Singletrack Mountain Bike Magazine

• Overview
• Bike Forum
• Chat Forum
• For Sale
• Wanted
• Forum Help
• Classified Rules

Chat Forum

1. dooge - Member

   Hey all,

   recently bought a Bora Sport Tdi from a dealer. Ive been very very happy with the car but its been modified by the previous owner. Audi RS6 replica alloys wheels, debadged grill and tinted windows. The tints are going as they are put on shoddily, but the wheels and grill are staying and Im also looking at lowering it slightly (35mm) in the future. No engine modifications or anything extreme. Now, cheapest Ive found was my insurer from the previous car, Directline.

   Unfortunately, they do not cover modifications at all, so technically Im driving around illegally at the moment.

   Does anyone have any recommendations for insurers that will insure a slightly modified car pretty cheaply?

   Doug

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. Militant_biker - Member

   Adrian Flux

   These people insure my Dad's 6x6, and I'm pretty sure a friend has his modded RS4 with them.

   (edited for broken link)

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. schrickvr6 - Member

   Brentacre or Flux.

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. sam_underhill - Member

   Chris Knott for me. They seemed to understand modifications rather than just pick stuff from a list.

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. davidrussell - Member

   modded RS4? sounds ace - details?

   Also try Sky insurance, ive had quotes from them before.

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. NZCol - Member

   Not much use but i've recently remapped my RS4 and put a miltek exhaust on it. Insurers were not bothered about either which was surprising.

   Posted 1 year ago #
7. Militant_biker - Member

   modded RS4? sounds ace - details?

   IIRC he's got an older RS4 twin turbo 3.6(?) V6 at about 480bhp. A bit lower than standard, and a load of work done to the anti-roll bars. Something like gearbox stabilising linkages in there as well. It's scary, scary fast, and has a crazy amount of grip.

   Posted 1 year ago #
8. TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR - Member

   Just about the only people I could find to insure my chipped 4x4 pick-up at something approaching reasonable was Adrian Flux.

   NFU refused to quote (before I even mentioned the chip), because I'd fitted a hardtop (6 clamps) myself, rather than have a garage do it.

   They don't want your business at the moment mate.

   Posted 1 year ago #
9. davidrussell - Member

   i'd love an RS4 but i think the insurance renewal on my clio will be enough to make the rs4 a pipedream for a lonnnng time. insurers are taking the piss at the moment imo

   Posted 1 year ago #
10. The Flying Ox - Member

    Sky, Elephant and Adrian Flux seem to take it in turns to be cheapest for me. Sky didn't even increase my premium when I told them about bigger turbo, bigger intercooler, sports exhaust etc.

    Posted 1 year ago #
11. dooge - Member

    Thanks gents, Ill have a look around. I want to do it sooner rather than later but as it is Im paying £700 a year on a standard car! The other place that quoted near reasonable prices was Swiftcover, anyone got any experience with them?

    Posted 1 year ago #
12. TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR - Member

    That's nowt - I'm paying £1400 and I'm thirty bloody nine years old

    ('tis business use as well though)

    Posted 1 year ago #
13. coffeeking - Member

    All the usual modded insurers seem happy to quote at sensible levels, sky, AF, a few others. Problem is no one is doing CHEAP rates at the moment. I was paying 500ish for an agreed value policy on a car with major functional mods when I was 25 at uni 4 years ago, recent quotes of 650 on the same car aged 29.

    Posted 1 year ago #
14. johnners - Member

    so technically Im driving around illegally at the moment

    Clearer?

    Posted 1 year ago #

RSS feed for this topic

Topic Closed

This topic has been closed to new replies.