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    Quote Originally Posted by markTHEblake
    Quote Originally Posted by drunken
    My '90 Pulsar Q is currently costing me $800+ a year in insurance...Hence my current search for a new car. And the Mazda3 is looking the goods
    if a 90 pulsar is costing you $800 what do you think a mazda 3 will cost?
    Try the AAMI quote calculator - I've found they were the cheapest in NSW- www.aami.com.au

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    do you mean AAMI are cheaper than http://www.budgetdirect.com.au/

    I only pay about $300pa for a car valued at $10,000
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    Quote Originally Posted by markTHEblake
    do you mean AAMI are cheaper than http://www.budgetdirect.com.au/

    I only pay about $300pa for a car valued at $10,000
    You don't live in South-western Sydney
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    Quote Originally Posted by markTHEblake
    do you mean AAMI are cheaper than http://www.budgetdirect.com.au/

    I only pay about $300pa for a car valued at $10,000
    I was considering this company when I got the car last year, but heard bad things about them from a former employee, who left for ethical reasons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyP
    I was considering this company when I got the car last year, but heard bad things about them from a former employee, who left for ethical reasons.
    So what did he do about it - burn his bra?

    Fact is in a large company, there are always disgruntled employees, and not all decisions are PC.

    When was the last time you had a Nestle product, or filled the car with Shell petrolium?

    (Lucky?) I'm with AAMI, i think they are cheaper than most and i've found them relatively easy to deal with, unlike most other insurance companies.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fishman Dan
    I'm with AAMI, i think they are cheaper than most and i've found them relatively easy to deal with, unlike most other insurance companies.
    Agree with Fishy on that one - they were the cheapest for living in a rough-ish part of Sydney - and the service has always been excellent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fishman Dan
    Quote Originally Posted by markTHEblake
    do you mean AAMI are cheaper than http://www.budgetdirect.com.au/

    I only pay about $300pa for a car valued at $10,000
    You don't live in South-western Sydney
    We had car insurance through Budget Direct when we lived in Sydney in 2002/2003 (Marsfield - near Epping). They were the only ones to come in under $1000 p.a. for our 95 holden Nova. Who knows what they'd have been like if we needed to claim....

    Once we moved back to Vegas, we found plenty of companies around the same price. Budget Direct's premium didn't change much.. Went with AAMI. $500 or so p.a.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fishman Dan
    Quote Originally Posted by AndyP
    I was considering this company when I got the car last year, but heard bad things about them from a former employee, who left for ethical reasons.
    So what did he do about it - burn his bra?

    Fact is in a large company, there are always disgruntled employees, and not all decisions are PC.
    In summary, she didn't like their "internal" policy of not paying claims.

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    I havent got an AAMI quote yet on cars, but they blew everyone away on my house insurance.

    The one thing that annoyed me about Budget Direct is that i cancelled a $130pa policy 4 weeks before expiry. They charged me $30 to cancel, off set by about a $5 pro rata refund. I blew my stack at them, but gave me the T&C thing. My complaint however was directed at the operator not telling me this before he hit the cancel button, cos the obvious thing he should have said was to just let the policy lapse instead.

    Looking forward to shopping around at renewal time this year, but i doubt they can be beaten on price.
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    Blakey - i guess at their prices you don't get Customer Service

    AP - If all insurance companies did was pay claims, their share price would drop, investors would depart, and they would fold But i understand where that sentiment comes from, these days when you make a claim you really have to convince your insurer that it's not some sort of rort.
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    Quote Originally Posted by markTHEblake
    Quote Originally Posted by drunken
    My '90 Pulsar Q is currently costing me $800+ a year in insurance...Hence my current search for a new car. And the Mazda3 is looking the goods
    if a 90 pulsar is costing you $800 what do you think a mazda 3 will cost?
    It's going to cost me $1,500pa to insure my Mazda3 SP23 which isn't as bad as I thought it may be. Should have the new wheels in a few weeks
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    Quote Originally Posted by drunken
    [It's going to cost me $1,500pa to insure my Mazda3 SP23 which isn't as bad as I thought it may be. Should have the new wheels in a few weeks
    Good on ya, Duncan.
    Nice car.

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    Geez.....

    Those Insurance premiums are huge ..... maybe you must be young or something... My premium for my Ford is $376 with NRMA... Full comprehensive insurance.... My Ford is insured for $25,000 agreed value. I think they ask if I had accidents : Nil , Claims : Nil , and Age : old enough thank you.

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    mazda sp23 drunken???

    NICE!!!


    would that classify as a hairdresser's car then???
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    I have a Mazda 3 Neo (2 months old) and it only costs me around $300 in insurance. Drunken must have only just turned old enough to get his licence to have to pay that sort of premium!
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    yess....20 year old male with an at fault accident in the last three years...

    Another 5 years before I can get insurance remotely near $500
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    Mazda 3 SP23 sedan in Winning Blue comng my way...Either a week or two months depending on if they can source one from another dealer. Otherwise I'll have to wait for one that's being built in Japan as we speak....
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    Very nice, same colour as mine...
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    I'll dredge this one back up!
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    After a kangaroo strike up north, I decided to fit some decent frontal protection. Was going to settle on a nudgebar, but I soon canned that idea.
    Nothing Ford sold offered anywhere near enough protection, so I got one made in Toowoomba.



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    And here's the in-laws old GT.


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    You're such a bevan Dazza
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    Quote Originally Posted by jarro View Post
    You're such a bevan Dazza
    I've been called a lot worse!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dazza View Post
    I've been called a lot worse!
    I'm sure you have

    2004 Toyota Hi-Lux ute here by the way
    Originally Posted by sms316
    Without rules there is anarchy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jarro View Post
    I'm sure you have

    2004 Toyota Hi-Lux ute here by the way
    We've got a few 2007 Lo-Lux dual cabs at work.
    Good car, but they seem to do far too much soil-testing with their sump guards.
    The front end seems to spend a lot of time on the bump-stops.
    And as they're a fleet vehicle, they'd rather replace a sump or gearbox than fit some decent shockies/springs.
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