acf8181 0 Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 what speed was it again? Link to post Share on other sites
dubloke 4 Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 brentacre are pretty good on that sort of thing, and they will know the mods to the car when u tell them. hfc are also pretty good now, and although you cant expect to get away with a small premiuim, the length of ban, and fine amount does play a big part in the cost of the insurance, ie, the lower sentence/fine, is indicative of the premium served. plus ten years ncb should count for something surely! Link to post Share on other sites
Toby 0 Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Mark, sorry to hear about the speeding thing but guess the punishment/fine could have been worse. I'm sure you'll get insurance somewhere, just whether you're prepared to pay for it! Link to post Share on other sites
anorak 0 Posted March 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 acf8181,I got caught at 113mph, mate."A rare lapse of self control (your worships)"dubloke,Cheers buddy, I'll give Brentacre a call. I'm with HIC at the moment but don't know how they will load my premium with the ban.I've done a few test quotes with Elephant and the length of ban makes no difference whatsoever with them. They load the cost by 140% Toby,I know I got off lightly really, mate.Hopefully learned a lesson. I'd only had the car back from Stealth for a week after a month off the road and she's running so sweetly now she's properly set up (303bhp, 279lbft - probably too much for me!)Love your sig pic Did you know that photo is used in the back of the Golf+ mag for their insurance advert. Fame!Thanks guys. Link to post Share on other sites
vdubgirl 3 Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 UPDATE (If anyone's interested).Appeared in court on Tuesday' date=' pleaded guilty, had a sorry schoolboy look on my face and told the magistates how I appreciated that the speed I was doing was totally unacceptable and out of character (half true).I got a 28 day ban and £275 fine which was pretty lenient I thought.Glad I didn't pay the £350 that a solicitor wanted to mitigate for me! Pretty sure I wouldn't have got away without a ban as the 2 guys that went in before me both got 6 points and a fine for doing 101mph and I reckon I had to be made an example of.My only worry now is insurance premiums!Still, I've got 4 weeks of being chauffeured and drinking beer to surf for quotes for bad boys.Anyone know of any understanding insurance brokers?[/quote']Mark considering they could of thrown the book at you I think thats not to bad a punishment :@ Those 4 weeks will fly by and you'll soon be back inthe driving seat Not sure on the insurance brokers question as i've only ever had an sp20 and 3 points on my license Link to post Share on other sites
ronniewolff 0 Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 my mate got caught at 177mph and got a 7 week ban...he was in a nova as well' date=' so think you may get away with a tad less, but just depends on the judge.[/quote']Now I don't believe that for a minute! And if it were true I'd suggest your mate seeks psychiatric attention. I'm no prude but just how would he expect to stop at that speed? Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 if you read the rest of the thread ronnie you'll see it was a typo..was meant to be 117 i think you can be quite relieved at the result anorak, as said my mate got almost twice that for an extra 4mph. Link to post Share on other sites
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