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rob53 Officially Full-On Dubber

385 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#824265
I just got my greenslip renewal for my beetle this year and it's over $700! 😬

Checked the competition and most of them are close to that mark! Last year's was around $550, how on earth can it jump $150?

How's everyone else's greenslip price for their old vw's this year?
Thats not rust, it's ah ... orange primer ... yep that's what it is ...

greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#824271
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr hate
👍👍😂🙅🥷😬🤓

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#824283
don't forget and be sure to check!......if you have a safe driving record you recieve substantual discounts but the onus is on the payee to declare and check!

even with the same company for several years, the first "offer" arrives with total being the standard amount, not the discount i have recieved from previous years

don't get ripped off by missing this loop hole

wolfgang54 Officially Full-On Dubber

238 posts · joined May 2010 ·

#824294
$700!

just renewed 2 beetles at $363 each nrma, gov reg pricing mostly so should not be more than $410odd?
1954 Beetle
2003 Beetle 2.0
2004 Turbo Beetle 1.8
2007 Touareg tdi (retired)
2009 Pajero Tdi Shorty (retired)
2011 FJ Crusier
1973 P76

Wish list:

Porsche 550
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sander288 "Bolt-on Master"

1,404 posts · joined Aug 2008 ·

#824297
are you still under 25?

That is the price of my greenslips (there abouts)
BMW R65 LS
1967 1300 Deluxe
Swing-axles FTW ❗

Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#824301
What's a greenslip?


Smiley 😎
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.

silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#824306
Get a bike!
Keeping it real !

65standard Officially Full-On Dubber

373 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#824319
rob53 wrote:I just got my greenslip renewal for my beetle this year and it's over $700! 😬

Checked the competition and most of them are close to that mark! Last year's was around $550, how on earth can it jump $150?

How's everyone else's greenslip price for their old vw's this year?
Campbelltown! That says it all!! Just kidding. My rego is due soon on my '65 bug and just did an online comparison. GIO is the cheapest at $469.22.

Is your car modified? Your age, driving record, insurance level and postcode, etc has a lot to do with the premium.

I guess this is just another way to get old cars off the road. Make them expensive to insure and register.
If it ain't broke, fix it till it is!

pod i`ve got to finish this thing one day

4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#824327
being in the sydney metro area adds more on too,compared to our country cousins. All i can say is welcome to nsw where the motorist is screwed many ways 😂
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rob53 Officially Full-On Dubber

385 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#824366
I'm 27 and have a clean driving record and full no claim bonus business. Car is completely stock and fully insured. The policies have all that stuff recorded, so it 'should' be discounted already. Each year I hope the insurance price is supposed to go cheaper as I get older, yet I have never had the price go down.

By the time I'm 55 there will probably be an under 55 excess added!

I'd ride a bike, but public transport is a bit iffy down here 😂

Maybe I should get a fake ID and make another identity in another state to get cheaper insurance! 😂
Thats not rust, it's ah ... orange primer ... yep that's what it is ...

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#824368
welcome to my world, its now under 30, but i expect that to change as im 31 this year.
i never go with the price on the sheet as they dont put all the discounts on there. just another way for them to make money as most people dont bother to check they just pay it.
i use the calculator above, but one thing with it it doesnt ask when your bday is, just the year you were born. so it can work in your favour as they have advertised that price and have to honour it.
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donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#824370
I never accept the renewal advice letter, I ring around, well I'll be, I get a better price, unbelievable 😬then let my feet do the walking (all the way from where I park the car), go into their office and ask for a quote, invariably a better price again 😬, and then I tell em I can get it 5%-10% cheeper, they invariably match the price site unseen 😬😬,I still reckon the driver should be the insured, not the car, if I had 6 cars I would be paying 6 premiums although I can drive only one at a time (well I can only drive one, don't know about other people)
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#824376
We all have to get used to living in a capitist system were investor expect 10% return a year

65standard Officially Full-On Dubber

373 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#824395
Rob53. Check your policy again. I just got my renewal and it showed it as being $684.03 up from $404 last year. Then I noticed that they didn't have me as being comprehensively insured on my renewal. Got in contact with the insurance company and they quoted me as per my earlier post. It's more bearable but not happy that it's still more than a 10% jump from last year.

