Discotres
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Reading the link below is interesting, not only the article but the hints and tips in the comments section, seems that insurance companies are playing tricks and you need to be on the ball to avoid getting ripped off 
http://www.lovemoney.com/news/get-the-best...10842.aspx
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 13th Jan 2011 8:20 pm |
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Ted Newman
Member Since: 09 Oct 2010
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Totally useless - don't even have the vehicle listed - insists that as we have a 3 litre it must be a Range Rover.
Sorry LR Discovery 4 XS pulling an Airstream 532 Caravan also own (since new) a 1996 MGF
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| 13th Jan 2011 9:21 pm |
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Discotres
Member Since: 25 Jan 2010
Location: London
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What are you on about? Read the comments people have written and you may learn something 
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| 13th Jan 2011 9:26 pm |
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RCUK
Member Since: 27 Jan 2010
Location: Orpington
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Best trick... put wife on policy - dropped my insurance by £140!! 07 Disco 3 HSE ... JB with EB
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| 15th Jan 2011 12:59 pm |
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Ted Newman
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Location: SE London
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Discotres wrote:What are you on about? Read the comments people have written and you may learn something
Thank you - I did read and I do not need you to tell me what I may do! LR Discovery 4 XS pulling an Airstream 532 Caravan also own (since new) a 1996 MGF
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| 17th Jan 2011 4:25 pm |
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Russell
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Ted Newman wrote:Discotres wrote:What are you on about? Read the comments people have written and you may learn something
Thank you - I did read and I do not need you to tell me what I may do!
Ted that is a bit harsh, Discotres is only trying to save people a few pounds and after all that is the spirit of this forum, we all try to help each other out and save a few quid  MY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
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| 17th Jan 2011 5:42 pm |
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Ted Newman
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I am sorry if I seem harsh so I though I had missed something and went to the linked site again and decided to take the advice of the article (again) and went to their quotation engine BUT it is still useless - because I tell it that my new Land Rover has a 3 litre engine it insists that it has to be a Range Rover ---- sorry but to me that smacks of incompetence and therefore one wonders how accurate any of the other information is !!  LR Discovery 4 XS pulling an Airstream 532 Caravan also own (since new) a 1996 MGF
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| 17th Jan 2011 5:58 pm |
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Discotres
Member Since: 25 Jan 2010
Location: London
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Sorry  I was just trying to help, forget about their link, just read the article and the comments below for tips, if you don't understand it, then there is another thread explaining possibly why, a link is pasted below.
Good luck, I hope it mirrors what you were expecting
http://disco3.co.uk/forum/topic60674.html
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| 17th Jan 2011 6:07 pm |
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Ted Newman
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Oh dear - it seems that I must be thick as I do not see what it is you are trying to demonstrate
I guess I am one of the old school that believes in calling a "spade a spade" and following the old adage that "if something seems to be too good to be true then it probably is"
Let's leave it at that and I wish you all the best in your campaign to educate the uneducated. LR Discovery 4 XS pulling an Airstream 532 Caravan also own (since new) a 1996 MGF
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| 17th Jan 2011 7:10 pm |
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D3_V8_HSE
Member Since: 02 Sep 2010
Location: Blackburn
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Best thing for the insurance is to put your wife on the policy.
ensure that they make sure the alarm is the right one as i believe the disco has a cat 1 alarm.
The other is to insure it with NFU, Mine which is a 2005 4.4 V8 HSE cost me £238 for the year but i do have 12 years no claims and being an ex traffic cop that also helps.
Just out of interest what does everyone else's Disco cost on insurance ??????
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| 17th Jan 2011 8:14 pm |
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Discotres
Member Since: 25 Jan 2010
Location: London
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Just for interest, the NFU will NOT insure you if you live within the M25, if anyone knows any better please let me know
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| 17th Jan 2011 8:19 pm |
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Bodsy
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NFU wanted over £1,000 for mine this week! 
Tried all the tricks in the list & still ended up paying £840 through Adrian Flux.... 
10 years no claims, no points, wife on policy, low crime area, tracker device etc etc etc..... Bodsys Brake Bible
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| 17th Jan 2011 8:22 pm |
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Discotres
Member Since: 25 Jan 2010
Location: London
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GS Model D3 manual, Remap disclosed, Max no claims, 16yrs + I think, no points, £405 fully comp + wife, renewed middle of December last year, and I thought that was expensive
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| 17th Jan 2011 8:27 pm |
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Bodsy
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was only about £600 last year......
They're now going to lose out on my car, the wifes car, travel insurance and Home buildings & contents insurance. Probably £2k all in....... Bodsys Brake Bible
D4/D3 Remote FBH heat kits
BAS Remaps/ EGR Blank
Transmission Flush
Software updates/enabling
Clock/ SNOTM /3Flash / 4x4Info /BT Update /Service Reset/Error Codes / Gearbox Reset
See It Here
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| 17th Jan 2011 8:28 pm |
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Russell
Member Since: 23 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
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D4 HSE protected NCB £380 for me and SWMBO through caravan club. MY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
MY15 D4 HSE Kaikoura Stone
MY12 D4 HSE Nara Bronze Sold and gone
MY11 D4 HSE Stornaway Grey Sold and gone
D3 S spec Silver Sold and gone
Tow bar, full length roof bars, side steps, tow bar storage unit, surround camers.
D4 camera club
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