hi guys
Please forgive my ignorance as all that i know about cars could be written on the back of a stamp. However, i do need some help.
My parents bought a Parkway Maestro in 2000. It's a W reg RHD, 1.3, Less than 50,000 miles, one owner, and has been garaged since new. I have now inherieted the said car as my mother needed a vehicle with power-steering. My father refused to sell the car as, i suppose understandably, no garage would give anything for it other than what it might fetch at auction. As i needed a new(er) he has given it to me.
However, getting insurance for it has been no easy task as virtually no company recognisies the a Maestro that is only 5 yrs old. I have eventually got insurance through the company who insured my old car (am i allowed to name them?) but of course they would only tell me how much it would cost to insure until my exisiting policy ran out, and i am STILL not sure how much the insurance will be for the 12 months that follow.
Things is, i really need to know how i should be decribing this car to the insurance companies. I was led to belive that it was a kit-car, only my father now informs me that this is not so. The company that insured him was recoomened to him as being a company that recognised the vehicle, but the quotation they gave me was very high, hence why i would like to be able to 'shop around'. Can anyone help me?
I addition to this, i am not entirely sure that the car is all that i need (although i am 27 i only recently passed my test, and think a smaller car would be more suiteable) and would like to consider selling it. But where do i start? I have read the previous postings about what these cars are likely to be 'worth', but as i say i have no idea how to go about it.
Can anyone help me on any of these points? i'd be so grateful
cheers
stephen
Please forgive my ignorance as all that i know about cars could be written on the back of a stamp. However, i do need some help.
My parents bought a Parkway Maestro in 2000. It's a W reg RHD, 1.3, Less than 50,000 miles, one owner, and has been garaged since new. I have now inherieted the said car as my mother needed a vehicle with power-steering. My father refused to sell the car as, i suppose understandably, no garage would give anything for it other than what it might fetch at auction. As i needed a new(er) he has given it to me.
However, getting insurance for it has been no easy task as virtually no company recognisies the a Maestro that is only 5 yrs old. I have eventually got insurance through the company who insured my old car (am i allowed to name them?) but of course they would only tell me how much it would cost to insure until my exisiting policy ran out, and i am STILL not sure how much the insurance will be for the 12 months that follow.
Things is, i really need to know how i should be decribing this car to the insurance companies. I was led to belive that it was a kit-car, only my father now informs me that this is not so. The company that insured him was recoomened to him as being a company that recognised the vehicle, but the quotation they gave me was very high, hence why i would like to be able to 'shop around'. Can anyone help me?
I addition to this, i am not entirely sure that the car is all that i need (although i am 27 i only recently passed my test, and think a smaller car would be more suiteable) and would like to consider selling it. But where do i start? I have read the previous postings about what these cars are likely to be 'worth', but as i say i have no idea how to go about it.
Can anyone help me on any of these points? i'd be so grateful
cheers
stephen
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