Insurance shock

[5paul5]

Just sold my 2001, subaru impreza wrx turbo and rushed out and bought a 1990
mx5, standard car. After informing my insurance company to tell them of the change i was shocked to hear the mazda would cost an extra £ 44 pounds a year ! Anyone know how that can be ? im 46 with a clean driving record and thought these little cars were cheap to insure .

[rfn]

It depends who you are insured with - whether they have had more incidents with MX-5's than Impreza's.

Also, is your '5 an Eunos (i.e. Import)?

[phil_cardiff]

Is that an admin fee?

I pay under £300 for my mx-5 and looked at an impreza turbo of similar value and the quote was £750 or so.

[5paul5]

It is a eunos but why do they seem to charge more for these cars ? its basically the same car, made in the same factory. Bit of a rip off i reckon.

[gdaybruce]

Time to shop around! My Eunos is a hell of a lot cheaper to insure than the Impreza Turbo I ran a couple of years ago.

[Altrezia]

Same here, impreza was £600ish, mazda is £250.

[Rhythmeister]

AON/ Footman James quoted me happy but cos we're in NI the car MUST be garaged overnight

[maser_spyder]

Maser - £1400
MX5 - £180

That's with full no claims, driveway, etc.

[5paul5]

Whats a maser ???

[DennisTheMenace]

maserati

[5paul5]

only three more letters !

[DennisTheMenace]

Keyboard maybe a radio frequency job and the batteries ran out !

[maser_spyder]

Tch.

Asking what a 'maser' is on a motoring forum, I ask you.

Maser, Fezza, Beemer, Porker, etc.

Even the MX5 is normally called a '5!

[BCA]

I call the mx5 'the Mazer.'

[5paul5]

Sorry i asked ! or is it you just want everyone to know you have a maser as you call it !!!

[maser_spyder]

5paul5 said:

Sorry i asked ! or is it you just want everyone to know you have a maser as you call it !!!

The force is strong in this one.

I couldn't give two hoots what anyone thinks, knows, or cares what I've got.

I'm a motoring enthusiast, which means I enjoy cars. Hence owning a variety of different motors, some expensive, some cheap, some big, some small. My favourite? The 1980 Mini Pickup, worth 3/10 of fk all.

If you want to see people with expensive cars, take a look elsewhere on the forums, what I've got is only kiddy st compared to a lot of others.

For your information, on the end of a post, means the information is in jest. i.e. it's tongue in cheek. It's a joke.

Now grow up, FFS, this isn't the playground.

[5paul5]

Nice friendly site then.

[maser_spyder]

5paul5 said:

Nice friendly site then.

It is to nice friendly people!

Come on here and start throwing stones, this is what to expect.

If you can't take a joke, this is not for you.

[MX-5 Lazza]

[5paul5]

My god you dont half keep on ! All i did was ask what a mazer was ! We are not all motoring experts on here as you seem to suggest. Going to leave it there now as im starting to believe i am dealing with the rantings of a woman anyway. To all the others who answered my question, thanks very much for your answers, think i will shop around for a better deal.