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GREENI3
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PostPosted: 18:47 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Estimated mileage (insurance)? Reply with quote

When I initially took out my policy, I gave an estimated mileage of 5000 miles.
Well I've already done 5800 and the insurance runs out next month.
I'm also planning on riding up to college as the train is really starting to grind on me, so will probably have done near to 7000 miles by the end of the policy.

I rang my insurer and said I might need to extend it from 5k to 7k and they said it would cost £30!

So should I pay the £30 or leave it since it runs out next month?

I thought 'estimated' meant exactly that and it didn't matter if you went a couple thou over?
Also I'm only TPO so I'm not exactly going to be claiming for anything.
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PostPosted: 18:50 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Leave it?

It's an estimation. I did around 7k on my 5k policy last insurance year. I've just renewed at 4k because I said "I'm not planning on doing as many miles this year".
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PostPosted: 18:50 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Personally I wouldn't of told them and they'd be none the wiser.
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PostPosted: 18:51 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Re: Estimated mileage (insurance)? Reply with quote

Also; are you sure it was you that did all the miles?

For instance, you might have leant it to a friend (who is insured to ride of course) to do a decent trip on it.
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PostPosted: 20:31 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you'd only done 3,000, would they have given you £30 back?

Make your decision based on that.
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PostPosted: 20:32 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lol quote for 3k, do near 20k.

No issues Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:40 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would suggest saying you have spent a fair amount of time on a track, but then I remembered what bike you have.
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PostPosted: 20:59 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wouldn't have thought it would make much difference if you said 10k to be safe.
My policy has 2 bikes on it and i said 60k for each and it's only £385.
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PostPosted: 21:17 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

My insurance says I'm doing 999 miles or less and I have so far far done about 6,000 and I'm not even half way through the policy.
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PostPosted: 21:20 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

How is my post redundant you tard?

You can still say that you took your bike on a track and thats when the miles come from..... ffs Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 21:28 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

You do have to wisen up bro.
Some credit for ringing and saying you MIGHT need to increase the mileage - you haven't committed yourself to anything. But a wisened person wouldn't have dreamt of ringing in the first place. Smile
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PostPosted: 21:29 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

TheSmiler wrote:
Personally I wouldn't of told them and they'd be none the wiser.


Umm, apart from the fact you can subtract the mileage on the last MOT from the current mileage on the dials in the event of an accident.



(BTW, still wouldn't bother)
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PostPosted: 21:31 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

arry wrote:
TheSmiler wrote:
Personally I wouldn't of told them and they'd be none the wiser.


Umm, apart from the fact you can subtract the mileage on the last MOT from the current mileage on the dials in the event of an accident.


Had to buy a set of used clocks from ebay mate, the last ones broke.
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PostPosted: 21:35 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

CaNsA wrote:
arry wrote:

Umm, apart from the fact you can subtract the mileage on the last MOT from the current mileage on the dials in the event of an accident.


Had to buy a set of used clocks from ebay mate, the last ones broke.


Also as G said surely someone else could of borrowed your bike who was licensed...
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PostPosted: 21:49 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

CaNsA wrote:
I would suggest saying you have spent a fair amount of time on a track, but then I remembered what bike you have.

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PostPosted: 22:13 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

CaNsA wrote:
I would suggest saying you have spent a fair amount of time on a track, but then I remembered what bike you have.


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PostPosted: 22:23 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe I should have said "But then i remembered who was riding" Very Happy
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PostPosted: 22:24 - 17 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: 01:41 - 18 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

You haven't done 5,800 miles though. You've only done 4,999 miles. Your brother in law, who also has a motorbike and is insured to ride other peoples bikes with the owner's permission, borrowed your bike while his was in the shop. He racked up 801 miles on it, remember?

Oh, hey, his bike is back in the shop again. Seems he'll be borrowing yours again. I'd bet he'll end up racking up another 1,200 miles while he's using it too.

Fancy that.
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PostPosted: 01:51 - 18 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

I tell them I do under 1000 every year, when I do about 12x that.
Fuck them, cunts. They can't prove anything. Then they have the audacity to ask for more money???

Move to australia... I pay $300 a year on my ninja 6 which includes tax Wink
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PostPosted: 05:25 - 18 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

My ins was cheaper with a higher milage, then it was a lower one.....

£30 will be the admin charge. So upping the milage is not costing anything.

Next time double your annual milage.

Why give the Ins a chance to decline a claim, by not telling the truth.
This is data they can easily obtain via the MOT online.
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PostPosted: 09:20 - 18 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

iooi wrote:
My ins was cheaper with a higher milage, then it was a lower one.........

Why give the Ins a chance to decline a claim, by not telling the truth.
This is data they can easily obtain via the MOT online.

Indeed; I would guess often their statistics show that some riders who put down that they do more miles are less likely to have a claim.

Or they could do a quick search on google and see what people are saying Wink.
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