insurance HELP PLEASE turbo heads

badboygem · tinkerer Joined: 31 Aug 2002 Posts: 132

hi....im the pround owner of a soon to be turboed g200. im wondering how much insurance and rego is for this if it is totally engineered. im 18 and i live in queensland. im only looking for compusuary 3rd party and 3rd party property damage. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Frederick Stienheld · petrol head Joined: 05 Sep 2002 Posts: 2719

Insurance is so cool, I have a mildly worked G180 and I rang up to get a quote for insurance, went through all the usual questions, found out that my seat covers are covered but other 'cosmetics' such as mags and steering wheel might not be covered. Then when I told them about my stereo they decided they wouldnt cover me coz my stereo was worth too high a percentage of the total value of my car. So then I asked for JUST third party, no fire, no theft, or anything, just cover for other peoples vehicles but because of my stereo they couldnt even give me that they reakon... dumbarses, like the value of my stereo has any bearings on the cost of any other vehicle that might be damaged by me

peteymate · tinkerer Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Posts: 306

its got to do with someone stealing your car just for the stereo. Well thats what they told me when i tried to insure my car with my stereo in it, they said it was too liability to them.

pete

Cammo79TE · tinkerer Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 448

call up Just Cars, an insurance company in MElbourne. they specialise in p platers, turbos, imports, etc etc. we had to insure mums non turbo silvia there becuase no insurance company in SA will touch a silvia

Frederick Stienheld · petrol head Joined: 05 Sep 2002 Posts: 2719

yeah but I said I would only get third party then, so it wouldnt matter to them if it got stolen n stuff

Benjamin · backyard mechanic Joined: 05 Oct 2001 Posts: 525

Just Cars are fuqqin hopeless! They wouldn't insure my car simply because the wheels were 0.5" over standard. Any engine modifications whatsoever will also render it uninsurable.

I may have spoken to the wrong person, but I spent a great deal of time trying to find the exact vehicle spec on paper that would allow it to be registered.

She is off the road now anyways for upgrade so it doesn't matter. Later in the year I will be calling Shannons.

Loz · backyard mechanic Joined: 05 Oct 2001 Posts: 943

call vidual, dont know the number though. My mate has third party property fire and theft for a turbo datto 1600 and it nly costs $550 with unlimited mods