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More like performance bypassed I have used Go Compare for my husbands car insurance, and got a fantastic quote from a company called performance direct. But beware! The reason they were so cheap... more

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  • 17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    xr2i16v

    1 Star Are us younger drivers being conned 28/12/2000
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages n/a

    Disadvantages Disadvantages n/a

    Insurance premiums are a subject that I feel quite strongly about, yet one that I cannot conjure up a decent argument for in my head - hopefully this opinion will make some sense!! I've been driving since just after I turned 17 (A Level Maths tells me that's coming up for 4 years now!) My big problem though, is that I have always liked cars with that bit more go. There is nothing more frustrating than being stuck behind someone doing 45mph on a nice, clear road, and your car just doesn't have the ooommmpphh to get past safely. It makes you more dangerous as a driver, as you are taking more of ... more
  • 36 of 36 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Modena

    3 Stars The economics of insurance 26/01/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Acturarily logical

    Disadvantages Disadvantages It comes out of my wallet

    (update1) Erm, apologies, like most good ciao writers I write my opinions in Word, I didn't realise that my Single European currency opinion had in fact been published as I wrote this opinion, sorry. (update2) after reading this I suggest you read the comment by boydgray he adds a lot of useful insight into my argument. (Original opinion) Since my opinion on the European Single Currency has not been published, I guess it’s time to write another opinion before everybody forgets who I am. I could have written an opinion on the forthcoming Jennifer Lopez CD, but I think I’ll give the ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    petersmyth1

    3 Stars High cost Why Not 05/01/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Your covered

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Your not covered

    Lets say I'm the owner of an Insurance Company and to break my way into the market I specialise in cars. I advertise in the national press, which isn't cheap, I have to get policyholders somewhere. Having already read the statistics from other insurance companies, now that I'm a member, I find out that the highest number of claims come from drivers in the 17 to 25 age group so I have to estimate my premium collection against my suspected liabilities. I have to keep my premiums down to attract new policyholders. I don't really want the 17 to 25 group they cost me money so I'll make it expensive ... more
  • 9 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    lyricalt

    3 Stars Too much discrimination 09/03/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages You can fight for payment in the event of an accident.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages If you don't have an accident, it's money down the drain. Getting money out of an insurance company is like the 'getting blood out of a stone' scenario. I can only 'recommend to potential buyers' because it's illegal to drive without insurance.

    Before I begin, I want to make it clear that I am not interested in starting a 'men vs women' argument here, but there are points to be made on that issue and I have no reservations about making them, and I can only hope that my comments will not offend. My apologies if that's the case. In modern society, a society where the chasm between men and women has long since become a mere crack in the pavement and never-ending campaigns for sexual equality for women, why is it, that there are insurance companies who do not insure men? Where's the equality in that?! Let's face it. A car is a car, and a ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    adamdavid

    1 Star Why bother with insurance? 04/10/2000
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Might help you out if you have an accident

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Costs a fortune, insurance companies try not to pay out, legal requirement to have insurance

    Every year since I passed my test and got my first car, I have been screwed over by insurance companies because I was a young male student. When I started working, my insurance didn't come down because I was no longer a student, but when I went back to university as a mature student and my motor insurance was up for renewal, I was sent a quote and phoned them to tell them that my details had changed and I was now a student again. The told me that that changes things and increased my premium by fifty pounds. I was the same person that I had been two months earlier, but because I was a student ... more

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