buzz
Member Since: 19 May 2006
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here we go again!!!!if this comes to fruition then the d3 is really in the s 
http://motoring.aol.co.uk/4x4-drivers-face...2909990001 Gone.......but not forgotten
06 Zermatt 7 seat auto with PDC and privacy
Club £400 V.E.D.
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SPOTTER
Member Since: 06 Dec 2006
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I wouldn't know what to do if my insurance actually went down year on year..... it just wouldn't feel right  end of an era ....... maybe a Defender when it appears.......
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| 23rd Feb 2007 7:55 am |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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ironic isn't it... manufacturers have made their vehicles heavier year on year. This in part due to more stringent safety regs from the EU... so now we have to pay extra for the vehicle and the insurance because they are safer 
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| 23rd Feb 2007 9:42 am |
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Gareth
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Location: Bramhall
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Read this in the Mail yesterday. Seems the insurance industry is jumping on the 'bash 4x4's" hype as an excuse to put prices up, in the same way that HM Gov is jumping on the green band wagon to put motoring taxes up.
I actually think it will not amount to much, as there is a lot of competition in the car insurance market place. For every heavy car that has a 'fault' accident, there will be a heavy car that has a 'no fault' accident which should cancel out the problem IMO.
Its the muppet kids who drive recklessly around our towns in souped up hot hatches that should be worrying us all. To be honest, thats one reason I drive a heavy car - self defence.
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| 23rd Feb 2007 9:45 am |
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Martin
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Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
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And you drive a hot hatch  06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
Any issues with the site let me know!
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| 23rd Feb 2007 9:57 am |
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Slimer
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Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
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Threads merged.... The End
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| 23rd Feb 2007 10:17 am |
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DrtyBlvd
Member Since: 08 Dec 2006
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That's it. I've had it. I'm leaving.
Hang on a minute, I already left.  "There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the brain" - G.K Chesterton
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| 23rd Feb 2007 11:00 am |
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Gareth
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Martin wrote:And you drive a hot hatch
Yes, sensibly 
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| 23rd Feb 2007 11:06 am |
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Calcul@tor
Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
Location: Middle England!
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buzz wrote:here we go again!!!!if this comes to fruition then the d3 is really in the s
http://motoring.aol.co.uk/4x4-drivers-face...2909990001
Worth following the link - there is a poll there "should 4x4s pay more insurance" - currently 2:1 against - if you feel like adding another "against" vote, it can't hurt! Although, I guess this story is going to be read more by 4x4 drivers, so perhaps not the most scientific test! D4 XS MY12 Galway
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| 23rd Feb 2007 11:42 am |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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gosh - Rutherford finally writes an article that males sense 
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| 23rd Feb 2007 4:46 pm |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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Yeah! there has to be a catch.
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