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themule

Member Since: 03 May 2016
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 126

2007 Range Rover Vogue TDV8 Zambezi Silver

Tracker

Has anyone here fitted one of the cheap £30 trackers that are advertised on Amazon and eBay (with good reviews)? If so did it satisfy the insurance requirements?

Direct Line are telling me I need evidence of a fitted tracker but are not helpful about saying what will satisfy them. The ones on their list are over £300 with £150 a year monitoring fee - seems like a total rip off.

Maybe I need to switch to another insurance provider.

A

21st Jul 2016 10:54am

Kimbo

Member Since: 14 May 2016
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 8

2012 Range Rover Westminster 4.4 V8 Santorini Black

We had the same with Direct Line so my girlfriend insured the car with Admiral who were not only cheaper but also didn't require a tracker,hope that helps.

Kimbo

21st Jul 2016 11:22am

Baltic Blue

Member Since: 13 Aug 2015
Location: North Wales
Posts: 3763

2011 Range Rover Vogue SE TDV8 Baltic Blue

I went on go compare and it was about 50 _50 companies who wanted tracker or not.
I opted for Tesco, no tracker, and paid £430 for £30k value, with protected NCB.

21st Jul 2016 11:29am

Haylands

Member Since: 04 Mar 2014
Location: East Yorkshire
Posts: 8190

2014 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

I've had one of those trackers for some years in this and other cars, they work well and "do what they say on the tin"....

Insurance companies will not accept them as trackers, they require one professionally fitted with a service contract... Pete

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2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
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21st Jul 2016 12:08pm

themule

Member Since: 03 May 2016
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 126

Thanks all. Got some more quotes, all much higher than Direct Line, then finally a quote from Hastings which was only £280 with no tracker required will now cancel the Direct Line.

I may well fit one of the cheap trackers anyway.

21st Jul 2016 9:40pm

mpirie

Member Since: 26 Jun 2012
Location: In the Highlands
Posts: 898

2013 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Luxor

Kimbo wrote:
We had the same with Direct Line so my girlfriend insured the car with Admiral who were not only cheaper but also didn't require a tracker,hope that helps.

Kimbo

^+1 I'd been with Direct Line for years.........I replaced the FF a couple weeks ago and was told I needed a tracker.

I suggested they would lose a customer if they insisted. They called my bluff so I moved to Admiral. Saved £120 and no need for a tracker.

Looks like Direct Line rely on the laziness of existing customers to renew policies.

When asking about a renewal quote, I told the salesman that I could get insurance for £105 cheaper elsewhere which they then matched. When he asked who the other insurer was, I told him it was their own website using all the same correct information.

When I asked him why I wasn't offered the lower price as an existing customer.....his response?........"well we've got to get as much (money) as we can, so you can't blame us for trying".

Think hard about using Direct Line.

21st Jul 2016 9:47pm

themule

Member Since: 03 May 2016
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 126

The range of the quotes were huge, from £280 to about £1200, all for similar levels of cover. I don't understand the car insurance industry.

21st Jul 2016 9:56pm

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