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leica posted:Not many new people coming through. Isn't TT the latest regular AIer that hasn't been run out of here? Hi. I love AI. 23. I just mostly lurk as I don't have any money for interesting cars at the moment, since I just recently started a new job. And have zero access to credit due to moving countries. Speaking of which, I'm jealous of what you pay to insure the Ferrari. Try being an immigrant to the UK. 3600 dollars/year to insure a 2002 Skoda Fabia 1.4 with its dangerously high 75 horsepower. With a mileage limit of 2000 miles\year. With a 1500 dollar excess. On a 1000 dollar car. With a telematics box. That is the single cheapest quote I've been able to find. It's even better when I look at quotes for something at all interesting and the algorithms freak out. Why yes, I do think paying 40,000 a year to insure a 1500 dollar car is reasonable.
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Thanks, I'll check them out. I was mostly using price aggregator websites.
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See, that's kind of the problem. If I swap out my license for a UK one, it has a brand new date of issue, so all insurance companies will assume that I've just now passed the test. I have experience, but the UK won't take it into account because I wasn't a named driver, because in my country there isn't such a thing - you insure the car, not the driver. Hopefully the prices are gonna start dropping once I've had insurance for a year. The UK has so many cool and fairly affordable cars in the used market, I just don't fancy paying sums with more than 3 zeroes for insurance. Not to hijack the thread - OP, your Ferrari is awesome and I'm insanely jealous.
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Saga posted:Remember that you don't have a choice about swapping your licence. If it's from the US or a similar third country non eea you have 2 years from arrival in the UK after which you are no longer licensed to drive. Book that test! EU master race, my license is valid until I'm 80 or something like that last I checked. I'll have a look at the rest you guys mentioned. I called up NFU and they haven't gotten back to me yet, but said they would take into account my driving experience from when I studied in Ireland rather than treating me as a completely new driver, so that's a massive difference to how most treat me. Thanks guys, I really appreciate you pointing out some of the ones that don't show up on price comparison sites.
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