Welcome mate , exciting times 👍
Lots of insurers for modified motors , get quotes from Adrian flux, brentacre to name a couple for a start .
We did ours through camping and caravaning club for a good few years .

 

Welcome mate , exciting times 👍
Lots of insurers for modified motors , get quotes from Adrian flux, brentacre to name a couple for a start .
We did ours through camping and caravaning club for a good few years .

Thanks mate - appreciate the reply!

 

Hi and welcome!

Bet you can't wait. Show us some pics soon!

I have used Adrian Flux for last 3 vans but as B&T says others are available.

 

Will do, mate - thanks for the message!

 

Just been going through this as ours is due 18th (cant believe its a year since we bought it!) anyway did the rounds spent may hours on the phone as I find go compare etc really frustrating they always manage to **** something up and found our current insurer Just Kampers the best with an agreed value showing all modifications with photos so no messing should the worst happen

 

Worth contacting Dan @ A-Plan insurance, if you're a member of the Dubbed Out facebook group you'll get further discount too. Was with Brentacre before that who were very competitive price wise. Just Kampers were full of sh*t in their promises to provide a £50 voucher if they couldn't beat your renewal quote. Yes they'll beat it by £2 but the cover isn't anywhere near like for like. It was their basic 'bronze' package which had double the excess and was only third party, fire n theft!! If I wanted the same level of cover it would have been over £100 more than my renewal quote from Brentacre.

 

Cheers bud, I'll try A plan!

 

Hmm not been my experience tbh they cover everything all mods included fully comp with £250 excess for anything apart from glass and an agreed value of 14k includes EU cover and legal cover for under £450 used for commuting as well

 

A Plan have been our go to for the last 4 years. Brilliant service and competitive prices on modified van.

 

Thanks mate, lots of votes coming in for A plan!

 

A Plan for me this year. Found they're not bothered by lots of mods, got a good policy that also covers all my camping bits and bobs

Adrian Flux were good for years, until I got into a strop with them for failing to record my NCB properly (and, to be fair, Dan from this forum has offered to look into my complaints).

 

A Plan for me this year. Found they're not bothered by lots of mods, got a good policy that also covers all my camping bits and bobs

Adrian Flux were good for years, until I got into a strop with them for failing to record my NCB properly (and, to be fair, Dan from this forum has offered to look into my complaints).

Thanks mate, appreciate the reply - I'll give A Plan a try, too

 

I was always A Plan they weren’t bothered with mods other than the seats but coz my van was modified to 9 seats they had to put me on a mini bus plan
Which meant not insured to drive anything which isn’t always a big deal but handy to have
This year spoke to Dan from Adrian flux
They beat A Plan by nearly £200 with better cover and insured to drive anything fully comp

was a no brainier for me

 

Thatcham Branch is the one you want for A-Plan

 

Hi and welcome.
Do please feel free to give us a try for insurance if you haven't done so already.
Regards,
Dan.

 

I picked my panel van up last week and planned to ring round for a few quotes. As I was sealing the deal I got a call back from A-plan. I gave her my mod plans, only springs, wheels, windows and a single rear seat. She called back with £400 which sounded good so i just went ahead. I got a call from A-plan today to say the mods had not been added to the quote in error and it's now £750. I'm 48 with full no claims so this seems a steep increase. I've cancelled and will give Mr Flux a call tomorrow. My previous insurer LV quoted cheaper than A-plan.

 

I picked my panel van up last week and planned to ring round for a few quotes. As I was sealing the deal I got a call back from A-plan. I gave her my mod plans, only springs, wheels, windows and a single rear seat. She called back with £400 which sounded good so i just went ahead. I got a call from A-plan today to say the mods had not been added to the quote in error and it's now £750. I'm 48 with full no claims so this seems a steep increase. I've cancelled and will give Mr Flux a call tomorrow. My previous insurer LV quoted cheaper than A-plan.
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Well, actually it's already an indicator of unreliability, I try not to work with them.

 

Was it the Thatcham branch you spoke to? I'm 46 with full no claims since I started driving at 17. Mine's over half what they've quoted you there and my van is modded with springs, alloys, facelifted, bodykit, remapped etc. you name it. Try Brentacre too - they're usually very competitive and will cover all mods.

 

I'm not sure, I'd put my details on their website the previous day and they called back. It's strange that one branch can offer different deals, especially by the amount you say.

 

The Thatcham branch are the ones that do the specialised policies - confusingly their VW contact is also called Dan too. Tell em you're a member of the Dubbed Out facebook group and they should give you a further 5% discount.

 

Been busy so not had chance to call Aplan again (will do tomorrow as insurance runs out). I got a call back from Adrian Flux though. Why do insurance companies base their quote on a previous quote you've had and not just give their best deal. I told them Aplan was £750 but not the modified specific department and they came back with £695. Then I said I'd had a cheaper quote with LV at £600 and they quoted £595. Just puts you off tbh.

 

Yep, its like when you get an extortionate renewal quote through so you find a better price elsewhere and then ring to cancel .
" oh, well we can better that price"
Well why didnt you do that before sending out the renewal then?
Feels like theyre happy to have your pants down until you wanna take your business elsewhere.

 

Exactly this. I think it's why so many people hate renewal time. They're happy to take your money but will hold out as long as possible when it comes to paying out a claim or improving your renewal price. No incentive for customer loyalty!

 

Insurance co are legally obliged to maximise the dividend to the shareholders and so will use ANY chance to extract more from you, case in point my Merc E63 I changed the tracker plan to a better one cost me extra to do it then the insurance co added £45.00 plus a admin fee for more secure protection!

 

Bit backwards really cos it just sends customers that may be loyal and happy to stay - and saves those customers all the hassle of obtaining new quotes and sending off documents etc.

 

Been working 6-18 so not really had chance for more quotes, although the van is in the pits while the bumpers are colour coded so no rush. Last night on my dog walk thought I'd do a token confused.com quote while strolling round (they do modified vans up to 6 modifications). The 2nd on the list was £780 and went up to over 1k quickly, but first was through Carole Nash (nope I'd never heard of them either) and was £360. I went with these, I'll see if I get a call to confirm the mods and up the price, but hopefully not as i listed everything through Confused.

 

Carole Nash used to advertise in the modified car magazines if i remember right .

 

Carole Nash insured my motorcycle(s) for many years, and I once added a car to a policy I already had with them. They were very well known in the bike world, and gave good quotes...even for modded bikes. Didn't know they considered vans though...