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[neil]

Getting Alpinas insured isn't too easy - we've talked about it on the m5board before - thought I start a thread here for people to reference

If you can tell us:

Your car
Your age
Location (approx)
No claims discount
Other people insured too
Insured with which company
Direct or through broker
How much is it costing

Let us know
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[dr_technical]

Car Alpina B10 3.3
My Age 36
Location Lake District
NCD Full
Insured Myself and wife
Company Direct Line
How much £890

[petethorpe58]

My insurance is as follows

Car - 1983 B9 3.5
My age - 44 at last renewal
Location - Basingstoke
No claims - Full (8 yrs)
No other people on policy
Ins Co - Royal & Sun Alliance
Broker - Aon
Cost - £188 (before penalty for 6 points on licence)

There is unlimited mileage and an agreed valuation of £7000 on this policy as well.

Cheers,

Pete

[b10liquid]

Car - 1988 B10 3.5
My age - 28
Location - Swansea South Wales
No claims - Full (8 yrs)
No other people on policy
Ins Co - Adrian Flux
Broker -
Cost - £680
Endorsements - 6 points (2 x SP30)
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[Charles]

B3S Touring (2003)
36 at time of proposal
Just outside Oxford
Full NCD
Myself (3 points) and wife (36yo & 3 points)
Tesco Insurance (Direct)
20,000 miles pa
£980 base premium
£1190 including NCD protection, Legal Protection, Replacement Car and monthly instalments premiums
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Petrolheads of the world unite - Alpina are on our side
B3S Touring (49/116)
Renault Grand Espace 3.0 V6 Diesel - yes!

[dr_technical]

I'm looking for renewal on my B10 3.3 at present.
Best quotes so far:
Adrian Flux £834 with £550 xs
BMW £846 with £350 xs

(see above for my details)

[White]

1988 ALPINA B10 3.5
29 YEARS
LINCLONSHIRE
NO, NO CLAIMS USED ON POLICY WITH CARROL NASH WITH FULLY COMP AND RESTRICTED MILAGE OF 6K
NO OTHER DRIVERS
6 POINTS
ALL FOR £400

[Alpina Jim]

B10 3.2 (1998).
Age 45 (ouch!).
Location near Portsmouth.
Max no claims discount.
Myself only insured.
Direct Line.
Renewal offered at £646.80, protected no claims with £300 excess & 8k miles p.a.

Still shopping around.

Jim

[Simon Davey]

B3 3.3 Saloon Jan 2000
36
Aberdeen
Max. NCD (7+ I think the company calls it)
Myself and missus
NU Direct
Direct
420 with 500 own XS, limited mileage, etc.

[Charles]

AMAZING!!!

Just renewed the insurance on the Alpina and it is cheaper than last year (despite a few upward changes on the licence and the mileage):

Alpina B3S Touring (2003 model)
Oxfordshire (kept on the drive)
Me: 37, 5 points (even rarer than the car itself and a long story for another posting)
Wife: 37, 3 points (no change there)
Full NCD (protected)
30k miles per year (Class 1 Business use - serious mileage for a serious car)
£520 excess (pretty standard for a car from Group 20)
Carole Nash quoted £1119 (Norwich Union policy with discounts for being a member of the BMW Car Club - payable over 4 months with no admin charge)

This compares to Tesco asking for a renewal of £1600 (up from £1200 last year), which increased to £1700 when monthly payments were taken into account!!!!!

The other good quotes I got were from Adrian Flux (£1146) and Cheam Insurance Brokers (£1139).

All three quotes were for the same policy from Norwich Union - the differences being the amount of commission they were prepared to give away. I went with Carole Nash because they had a free payment scheme over 4 months and the extra £20 saved is another 100 miles of fun driving.

Contact Numbers (if you are interested):

Carole Nash - 0800 298 5555
Adrian Flux - 08700 777 888
Cheam Insurance Brokers: 01737 354 377
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Petrolheads of the world unite - Alpina are on our side
B3S Touring (49/116)
Renault Grand Espace 3.0 V6 Diesel - yes!

[Charles]

Update to my last post...

Carole Nash forgot to protect my No Claims and wanted an extra £120 for the privilege.

Went back to Cheam and they came back to me with £1134 so they now have my business - Thanks to Greg Bridges at Cheam

This may seem like quite a lot of money compared with other postings in this thread, but please bear in mind that I use the car every day and cover over 30k miles a year. I guess the other problem is that because the car is so rare, the depreciation is low and so the "estimated value" at renewal time remains accordingly high. Nice problem to have to live with...
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Charles
Petrolheads of the world unite - Alpina are on our side
B3S Touring (49/116)
Renault Grand Espace 3.0 V6 Diesel - yes!

[Raymondo]

Your car - B3 S Cab
Your age - 2004
Location (approx) - Midlands
No claims discount - 5 Years driving, 4 Years no claims, N convictions
Other people insured too - Wife (4 years licence, 4 years No Claims, SP30 June 2000)
Insured with which company - Direct Line

How much is it costing 1,310 (inlcudes protected NC), 450 xs

Also Tesco and BMW quoted quite close to this figure as well.

Thanks,
Ray.

[Charles]

Raymondo,

You must be doing well for your age - but I can't help thinking that the premiums would have been a bit lower if you had lied just a little bit

Tee Hee
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Petrolheads of the world unite - Alpina are on our side
B3S Touring (49/116)
Renault Grand Espace 3.0 V6 Diesel - yes!

[Mary Mary]

Well BMW Insurance wanted £1,538 for insurance upon renewal and there was little chance of me paying that!

A bit of shopping around with some of the companies listed in this thread and we have:

Your car B10 3.3
Your age 36
Location (approx) London
No claims discount 8yrs
Other people insured too No
Insured with which company NIG via Adrian Flux
Direct or through broker Adrian Flux
How much is it costing £878

MM

[neil]

Hi Mary Mary

Great news- 43% reduction !

Cheers

Neil
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