Honest John’s Motoring Agony Column 23-02-2019 Part 2

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Fri 22 Feb 2019 18:18
- Brit_in_Germany
Re: location
BJ could execute a statutory declaration and then use this to make a complaint to the insurance ombudsman.
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Fri 22 Feb 2019 21:42
- Gergely Andras
Just a note: since September 2018 the 1.2 Puretech 110 also comes with a (rather decent) 6 speed manual. I've got it in a C3 Aircross.
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Sat 23 Feb 2019 10:54
Honest John’s Motoring Agony Column 23-02-2019 Part 2 - GingerTom

Brit in germany: The insurers are clearly placing too much faith in the one GPS system but as we all know from our Google Maps history, it often gets it wrong. The insurer is totally wrong to state that someone is in a particular place without any doubt by using just the one system and I am sure any complaint would be justified. But sadly, once again, you get what you pay for. People go for price over quality then complain when it all goes wrong.

Edited by GingerTom on 23/02/2019 at 10:55

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Sat 23 Feb 2019 16:31
- Captain-Cretin
Location, location, location.

Is this STILL going on??

My sister stopped using a similar insurer over 10 years ago for exactly the same problem; they kept claiming she was driving at 40mph on a 30mph residential road, when she was actually driving at 40 mph on the 40mph MAIN road next to it.

This was twice a day every work day!!!

You cannot even GET to the 30mph road from the main road without turning off into a 60mph zone first!!

(Or driving over the grass)
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Sat 23 Feb 2019 19:52
- gordonbennet
4mph over the supposed limit, and they're making a song and dance about it? The minor infraction alone isn't worth even thinking about.
That telematics spying device requires removing from the car and being hit repeatedly with the largest hammer you can find till it's just a small pile of broken plastic and what was once obviously inferior electronics, then find a proper insurance company which doesn't want to watch your every move.

Apart from this non event, there's quite enough surveillance by the state and its apparatchiks without volunteering to have your very own electronic spy reporting back 24/7, the Stasi would have been overjoyed at the lack of privacy British people have willingly accepted.
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Sun 24 Feb 2019 03:28
Honest John’s Motoring Agony Column 23-02-2019 Part 2 - SteveLee

Well said GB, the problem will come as the younger spied-on drivers keep their devices as they won't want the insurance hike required to switch to a "normal" policy, these system will become the norm, then it'll become cost effective to price everyone else out of un-monitored insurance forcing the evil system on all of us. A cashless society where you can be tracked in real time - scared? You should be!

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Sun 24 Feb 2019 10:16
Honest John’s Motoring Agony Column 23-02-2019 Part 2 - gordonbennet

A cashless society where you can be tracked in real time - scared? You should be!

Sadly Steve, that is as fair a prediction of the future as any.

What is amazing is that so many people are willingly going along with it, under the ''if you do nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about'' school of indoctrinated thought.

There are useful idiots already having electronic chips inserted into their bodies, have they not given a thought to where this will end up once the politburo get the taste?

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Sun 24 Feb 2019 16:54
- jchinuk
Re B-Trade, "If they phone, to say I know nothing,” Aside from the issues with the car, isn't that inciting an offence in law?
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Sun 24 Feb 2019 16:57
- jchinuk
Re :Location, location, location, Does the agreement with the 'black box' provider mean that the use accepts their rulings? I would bet it does.
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Fri 1 Mar 2019 19:44
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Happy sort of Jap
Like SL, I too struggled to replace an Accord Tourer , which was a great car and sadly no longer made. I too wanted to stay with a Japanese manufacturer and looked for petrol auto. The Mazda 6 was a nice car, but only available in diesel with an auto box.After looking at various cars I opted for a Toyota Avensis Tourer. However, while the Avensis is very competent, if I was looking to change now I would have gone for the Honda CR-V. It’s just in a different class to most of the mainstream cars in that size and price range
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