FOOTMAN JAMES PROBLEM
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FOOTMAN JAMES PROBLEM
Hi,
Just spoke to Footman James. I have a 1983 Golf Cabriolet policy due to expire in July 2010.
I have purchased another Mk1 Golf (as most of us do!!!) and Footman James have changed their underwriters on January 1st 2010.
This now means that they WILL NOT INSURE VW GOLF less than 30 years' OLD
I couldn't believe it. So if you car is W-Reg or newer you CAN'T GET A POLICY WITH FOOTMAN JAMES.
I'm having to switch to Heritage.
If you are lucky enough to own a V-Reg or older then you're OK.
Lee
Just spoke to Footman James. I have a 1983 Golf Cabriolet policy due to expire in July 2010.
I have purchased another Mk1 Golf (as most of us do!!!) and Footman James have changed their underwriters on January 1st 2010.
This now means that they WILL NOT INSURE VW GOLF less than 30 years' OLD
I couldn't believe it. So if you car is W-Reg or newer you CAN'T GET A POLICY WITH FOOTMAN JAMES.
I'm having to switch to Heritage.
If you are lucky enough to own a V-Reg or older then you're OK.
Lee
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Crikey they are going to loose a lot of business if that's true for eveyone (insurance brokers tend to tell different tales to different people for different reasons)
1983 Mars Red 1.8 Golf GTI
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
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needs looking into ….i had a qoute from them last week for a 1983gti standard tin top ….but they did tell me they wouldn't do a modified mk1 ..
Mk1 2l TSR G60. .getting. There twice as fast
Mk1 lhd diesel…….getting. There for half the cost
Mk1 lhd diesel…….getting. There for half the cost
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When I asked for a qoute last year and the year before, I contacted Adrian Flux who were able to beat their quotes. Plus I got a discount for being in a club too.
"Making Cabbies More Beautiful One Roof at a Time"
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Good morning Gents
I'm the Footman James club liason and am currently looking into this situation.
Lee, i've PM'd you for some further information
I'll come back to you all as soon as I have resolved. Please bear with me.
I'm the Footman James club liason and am currently looking into this situation.
Lee, i've PM'd you for some further information
I'll come back to you all as soon as I have resolved. Please bear with me.
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daz1971 said
:imwithstupid: hi dave… i pay installments as i have not as much money as Lee :roll: hope you can sort something out.
daz
You mean Bert?
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Yup I spoke to them the other day too about my modified gti and they wouldn't touch it
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Re: FOOTMAN JAMES PROBLEM
hairyeel said
Hi,
Just spoke to Footman James. I have a 1983 Golf Cabriolet policy due to expire in July 2010.
I have purchased another Mk1 Golf (as most of us do!!!) and Footman James have changed their underwriters on January 1st 2010.
This now means that they WILL NOT INSURE VW GOLF less than 30 years' OLD
I couldn't believe it. So if you car is W-Reg or newer you CAN'T GET A POLICY WITH FOOTMAN JAMES.
I'm having to switch to Heritage.
If you are lucky enough to own a V-Reg or older then you're OK.
Lee
Hi Lee and everyone
I've got to the bottom of this and can now confirm that we are definately able to insure any Golf over 15 years old on the discounted club scheme.
My apologies to anyone we've told otherwise over the last few days but we have had an internal 'hiccup' which has resulted in some mixed messages being sent out
I'm aware there is another thread going regarding a Jetta which i'm still looking into and hope to report back to the OP of that one next week.
We still want to insure all your Golf's - apologies to you all for the error!!
It looks like it's going to be a rainy day at Volksworld but I hope to see some of you over the weekend!
Regards
Dave
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Dave_at_Footman_James said
hairyeel said
Hi,
Just spoke to Footman James. I have a 1983 Golf Cabriolet policy due to expire in July 2010.
I have purchased another Mk1 Golf (as most of us do!!!) and Footman James have changed their underwriters on January 1st 2010.
This now means that they WILL NOT INSURE VW GOLF less than 30 years' OLD
I couldn't believe it. So if you car is W-Reg or newer you CAN'T GET A POLICY WITH FOOTMAN JAMES.
I'm having to switch to Heritage.
If you are lucky enough to own a V-Reg or older then you're OK.
Lee
Hi Lee and everyone
I've got to the bottom of this and can now confirm that we are definately able to insure any Golf over 15 years old on the discounted club scheme.
My apologies to anyone we've told otherwise over the last few days but we have had an internal 'hiccup' which has resulted in some mixed messages being sent out
I'm aware there is another thread going regarding a Jetta which i'm still looking into and hope to report back to the OP of that one next week.
We still want to insure all your Golf's - apologies to you all for the error!!
It looks like it's going to be a rainy day at Volksworld but I hope to see some of you over the weekend!
Regards
Dave
You might want to tell that to the lady in your office who took my call today! She told me NO!!! 1982 mk1 GTi. So I won't be ringing you any more. You can pm me if you want, but I wont bother replying!! Same as your office didn't ring me back 3 times. If you want you can send me a cheque to cover the hour and a half I spent holding for no good reason and also have the decency to put some decent hold music on as Vivaldi is a bit testing after 30 minutes - especially at 40p a minute. I still have my cabby insured with you - G588 APG - check your system as it will be cancelled by Monday!!
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Yes, I can confirm I spoke with Dave from Footman James this afternoon - really nice guy.
As Dave pointed out on the phone, all of our cars are very well looked after, in fact in better condition than most modern Golf's on the road and will certainly be passing MOT's for many years to come. With many MOT's means road tax and naturally insurance.
I am very pleased that Footman James have acknowledge this issue and responded swiftly and I look forward to receiving a call from member of his team next week with a quote for my 1993 Cabriolet.
As Dave pointed out on the phone, all of our cars are very well looked after, in fact in better condition than most modern Golf's on the road and will certainly be passing MOT's for many years to come. With many MOT's means road tax and naturally insurance.
I am very pleased that Footman James have acknowledge this issue and responded swiftly and I look forward to receiving a call from member of his team next week with a quote for my 1993 Cabriolet.
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i have just taken a policy out with footman james online on a 25year old golf and it went through ok even without being a club member,im not going to get a call tomorrow saying its not gone through am i? i did try and call but was on hold for so long i gave up
was a mega cheap price so i hope its ok :dontknow:
was a mega cheap price so i hope its ok :dontknow:
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