Buying a car sight unseen...

[Plasnart]

$18K
Club 4x4 want $5180.75!!!

How in the hell is a young person suppose to get proper cover will premiums like this?

Yeah well this is an old story, been around many a year for young drivers. Might need to do the old mum/dad ownership and insurance until they’re 25 or whatever it is when insurance comes down.

[mudski]

Yeah well this is an old story, been around many a year for young drivers. Might need to do the old mum/dad ownership and insurance until they’re 25 or whatever it is when insurance comes down.

Uhm no! Thats using us, with perfect driving records, and listing her as a second driver! My Patrol is insured with C4x4 for $1850 p/a for $62K coverage. Her car, covered for $22k under me with her as a second driver. over 5K! Bloody criminal!

Anyhow, I think we'll be in for a long night trying to get some sort of coverage. I do pity the younger generation with this though, I know it was tough when I was their age, many moons ago, but this is just taking the piss!

[Plasnart]

Uhm no! Thats using us, with perfect driving records, and listing her as a second driver! My Patrol is insured with C4x4 for $1850 p/a for $62K coverage. Her car, covered for $22k under me with her as a second driver. over 5K! Bloody criminal!

Anyhow, I think we'll be in for a long night trying to get some sort of coverage. I do pity the younger generation with this though, I know it was tough when I was their age, many moons ago, but this is just taking the piss!

Mate, if you’re paying 25% of the value of the mrs car per year in insurance you need to look around seriously. And 62k cover for the GU? I’m $750ish for a TD42T with C4x4 same year as yours I think, 2001.

[mudski]

Mate, if you’re paying 25% of the value of the mrs car per year in insurance you need to look around seriously. And 62k cover for the GU? I’m $750ish for a TD42T with C4x4 same year as yours I think, 2001.

Yes 62k. IT’s replacement value for the Patrol plus all extras I have put in. I’d rather pay more to know if the Patrol does get written off I am fully covered for the Patrol plus all the goodies in it. They valued my Patrol with no goodies, at the time, for 35kish, they asked me for replacement value of every single mod/ item in the car. Which came to 62k all up. Mind you at the time of agreement the policy was only $1200. It goes up every year…


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[Plasnart]

Yes 62k. IT’s replacement value for the Patrol plus all extras I have put in. I’d rather pay more to know if the Patrol does get written off I am fully covered for the Patrol plus all the goodies in it. They valued my Patrol with no goodies, at the time, for 35kish, they asked me for replacement value of every single mod/ item in the car. Which came to 62k all up. Mind you at the time of agreement the policy was only $1200. It goes up every year…


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Insure your car for what you could sell it for, and save on insurance mate. You’re paying too much. Anyway it’s really none of my business.

[MB]

I thought Young Lass was merely driving Youzelvess to & from Bingo


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[mudski]

Well we flew up Saturday morning, landed at Brissy at 8am. The seller picked us up, went back to his place, looked at the car, yeah a few niggly things that will need attention but that comes with buying any car.
Paid the money and drove away.


2 1/2 hours just to get to the NSW border thanks to a shut freeway and the Gold Coast traffic, which makes Melbourne traffic look like country town traffic, worst I have ever experienced.
Anyhow, made it to Bulahdelah, about 200ks north of Sydney, stayed the night and then made a B line for home some 1100ks away.

The Nav drives really well. More power than I expected. Quite comfortable.
I spent yesterday fixing a few things, that would be picked up for a RWC. Jut about to finish and I spot the 3inch exhaust was cracked almost right around. So I removed the section, cleaned up the area and attempted my very first stainless steel weld with the mig. Lucky I had stainless welding wire. Welded up fine, not a pretty job due to me welding more than I probably needed too. But it’s all fixed.

The daughter is absolutely over the moon with her buy. She can’t wait to get in and drive it and make it her own.

Cheers.


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[BrazilianY60]

Congrats on the Nav!
What is a B line?

[rusty_nail]

Congrats on the Nav!
What is a B line?

Another way to say a straight line. The b is for bee(insect)

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[mudski]

Also it was a double demerit point weekend and I couldn't believe how many NSW "P" plate drivers, who are restricted to 90 kph speed past me when I was sitting on 110 kph.