Range Rovers becoming uninsurable in London?
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I’d really like to know roughly the areas where people are still getting reasonable quotes for the FFR and RRS, I have everything in the right place from a driving profile ie never had an accident, never had points, full NCB earned across lots of high end / high performance cars over the years, I live on the edge of a sleepy little village and I’m surrounded by farmland. Yet….I’m still getting quotes of £3k for a 21plate FFRR….
Edited by W12GT on Sunday 4th February 14:56
megenzo said:
Phil. said:
Out of interest, how many of the posters on this thread actually own a Range Rover? And which model?
Any poster on here had their Range Rover stolen?
Yup, FFRR SDV8, 2018MY, insurance has just gone up 100% to £1k pa so a little bit miffing but not the end of the world, and so far, it has remained wherever I have parked it. I do have to be a little more thoughtful of where I park it than the BMW I had prior. Any poster on here had their Range Rover stolen?
Oh, and it has been 100% reliable too, fantastic motor car.
djc206 said:
they just build the most lucrative targets.
So therefore have a greater responsibility to their customers. The insurance industry, which I have no love for at all, are just responding to risk. It's not rocket science to protect an OBD port and to add secondary security if you have to offer something as fundamentally flawed as keyless entry/W12GT said:
I’d really like to know roughly the areas where people are still getting reasonable quotes for the FFR and RRS, I have everything in the right place from a driving profile ie never had an accident, never had points, full NCB earned across lots of high end / high performance cars over the years, I live on the edge of a sleepy little village and I’m surrounded by farmland. Yet….I’m still getting quotes of £3k for a 21plate FFRR….
Same for me, not sure I can tick many more low risk boxes! Normally benefit of living in a boring place and being a certain age! Many of the main insurers will not issue new policies for Range Rovers from what I can gather trying around over yesterday.Edited by W12GT on Sunday 4th February 14:56
I've not tried Saga (not quite 50) or NFU (as can't do it online).
It's not JLR "fault" IMO but it's quite a big problem for owners or want-to-be-owners. Does remind me of the Sierra Cosworth days a lot.
JLR should use their own insurance to prove all is well with newer models IMO.
No direct experience of any thefts and been "around" RangeRovers since P38. No-one should complain about their current reliability!
carlo996 said:
djc206 said:
they just build the most lucrative targets.
So therefore have a greater responsibility to their customers. The insurance industry, which I have no love for at all, are just responding to risk. It's not rocket science to protect an OBD port and to add secondary security if you have to offer something as fundamentally flawed as keyless entry/With the new models the risk is incredibly small snd that’s not being correctly reflected in the prices. A 0.09% chance of theft doesn’t fit with quotes in the thousands.
JLR’s CEO points that fact out and gets called arrogant on here.
Keyless theft is old hat. JLR responded that 6 years ago with UWB adoption.
Phil. said:
Out of interest, how many of the posters on this thread actually own a Range Rover? And which model?
Any poster on here had their Range Rover stolen?
L494 Sport here and was victim of it being stolen 3 years ago.Any poster on here had their Range Rover stolen?
Got it back next day, found it parked up a few miles away.
Edited to add: we didn't claim as got the car back.
Edited by Its Just Adz on Sunday 4th February 17:38
cayman-black said:
Louis Balfour said:
I can guarantee the criminals no longer look like those two.The pair up there ^^^^ are Lithuanian.
W12GT said:
I’d really like to know roughly the areas where people are still getting reasonable quotes for the FFR and RRS, I have everything in the right place from a driving profile ie never had an accident, never had points, full NCB earned across lots of high end / high performance cars over the years, I live on the edge of a sleepy little village and I’m surrounded by farmland. Yet….I’m still getting quotes of £3k for a 21plate FFRR….
Rural Suffolk for a 2021 RRS SVR V8, just got quotes on CTM ranging from esure at £1099 up to £5058 with Grove Dean.Edited by W12GT on Sunday 4th February 14:56
I got 42 quotes in total so they are still insurable at a reasonable cost away from London.
Edited by Monkeylegend on Sunday 4th February 18:37
Phil. said:
Mikebentley said:
I’m in Malvern, Worcestershire. 9+ years NCB , no points. 56 years old, wife is 43. 2022 110 Defender £596 or something like that it went up from about £375 in September.
North Worcestershire, 2023 L460 FFRR, £831 renewed this week. I believe we are still one of the cheaper places to insure.
Vroomer said:
Portofino said:
I’ve a faraday pouch, a disklok, an air tag in the car & also disabled keyless.
What a faff. A return to traditional keys would make life much easier.Easier to install a hidden switch to interrupt the ignition. Have done this in various vehicles. Also moved the OBD and placed a sticker stating the OBD is inactive. It won’t stop every scumbag but 99% will be defeated.
carlo996 said:
Vroomer said:
Portofino said:
I’ve a faraday pouch, a disklok, an air tag in the car & also disabled keyless.
What a faff. A return to traditional keys would make life much easier.Easier to install a hidden switch to interrupt the ignition. Have done this in various vehicles. Also moved the OBD and placed a sticker stating the OBD is inactive. It won’t stop every scumbag but 99% will be defeated.
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