I wish my wages would increase by the same amount.
If it ain't broke, fix it till it is!

rob53 Officially Full-On Dubber

385 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#824437
Sadly no, policy was correct. I also called them up and they refused to budge. Their response was sorry to hear that you will be going to someone else! 🙄
Thats not rust, it's ah ... orange primer ... yep that's what it is ...

65standard Officially Full-On Dubber

373 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#824439
Yeah. That's the way it is now. Loyalty accounts for nothing and companies seem quite happy to let customers go.
If it ain't broke, fix it till it is!

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#824471
My rego for the commodore was $263 for 12 months.

we talking about rego right?

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Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#824472
no vlad we arent.
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rob53 Officially Full-On Dubber

385 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#824504
Got a 250 motorcycle also, it used to cost $100 for CTP, but they raised that to over $400 this year also! (But that is thanks only to the NSW government, not the insurers)

Soon enough there will be registration and CTP for bicycles if the government has their way.

Your right about lack of loyalty to customers. Silly thing is that over the last year I transfered all my vehicles CTP and comprehensive insurance plus house insurance to one company. 🤪
Thats not rust, it's ah ... orange primer ... yep that's what it is ...

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#824517
Bike greenslips have gone up something shocking.

Assholes don't miss ya,
Paying 3 regos and insurance a year back when I was under 25 was killing me but lining their pockets nicely 🤪
I was pretty pissed that I only got to enjoy being over that under 25 hump for a few years then the pricks changed it to under 30 but this is the last year I gotta deal with that.

Knowing my luck they'll now turn around and change it to under 40

Flintstones Custom Title Time!

1,077 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#824633
just got my wifes green slip and its over $472!!!!
just checked the rego and its $446!!!
from memory I think I paid about $700-750 last year all up and even that's way excessive.
what the hell is going on with all these organisations, do they think that we are all made of money!😬😬

Donn, I think you've raised a very good point that it should be the driver not the car.
Also what's the make of year of your car and post code got to do with the insurance???? from what I understood, this insurance was to cover humans involved in an accident....

65standard Officially Full-On Dubber

373 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#824638
Not to be seen to be playing devil's advocate, I guess the age of the car has a lot to do with its safety. A 1965 VW, Holden etc will not have the same safety features as the current or recent models.

I'm at a loss why the postcode has anything to do with CTP insurance. Maybe it's a silent agenda to get old cars off the road since the cash for clunkers scheme has failed.
If it ain't broke, fix it till it is!

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#824654
I don't think vehicle age plays into it that much, my mainstreamer is nearly 30 years newer than my bug yet I pay the same greenslip cost on both of them.

The postcode is a metro vs rural thing I think.

Out here in the sticks we're probably more likely to have serious accidents than someone living in the city due to shitty country roads and higher speed limits.

But from an insurance perspective vehicle theft is also alot higher in the city.

65standard Officially Full-On Dubber

373 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#824661
I guess we'll never find out the true reason for the premiums. If we want our old cars on the road, we have to pay for them.
If it ain't broke, fix it till it is!

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#824720


Hi
I received My beetle NRMA Greenslip in December and paid it...

without looking up the greenslip NRMA website as I usually do..

when I did... a few weeks later..

I had paid over $200 extra because My Beetle shows up as Not fully insured... by NRMA Vintage Classic insurance...

so, I contacted them and received a nice cheque back in the mail

NOW...
I should have know as this happens every year....
but I usually check on the NRMA greenslip website...

so, If Your greenslip company dosen't know Your VW is fully insured You could be paying too much....
way too much.....

A few years ago, My Wife had an accident in a car, and the NRMA had the two cars fixed etc....

but when the next NRMA greenslip arrived it was Much Much more expensive... so I rang, and they told Me it had gone up because We had made a claim on insurance.... ???

so, I just rang AAMI and got the old green slip price.... lol

LEE




They are getting tougher though....
I really believe that no insurance company wants anyone who
is going to have an accident... or even a speeding ticket...
or if You are under 35....
LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---