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Post by Steve Parker on Jan 16, 2013 20:59:44 GMT 1
Maybe a bit late, could be handy for some of you and at this price worth keeping in the boot. Eurocar Parts have snow chains on offer £19.19 delivered (I ordered Monday and arrived today). www.eurocarparts.com/snow-chains-snow-socks |
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Post by Dai on Jan 17, 2013 0:53:56 GMT 1
Check with your insurance company first before using them, most will say if its bad enough snowing you need to use chains you shouldnt be out driving in the first place and void your insurance if you have a bump of any type  |
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Post by wheelnut on Jan 18, 2013 1:10:56 GMT 1
... insurance company... most will say if its bad enough snowing you need to use chains you shouldnt be out driving in the first place and void your insurance... WTF? I've never seen a clause like that in an insurance policy. So you have a policy that does not operate in bad weather and you live in Britain... look for your money back! |
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Post by natedog on Jan 18, 2013 1:23:17 GMT 1
There were some insurers last winter who rejected claims if the car was fitted with winter tyres and they hadn't been told. CVD who my van was insured with had it in the terms that they posted out. They wouldnt cover vans that were fitted with either car tyres or winter tyres
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Post by sorted on Jan 21, 2013 16:18:20 GMT 1
Fitting non-standard wheels and tyres may be a different thing, although to succeed in repudiating a claim the insurer would still have to prove that the fitting of these contributed to the claim e.g. fitting alloy wheels made it more desirable to steal may just fly. Or, as above, if they issue a specific endorsement on the policy excluding use in certain circumstances. Failing this, there is nothing in any standard insurance policy I have ever seen that would support repudiating a claims just on the grounds a car was driven in bad weather, and I do not believe it would be supported by the FSA's Ombudsman either. For those that don't know me I base this on around 30 years experience in the Insurance industry, although admittedly last 10 or so have been in the hidden corridors of IT I am still close enough to the claims guys to know this has not changed  |
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Post by wheelnut on Jan 25, 2013 1:19:34 GMT 1
I wonder is insurance cover effected by changing from runflat tyres to conventional tyres. If runflat tyres are marketed as a safety feature could the insurer refuse to cover a car that has been changed to conventional tyres?
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