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  1. Well done! (Please tell me you mean clinch? )
  2. Have also heard great things about NPC and Coppermix. I've been running a Jim Berry 'full monty' with organic pressure plate behind a 365 rwkw 26/30 GTR. Feels like a stocker and no complaints but then I don't launch super hard.
  3. All dampers back up for sale due to time wasters. Potential future time wasters please note: The FS forum and those who post in it aren't here for entertainment purposes to ease the boredom of your day. If you just want to ask questions and find out about suspension tuning do it in the relevant tech forum so others can learn and contribute. Don't ask for a postage calc to your location, and then say you don't have funds. Or ask lots of detailed questions about spring rates/ride height/setup, get excited and say you'll take them, send your postal address, and then reneg. It's free to send PMs but if you're a time waster it will probably come at a cost to your reputation. And genuine buyers with funds please feel free to PM
  4. It's also about nailing down spurious terms like 'honesty system' (sounds too good to be true) so that you're prepared when you make a claim and they ask you to prove your version of events, which they WILL do if the claim is sizeable. I had a vehicle stolen from a workshop while I was several hundred k's away and while the police were satisfied with my version of events the insurance investigator wanted a substantiated alibi to prove that I didn't take my own car for a joyride and smash it. Sounds incredible but behaviours from people trying to cheat a system can be amazing. Sales people who've maybe never lodged a serious claim themselves and are trying to sell you a product by using terms like 'honesty system' to explain away serious and legit questions, instead of looking into it further, do no one any favours. It could be widely interpreted by inexperienced policy holders in particular to mean that the insurer will just accept the insured's version of events, which is totally misleading and leaves the insured - no matter how honest - unprepared for the investigation. Insurance fraud is significant so there's unlikely to be a unique 'honesty system' here beyond what's implicit in all insurance claims. This seems like a great product and it's obviously helped our community so I'm all for it. But for what it's worth I'd suggest tackling them a bit on what 'honesty system' means in terms of their response to a claim and I'd bet that if asked to put something in writing there'd be some rapid backing away. It's worth being prepared particularly when taking out a policy that has conditions as an insurance investigation is inevitable in the case of a large claim. Anyone who thinks they might come close to the limit of usage should protect themselves and not have to go through grief when things get serious; although it's a pita simple things like filling in a $5 vehicle usage log book from the newsagent, and keeping date stamped photos of the car at events etc can help quite a lot.
  5. Good to see you got it insured Mike. Re their advice that it's an honesty system, when I insured mine a while back with another company that also had a limitation on use I was told that in the event of a claim the insured's version of usage would be verified with workmates, car club members, housemates, relatives, partners etc. My experience with insurance companies and their investigators, albeit limited, is that if the claim is significant they will go to considerable lengths to see if there are reasons upon which the claim could be questioned. Just saying...
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