Who's Got The Shannon Contacts?

[SS8_Gohan]

sup vic ppls,

apparently someone on the forums was/is a good contact for shannon's insurance? I'm with shannons at the moment, but i rang just cars for a laugh, and they ended up being $500 cheaper. I know the Shannons policy is better, but $500 is a big difference.

i'm up for renewal, and just wondering if i could possibly speak to this contact. I know some people here have gone through this person. A vic member has pointed me in a direction for someone to pm, but i've had no response.

cheers,

daniel

[saff_cossie]

I went through Matt - 8OO5TED

Sorted my policy on the Evo out for a great price and beat RACV on the renewal for the Subaru so Shannons got that business too.

[Bec]

Insurance thread located here - http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...showtopic=12142

[adznight]

I hear that GIO are now doing rice. Anyone called them for a quote? I will be

[Rekin]

I hear that GIO are now doing rice. Anyone called them for a quote? I will be

saw a GIO add in HPI magazine advertising that they do imports. If its true, i'll try and get family discount! (parents use gio )

[JVP]

the gio one is called custom car insurance

they f**ked me around last week

got a quote, then i went to take it out, they said im sorry, but we have made a mistake.

original quote was $969 a year full comp

the new quote was $2600 lol

for a stock as rock s1 stagea.

i have now taken out insurance again with vigil. $927 a year full comp, pay $250 quarterly.

[raz0r$harP.UK]

After Matt moved on to a different area Chris (GTRSOUL) was arranging some policies, but he hasn't been online for a couple of months.

[Nth]

$4980 full comp for 18 year old with a 93 r32 gts-t.

[adznight]

the gio one is called custom car insurance

they f**ked me around last week

got a quote, then i went to take it out, they said im sorry, but we have made a mistake.

original quote was $969 a year full comp

the new quote was $2600 lol

for a stock as rock s1 stagea.

i have now taken out insurance again with vigil. $927 a year full comp, pay $250 quarterly.

Yeah I saw the add in a free mag. I had a feeling that this would be the case and they'd be a massive rip off. Still I'll give them a call and see how they can jerk me round too

[SS8_Gohan]

GIO = rip off

$3386.21

R34 GTT, 23, clean record

it's like the early days of Just Cars - although just cars are stupidly cheap now, just that the excess's and choice of repairer options are shit

[Kaz200]

ryno insurance was even cheaper or the same price thereabouts for both the 180 and R32 and appear to have the same benefits as shannons.. eg agreed value, 14days car hire, lifetime guarantee on repairs, choice of repairer, pay by the month.

Just Cars don't even have choice of repairer and only 3 yrs guarantee on repairs etc... even if Matt from Shannons can't match that $500.. if something happens you might end up having to take your car to Dodgy McShoddy to get it fixed, and not very well.

We'll probably change to Ryno but not until we get the protected rating from shannons, which you get after 2? yrs with no claims. Otherwise we have to serve the same periods again.

They have online quotes too.

The only thing is that I don't know anyone who has made a claim through Ryno yet, so I don't know how hard that is or if they screw you around etc.

Anyway hope that helps

~Kaz

[SS8_Gohan]

cheers Kaz

yeah i have written Just Cars off. the piece of mind you get with Shannons far outweights the $500, but it did beg the question if i could get a cheaper premium though.

I rang Vigil, who are very similar to Shannons, agreed value, lifetime guarantee, choice of repairer, etc... it was about $1380.

That's the the thing, i'm not too keen on signing up with someone if no-one has claimed before. Shannons i have no dramas what-so-ever, but some of these newer companies, i'm a little more hesistant.

I gave famous a call, but they tried to call back at a bad time, so i'll see how they go as well.

[Do-Luck]

I'm in the same boat. I'm 23 soon, and need to renew on the 180. My JCI premium renewal for the next year is $1460, so I want to see if Shannons can match that (considering I hardly drive the car anymore). Plus, like you said, the choice of repairer is something I'd prefer to have control over.

[SS8_Gohan]

might suit you as Shannons has like a "usage" feature. I'm on limited usage as i don't drive the car every day, but there is an extreme limited use policy, might be good for you.

Vigil has something similar i think.

Ryno is no go as you have to have owned a hi-performance car before. That's the first time i've ever heard something like that, but it does make sense.

[Do-Luck]

It's only weekends I drive it, if then. Had it sitting in the driveway for the past 3 weeks

[SS8_Gohan]

i know Shannos has an extreme low use policy, which seems like would be what you're after. I *think* Vigil has something as well.

Should be cheaper than J.C., you can pay by the month, and no extra cost. And your repair options are infinitely better. worth a bit extra

[some_cs_student]

Apologies for digging up an old thread again, but I've tried PM'ing 8OO5TED and got no reply. I've tried twice now.

I've also PM'ed GTRSOUL (Chris).

So do we have a shannons contact?

Has Matt (8OO5TED) or Chris (GTRSOUL) helped anyone recently?

Oh, and yes I have read through the entire insurance thread. I've got a nice large list of insurance companies I need to try and contact soon though

[eMsta]

tried ryno, tried vigil - they both cant insure my r33. Dont know why...

[saff_cossie]

Apologies for digging up an old thread again, but I've tried PM'ing 8OO5TED and got no reply. I've tried twice now.

I've also PM'ed GTRSOUL (Chris).

So do we have a shannons contact?

Has Matt (8OO5TED) or Chris (GTRSOUL) helped anyone recently?

Oh, and yes I have read through the entire insurance thread. I've got a nice large list of insurance companies I need to try and contact soon though

Was in a similar boat to you. I have PM'd Matt and this is the first time he hasnt replied to me. I ended up calling and the policy had gone up by $200 which I wasnt happy about (no claims, convictions, rating 1 protected etc). Apparently the car had forced it up. They then put our other car on this policy which was supposed to have happened when we insured it back in November. That made a significant saving off setting the increase on the Evo.

As a result the Evo has been reinsured with them but it made life so much easier with Matt.

[SS8_Gohan]

i got a cheaper quote with Vigil (very similar type of company to shannon's, also based in Melb), but a few little better things with shannon's such as agreed value. So i told shannon's i had a better quote, and the guy said we can do this... and that's all we can do. He was very uninterested, not the usual enthusiast type people i usually get.

so yeah, i asked for a better price saying i had a better quote. Now on about $1390 per year.

23, no bad history, R34 GT-T.

Ryno won't insure you if you haven't owned a hi-performance car previously (makes sense)