need to move!
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Classic car insurance is often cheap, as are Caterham and other kit cars IIRC.:D Probably a garage is needed though... I'm not sure, I've never tried without. :?
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Rich B wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2023 12:19 pm Sounds like you need to move!
After all the hassle he's had with the leaseholders?
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DeskJockey wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2023 12:33 pm
Rich B wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2023 12:19 pm Sounds like you need to move!
After all the hassle he's had with the leaseholders?
BECAUSE of all the hassle he's had with the leaseholders!
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Moving is on the cards at some point, although I don't really want to rent somewhere else in London as rental prices are through the roof and my mortgage repayments are roughly the same as a room in a houseshare, and I'm sure you'll understand how being four years deep into litigation with your neighbours isn't the best USP if I wanted to sell :lol:
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Mito Man wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:18 pm I think the quotes are reasonable, £5000 of that is just the typical London surcharge.
EFA

My wife's smart is renewing soon - I need to shop around as we're being quoted £800 for that :roll:
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Sundayjumper wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:50 am Lightly modified Pug 106 ?
How could you look at that site and ignore this? :shock:

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In a break from forum convention of asking for recommendations and then buying something completely different, I have now bought the cheapest to insure car, as identified in this thread.

It's currently in Sundayjumper Autowerx having a good once over and a variety of minor issue being fixed.

In the true spirit of getting something on the road for as few ££ as possible I am now the proud owner of a £510 smart car :lol:

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Smartarse. ;)

That's not a lot of £s. What age is it?
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mik wrote: Tue Nov 14, 2023 9:31 am Smartarse. ;)

That's not a lot of £s. What age is it?
It's a 52 plate which needs a handful of things fixing for an MOT, plus has heated seats and a Panasonic [sic] roof :lol:

Luckily parts are cheap too

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Does the insurance cost less than the car?
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Insurance costs more than the car.

Although expecting to spend somewhere around £300 on parts for the MOT and with a new ticket the car would sell for ~£1k.
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That's a fun little thing. Three of my friends have them - as well as other cars, but the Smarts get most use.

One of them has a slight issue that the windscreen isn't properly sealed and pops out a bit when closing the doors :lol:
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I'm really looking forward to driving it, I've always liked their design. Also, the fact I have to park on the street in a busy neighbourhood means I'm going to be spending even less time than ever before looking for parking spaces 8-)
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