Just back! Help with Car Insurance please
Aug 13th 2019, 8:31 am
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Just back! Help with Car Insurance please
Arrived back yesterday, sad to leave kiwi hubby and pets back in nz 
staying with brother and wife in Morecambe until Friday.
Have to buy car as I start work in Yorkshire next week!
Foreign licence etc making insurance quotes very high! Help.
I've been driving 40 years with no accidents etc
Any advice much appreciated thank you.
staying with brother and wife in Morecambe until Friday.
Have to buy car as I start work in Yorkshire next week!
Foreign licence etc making insurance quotes very high! Help.
I've been driving 40 years with no accidents etc
Any advice much appreciated thank you.
Aug 15th 2019, 12:52 pm
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Re: Just back! Help with Car Insurance please
Arrived back yesterday, sad to leave kiwi hubby and pets back in nz
staying with brother and wife in Morecambe until Friday.
Have to buy car as I start work in Yorkshire next week!
Foreign licence etc making insurance quotes very high! Help.
I've been driving 40 years with no accidents etc
Any advice much appreciated thank you.
staying with brother and wife in Morecambe until Friday.
Have to buy car as I start work in Yorkshire next week!
Foreign licence etc making insurance quotes very high! Help.
I've been driving 40 years with no accidents etc
Any advice much appreciated thank you.
Good luck! Let us know how you get on....and congratulations on your new job!
Aug 15th 2019, 4:32 pm
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Re: Just back! Help with Car Insurance please
Have you tried using one of these sites? https://www.comparethemarket.com/car-insurance/ …… https://www.moneysupermarket.com/sho.../#?new-journey
Aug 15th 2019, 7:04 pm
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Re: Just back! Help with Car Insurance please
I got back on Sunday, bought a car Monday and just got insurance by calling them and telling them my situation. It seems that by having driven here before I left and learning in the uk I was classed as a normal resident.
Aug 15th 2019, 7:44 pm
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Re: Just back! Help with Car Insurance please
Aug 15th 2019, 7:46 pm
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Re: Just back! Help with Car Insurance please
Have you tried using one of these sites? https://www.comparethemarket.com/car-insurance/ …… https://www.moneysupermarket.com/sho.../#?new-journey
Sep 16th 2019, 9:07 pm
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Re: Just back! Help with Car Insurance please
In the end I went with "Admiral" , thank you everyone for your advice 
Sep 17th 2019, 12:27 am
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Re: Just back! Help with Car Insurance please
You can exchange your New Zealand licence for a GB licence.
Sep 17th 2019, 12:36 am
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Re: Just back! Help with Car Insurance please
BritInParis
Oh! I thought I had to have been here 12 months before applying for a uk licence! Thank you!
Oh! I thought I had to have been here 12 months before applying for a uk licence! Thank you!
Sep 17th 2019, 12:51 am
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Re: Just back! Help with Car Insurance please
Nope. Just pick up Form D1 from the Post Office. NB: You’ll be restricted to automatic vehicles unless you can provide evidence you passed your test in a manual car.
Sep 17th 2019, 1:03 pm
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Re: Just back! Help with Car Insurance please
Typical. You would not believe how many issues like this I've had to deal with over the last 4 weeks, most involving things like losing jobs/having difficulty renting accommodation! ... I'm starting to feel like someone's having a laugh at me or I'm on Candid Camera!
Sep 17th 2019, 3:41 pm
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Re: Just back! Help with Car Insurance please
There's ALWAYS a catch. In 40 years of driving, I've never owned an automatic car Typical. You would not believe how many issues like this I've had to deal with over the last 4 weeks, most involving things like losing jobs/having difficulty renting accommodation! ... I'm starting to feel like someone's having a laugh at me or I'm on Candid Camera!
Typical. You would not believe how many issues like this I've had to deal with over the last 4 weeks, most involving things like losing jobs/having difficulty renting accommodation! ... I'm starting to feel like someone's having a laugh at me or I'm on Candid Camera!
