First Lexus

Dells · July 18, 2023

4 hours ago, serbarry said:

The insurance is very expensive for the new young drivers. I pay around 500 euros comprehensive but I am 52 and over 30 years driving without any accident.

I have just got a quote for the Lexus of £450 that’s £170 more than the Mercedes but only renewed my insurance in March so will see what extra I have to pay.

Dell

serbarry · July 18, 2023

2 hours ago, Dells said:

I have just got a quote for the Lexus of £450 that’s £170 more than the Mercedes but only renewed my insurance in March so will see what extra I have to pay.

Dell

I suppose the B class you had, had a smaller engine than the IS this mat explain some increase but probably not £ 170. As well the IS has a smaller engine than my GS. My suggestion is to get various quotes from different insurers when the time comes for renewal and see which one is the best one.

Tony1452 · July 19, 2023

16 hours ago, Dells said:

I have just got a quote for the Lexus of £450 that’s £170 more than the Mercedes but only renewed my insurance in March so will see what extra I have to pay.

Dell

Last year I used Confused.com and found that Toyota insurance was top of the list for the best quote, which came up as£425. I went with them. This year they increased my renewal to £570. However, nowhere else could I find a better offer, unless I was prepared to have a black box fitted, in which case it would have been around £510. I’d rather pay a grand for insurance than have a black box fitted.

When I asked Toyota for the reason I was paying such a huge increase, way beyond inflation figures, the only answer they gave me was: insurance has risen everywhere. In other words, take it or leave it. I took it.

wharfhouse · July 19, 2023

9 minutes ago, Tony1452 said:

Last year I used Confused.com and found that Toyota insurance was top of the list for the best quote, which came up as£425. I went with them. This year they increased my renewal to £570. However, nowhere else could I find a better offer, unless I was prepared to have a black box fitted, in which case it would have been around £510. I’d rather pay a grand for insurance than have a black box fitted.

When I asked Toyota for the reason I was paying such a huge increase, way beyond inflation figures, the only answer they gave me was: insurance has risen everywhere. In other words, take it or leave it. I took it.

Interesting - I use confused.com for comparison and never had Toyota insurance pop up for me - unless they were lower down the list than when I stopped looking...!

Dells · July 19, 2023

went to test drive and collect today, very pleased just very few stone chips and a very light scratch offside rear wheel arch , wheels totally undamaged drives well but although I had stop start on my Mercedes I never used it so it’s odd when stopped in traffic or at lights no engine noise but will get used to it.