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On any car of great worth, I believe that it should be insured comprehensively, rather than at market value. A GT-R will be such a car.

On a car worth less than $10,000 but above $4,000, I might be tempted to insure it at market value - but maybe not.

If the car is worth less than $4,000 I might only pay for third party property insurance.

Sum Insured/Premium ratio depends on too many variables.

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Well I have a 93 R32 GTS-T coupe. Insured for $11,500 (most I could get it insured for)

I'm 21, lost my liscence once before and I'm paying $866 a year.

With JustCar Insurance.

Hope this gives you a rough outline.. :)

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On any car of great worth, I believe that it should be insured comprehensively, rather than at market value. A GT-R will be such a car.

On a car worth less than $10,000 but above $4,000, I might be tempted to insure it at market value - but maybe not.

If the car is worth less than $4,000 I might only pay for third party property insurance.

Sum Insured/Premium ratio depends on too many variables.

so comprehensive insurance would be insuring it at an agreed amount?

how much did u insure your car for Terry?

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Agreed value can be a bit of a personal question for some, me included.

I could be wrong but the rarer and more valuable the car, the less likely people are to disclose.

Feel free to prove me wrong.

oh... ok

no worries then. was just checking out to see how "insured value" relates to "annual premium"

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Generally speaking the greater the agreed value, the higher premium.

In saying that, the bulk of the premium often relates to the type of car (GTR=high risk), age of driver and suburb its garaged. Suburbs can make a pretty big difference.

Insurers will also increase/decrease premiums based on their experience as well as the types of risk they want to insure.

Years ago nrma jacked up my premium on a 200sx from $2.5K to over $4K. No change at my end. I went in to talk to them and the lady said that instead of saying no they will sometimes increase premiums significantly for cars they don't wish to insure.

I went elsewhere.

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ok maybe i should rephrase...

if your car is rare and valuable, are u able to insure it accordingly to how much u paid for it...mods and all? or will the insurance company tell u how much its worth?

Heavily depends on the company offering the policy. The majority of mainstream companies will probably exclude highly modified cars, let alone insure them for an inflated sum.

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Heavily depends on the company offering the policy. The majority of mainstream companies will probably exclude highly modified cars, let alone insure them for an inflated sum.

:/

think i came across a company that specializes in insuring jap imports, cant rem name though... anyone knows abt it?

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:/

think i came across a company that specializes in insuring jap imports, cant rem name though... anyone knows abt it?

A lot of the younger generation (myself included) tend to insure with just car insurance, if that's who you're thinking of.

Shannons and a few others I can't name off the top of my head offer decent insurance too (In terms of recognizing import, rare or collectable cars and modifications) but unless you're 25 years or older they won't cover you.

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