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Pilgrimmick



Member Since: 16 Nov 2015
Location: Highlands
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United Kingdom 
And I'm thinking of looking around to try and beat my £195 for my modded 90! May not bother and just stay with Adrian Flux! 80" 1948
Lightweight V8
Bowler Tomcat
130 Station wagon
90 300tdi
(Santana PS10 pick up)
Range Rover L322 (Ful fat)
Post #634274 28th Jun 2017 9:05pm
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Buz



Member Since: 24 Jan 2014
Location: Forest of Dean
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United Kingdom 1987 Defender 90 200 Tdi HT Barolo Black
I'd be more than happy with £195 Wink
Post #634364 29th Jun 2017 11:42am
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Buz



Member Since: 24 Jan 2014
Location: Forest of Dean
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United Kingdom 1987 Defender 90 200 Tdi HT Barolo Black
Result, NFU have come up trumps Thumbs Up . Due to it being a truck back (solid sides) they have got Commercial Insurance, £30 cheaper than the original renewal quote with 2 named drivers (didn't have that before).
Now road legal again, that was the longest 4 hours of my life being without it (last ins ran out midday today Smile )
Post #634408 29th Jun 2017 3:03pm
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RFT



Member Since: 13 Nov 2010
Location: Cheshire
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United Kingdom 2010 Defender 130 Puma 2.4 HCPU Zermatt Silver
NFU have been fine with mine and never quibble about mods etc 130 Puma HCPU with an Artica 240LR Demountable Camper
Post #634590 30th Jun 2017 8:12am
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CY88



Member Since: 05 Jan 2016
Location: Offshore
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1986 Defender 90 V8 Petrol ST Keswick Green
did you try RH specialist Ins (Richardson Hosken). I've been using them for years for my older Landies. 
FFRR Supercharged - Series One - Defender 90 V8
Post #634601 30th Jun 2017 8:54am
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davew



Member Since: 02 Jan 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
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England 1990 Defender 90 V8 Petrol PU Auto Rioja Red
Buz wrote:
Result, NFU have come up trumps Thumbs Up . Due to it being a truck back (solid sides) they have got Commercial Insurance, £30 cheaper than the original renewal quote with 2 named drivers (didn't have that before).
Now road legal again, that was the longest 4 hours of my life being without it (last ins ran out midday today Smile )


Road legal apart from the V5 ! Get it updated before you get pulled. http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/
Post #634611 30th Jun 2017 9:49am
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Ramsay



Member Since: 30 Sep 2015
Location: Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway
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Scotland 1995 Defender 110 300 Tdi CSW Auto Keswick Green
I have had an interesting few days.

I want to use the Defender more. Particularly for long distance camping trips.

I was currently insured with Footman James placed with Aegeas. A classic policy with a limit of 7000 miles. I think I will need more like 7 to 10000 miles. So phoned them. They won't offer me 10000. Only for vehicles over 30 years old ( mine is 22).

Ok then I will go elsewhere. I know as my vehicle is modified ( mainly auto gearbox conversion) it will take a few Enquiries but this was on another level.
I tried A plan and Adrian Flux first and found their quotes were for very big numbers. So I carried on and tried Heritage. This is where it got interesting. They list they have a modified policy for all Land Rovers. Once you get all through the quote process they say oh it has more than seven seats we can't cover you. It has to be more than five years old. So unless you have an 2006 to 2010 110 station wagon don't bother calling.
I then tried Prestige after comments on here that others had used them. And i have used before on my wife's MGF. They were happy with gearbox mod and I got a price of £295 from them. I went back to go through the mods again. I had already said it has 9 seats which they accepted. I explained that this was because the gearbox mod had resulted in front central seat being removed. Seat removal was red flagged on their options list so they could not now cover me.
I tried a couple of the Markerstudy companies. Got the same answer that they did not cover more than seven seat vehicles due to the possibility of a larger number personal injury claims originating from the vehicle.

Meanwhile I had been in touch with my local NFU branch and spoke with Sharon there several times. After busy times and computer systems being down we got quotes together. It is more than I was paying before but is for the cover I need and I will earn NCB on this policy. So another tick here for NFU.

And breathe. Thanks all I needed to get that out of me. 1995 Defender 110 CSW
1971 SIIA Lightweight
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mk1collector



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Location: West Yorkshire
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England 2004 Defender 110 Td5 CSW Bonatti Grey
Try admiral Thumbs Up Ray
My build thread
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html
Post #634770 30th Jun 2017 7:38pm
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mick



Member Since: 08 Feb 2010
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England 2010 Defender 130 Puma 2.4 HCPU Rimini Red
NFU
Post #634784 30th Jun 2017 8:20pm
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Birdy



Member Since: 07 Oct 2011
Location: Côte d'Azur
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France 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black
I've always been happy with, and pleased to recommend, Saga. I travel abroad frequently, and a plus is that their comprehensive cover extends to the EU - until 00:00 Brussels time 30 March 2019*, but that's a different subject - for 365 days/year. No green cards faffing about advising them of my trips...

But, of course, a couple of days ago they upped my renewal quote by over 30%, from last year's £264.99 to a whopping £347.38.

NFU responded to my mailed enquiry, after a bit of research (couldn't find the vehicle, couldn't find my Driving Licence on their databases) finally came up with a figure of £898. Really?

Back to the meerkats and singing wops, through confused I got a guote from Liverpool Victoria of £205.45.

Seemed to good to be true, but 'phoning them confirmed that the policy had everything I needed. Fully comp EU cover restricted to 180 days as standard, but that'll do me, I alternate vehicles so won't be using it abroad for anywhere near that length of time.

Peter

* No, I haven't made a mistake with the BREXIT date, I was in the European Parliament for 13 years and worked for the Commission's RELEX Directorate (External Relations) for 12, still "in" with both Institutions. Never mind the politicians' blah blah, that's the way the back-room boys define "D-Day" in all their internal documents
Post #636514 9th Jul 2017 10:35am
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