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Insurance for third party injury is your greenslip in NSW and it's mandatory or you cant renew the rego. Greenslip usually costs me about 500 and rego i believe is in the mid 200s, i just see it as a 700 odd dollar package as im sure most people do.

On the original topic: IMO third party is a must have at minimum but comprehensive really pays off if someone else wrecks your car and has no insurance for whatever reason, or does a runner. Let your insurance chase up the at fault party and deal with repayments of $15 per pay packet while you get a new car.

I agree completely agree about third party being a must. But rego is more expensive by the weight of your car, so 500 or more for Third Party plus $437 for what amounts to a standard Commodores weight it quickly becomes a $1k exercise, so basically the NSW public is getting reamed by the state government and the insurance companys.

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And its even more if you want to claim the car off tax for business use.

Has anyone tried making a claim with JustCar?

How did it go? :D

My excess was $1450 so I decided I'd just pay the $1200 repair job.

If making a claim is anything like getting insurance, expect a 40minute conversation with the operator about your car, his car, and all the mods you've done, doing and plan to do. <3ed JustCars customer support.

Paid for my 34 my self, worked my ass off for a year for it, and also paying about $1800 for full comp insurance. Bumped up the excess to nearly $3k though. My car is valued at $16.5k and wen you actually come down to work it out i do get screwed if anything were to happen to the car (touch wood) kinda shit isnt it if you work it out. however my parents pretty much demanded that i get full comp, no 3rd party so i guess i had no choice.

Im with just car btw and im paying monthly so its not too bad.

Has anyone tried making a claim with JustCar?

How did it go? :P

2 times ive done it with the 33

both times no issues - just ring and they go through all the stuff - all basic questions

second time i even called them up 2 days after the smash as wanted to see how much it would be first and because it was already at the shop just car just used them as they were my prefered and were a just car repairer

Payed Half and Half with Parents for my first car... an R31 haha. Still $1250 out of my pocket.

Only doing Third Party Fire and Theft, I pay for that.

Full blown $1000+ car insurance I cannot justify getting on an R31 thats worth less then what Ide pay a year in insurance.

I saved up $12 000 from working with my dad for 2 years, to get my r33 :) Never wanted to take a loan out on my first car, just all money i saved up. Then got full comp insurance with shannons under my dads name with me as a nominated driver and that costs about $1000 a year. Always been a good saver so i don't stuggle keeping up with rego, insurance, petrol, servicing etc etc

Started working full time after I finished year 12, not hard to save up when you live at home. $4500 for the car, and insurance with shannons under an "89 nissan skyline sedan", apparently there were no r32 4 doors in 89, so I fall under R31, insurance is considerably cheaper haha.

Started working full time after I finished year 12, not hard to save up when you live at home. $4500 for the car, and insurance with shannons under an "89 nissan skyline sedan", apparently there were no r32 4 doors in 89, so I fall under R31, insurance is considerably cheaper haha.

how old are you?

i thought shannons only insures over 25's

how old are you?

i thought shannons only insures over 25's

Myth

I spoke to them at a car show i was entered at and that had a stall there.

They took my details, texted me a quote and sent one in mail.

I'm 17

Myth

I spoke to them at a car show i was entered at and that had a stall there.

They took my details, texted me a quote and sent one in mail.

I'm 17

when i called them she wouldn't even consider me as i have no track or off road experience, and that's one of the main factors when under the age of 25, but i recall her saying that the age is increased now,

i use just car, about $1750 a year. full comp

Shannons can use discretion - it's up to the person you speak to, i have had a turbo insured with them since i was 21. There's things that help like track experience, history of powerful cars, driving record, knowing your mods and having the right sort of mods (20" chromies, hot pink paint and white leather interior will pretty much equal rejection for anyone), etc..

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