[scooba0010]

HELP please i am having a nightmare getting ins quotes fro my spec car 325d msport auto e90. it seems no auto option on dater base
spent one hour talking to more than they cant insure as it doesnt exist WTF.and swift cover req tracker .also esure declined

bmw website says there is error on car spec NO AUTO OPTION ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I have found i can trick them to quote on line by loading 330d sport auto e90 but is it worth the hassel if shit happens

[peterg1965]

Try A plan, probably not open on Sunday. They are very competitive. Mention 'BMWLAND' for a further discount. My E92 335d M Sport was not listed on any of the online databases. A plan had it on theirs. Good price too. Tel: 01635 874646
http://www.bmwland.co.uk/talker/portal.php
The ad banner is in Yellow at the top of the page.

[scooba0010]

Thanks i have called but as you said they are closed so i have mailed them thanks again

Btw even the bmw insurance isnt up to date on there page it gets stuck when you spec auto on a e90 325 d msport

[peterg1965]

Originally Posted by scooba0010

Thanks i have called but as you said they are closed so i have mailed them thanks again

Btw even the bmw insurance isnt up to date on there page it gets stuck when you spec auto on a e90 325 d msport

Scooba, I noticed that when I tried back in August. It is not good from BMW's 'own' insurance brand, makes you wonder how much business they loose from not updating the database.

I found A Plan very helpful. I got insured via Zurich in the end. The Zurich website quoted something like £550, A plan arranged it for £470 with no tracker required and all options covered up to the value of the invoice price.

[Hotcoupe]

Scooba, try Peter's suggestion, if you have no luck try Directline.
I'm currently with DL (330d M Sport E46 coupe) & pay about £450,they only want a further 12 odd quid to upgrade to the 335D (no tracker) when it gets it's arse across from goimany.

They seemed well up to speed on options on cars when I spoke with them yesterday, not sure about the option on an auto box though.

Good luck.

[dxb335d]

Originally Posted by scooba0010

HELP please i am having a nightmare getting ins quotes fro my spec car 325d msport auto e90. it seems no auto option on dater base
spent one hour talking to more than they cant insure as it doesnt exist WTF.and swift cover req tracker .also esure declined

bmw website says there is error on car spec NO AUTO OPTION ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I have found i can trick them to quote on line by loading 330d sport auto e90 but is it worth the hassel if shit happens

that would be very daft dont insure it as a different engine.. just ring up a few more or get it in writing bmw screwed up the options

[scooba0010]

I have used esure for the last 3 yrs with my x5 3.0d sport
i have received a offer from confused to insure e90 330d auto msport for £315 so i phoned them and explained that i have been insured for the last 3 yrs v hp .now i explained the problem and that after lots of being on hold forever they said 355 plus something or other .i explained the 330 was 50 bhp more and was more expensive etc etc how can that be (is your car a import as its not a variant on our daterbase so we have loaded the premium we quoted you WTF so much for my loyalty c----.im getting stressed with it now
I have now paid for my car in full and its due in the k any day just needs prep and my cover note from insurance

[da2]

scooba
what did you end up paying cos i had the same prob re the car not comming up on any insurers system (i have the same spec),
just need to renew my insurance and have been getting silly quotes
cheeers

[CrimsonRedE93]

I used confused.com and saved £150 on my insurance, no i really did, even adding aftermarket alloys at the same time !!.

Ended up with elephant.co.uk being the cheapest with hire car and legal costs included.

Suprised me i must admit

[RichardM]

I had a similar problem, most companies were only listing the 335D M Sport Coupe as a manual - which isn't even an option. I had the choice of either selecting 'SE' or selecting the manual. I did the later, took out the policy, then called them and they said they'd update the records and it would be no charge.

I was pleasantly surprised how cheap the 335d was to insure over the 520d

[scooba0010]

I used a plan as peter suggested and paid £324 for comp with protected no claims

cover was for e90 325d msport auto 2008 spec

[M3-FAST]

I shopped around quite a few insurers but stayed with my previous insurer 'First Alternative' - I pay just shy of £400 for my 325i M-sport 'vert - also had probs at first because BMW only released SE models which I had initially ordered. As soon as the M-sport appeared on the web-site I changed the spec but the insurers were very slow to follow suit. All it took was a phone call and the operator knew the car was a new model as it had just been aded to her database but would not appear on line for another 14 days or so. Sure enough she was correct - all policy came through fine and I checked a couple of weeks later and the car had appeared on the web site!

They can also insure it as a different model and add a clause into the policy - we leased a grande punto at work when they very first came out- the insurers did not have them on the database but the underwriters spec'd it as a panda 4x4 with a clause in the policy explaining it was a grande punto and inusured as such. The new policy arrived 12 month later and was all correctly worded as a punto.