Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all,
Anyone who knows of a good cheap way to insure someone on a car for the week. We are driving down to France this weekend, but I need to add another driver or 2 so I dont fall asleep on an autoroute somewhere in Lyon:-)
It will cost £50 to add 1 driver to my own insurance for 10 days
£55 to add 2 drivers
Or it will be £65 to add 1 driver for the rest of the year.
Does anyone know of a better way to insure a driver for a short time?
Love and Kisses xxx
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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if you do a HPI check with some companies they will insure the car for a week..... will cost about £10
Do check terms and conditions check though
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Check their car insurance - they may be covered to drive your car on that. [But do check the level of cover - it can be third-party only.]
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andy_genge, We added our daughter (32) and her boyfriend onto the insurance of our car for about ten days/two weeks at Christmas - it was around £17. That is with the Pru.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Make sure that named drivers are covered for driving outside the UK, I am surprised it was as cheap as that. Our insurance wanted £30 just to cover two of us that are already on the policy to drive in France, something about comprehensive in the UK but only 3rd party in Europe unless we paid it, all in the small print etc.
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When I added an extra driver to our car last January to drive me back from France after hubby's accident, Bell charged me £17 , they added the driver for the remainder of the policy year as it was cheaper. Some policies don't let you add someone temporarily. He was definitely covered for driving in France, as they knew the circumstances.
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Yes, we've added a driver in the past - can't remember the sum, but it was easily forgettable, and certainly not as much as £55. I am insured to drive any other car with the owner's permission but only third party - anywhere. I wouldn't be happy doing it on that basis though, unless it was an old jalopy.
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Also be careful if the car is on any sort of finance package. My leased car must be insured fully comprehensive at ALL times, many policies cover Europe only for Third Party.
All drivers must be insured fully comp to drive it.
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cheers all,
Unfortunately The other driver is only 3rd party in the UK and not on any other car, from what your all saying about the cost I think I am being ripped off by swiftcover. I shall check out the HPI, but I suspect europe won't be covered but worth checking. My car is only worth 2K so I am not worried about fully comp. but its not quite www.bangersandtrash.com
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Yer they are also just www.tempcover.com for me £100
Strange I can get my insurance down to £38 if I do not select the extra policy abroad cover. My cover is UK without abroad cover. But in the small print of the cover surrounding boundaries all EU contried are covered for upto 72 days. I think the insurance company are trying to play on fears and make you buy usuless extra cover.
Very clever my homepage states " Countries covered: United Kingdom"
But the small print states
"It also provides the minimum cover You need by law to use Your Car in: any country which is a member of the European Union;"
The extra abroad cover seems to only cover the sea journey as extra or could give me a green card for some other countries outside the EU.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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andy_genge, minimum cover will not be fully comp.
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