pass plus anyone?

[Joshua.J]

Insurance is up in the next two months so been looking at ways of cutting it down.

One way is PASS PLUS scheme just wondering if anyone has done it and does it cut down the costs enough to justify doing it?.

Apparently adrian flux will knock 25% of your premium if you have done it.

 

[Paulie]

i did the pass plus after i passed, and a local insurance company gave me an extra NCB, i thought you had to do it as soon as you passed your test.

 

[ElusiveHB]

Depends how long you've been driving fella, Ive got a relative that's a driving instructor and he told me not to bother after a couple of years. IAM or similar is more expensive but far bigger discounts.

Other people may have different experiences of course.

 

[Joshua.J]

Well i will be 19 on my new insurance quote so still young, only reason im thinking of doing it is our local council will help pay towards it.

 

[Ben..]

worth it if you will ACTUALLY get a discount, i phoned up before i started and got told i could have 15% (or something like that) wich at the time was a couple of hundred quid!
id it and phoned up to tell them ......"okay, you can have 2.5% off now"

oh :/

kicked up enough of a fuss and they honoured the previous rate

 

[coatesy]

has to be done within 1st 1 or 2 years of driving im sure i got told

 

[car.crash]

i gave my instructor £50 and he gave me the certificate. never done any driving to get it .

 

[aucky]

Quinn knocked loads off for me when i got mine. They have since gone bankrupt or something x]

 

[mike1pow]

i paid 100 for mine when i did it 6 years ago and it cut my premium by 130!

Win Win Win!!!

 

[Joshua.J]

i paid 100 for mine when i did it 6 years ago and it cut my premium by 130!

Win Win Win!!!

Thats what i wanna hear, well if the council are gona cover bit of the cost should be a bigger win for me.

 

[Paddy_g46]

i got £300 off my first premium with it, that was in 2007 though!

 

[tommys]

only works in the first year of driving. doesnt work otherwise according to tesco insurance.

 

[Dave..]

i gave my instructor £50 and he gave me the certificate. never done any driving to get it .

Daft enough to admit that on a public forum? Some one should really contact your insurance company.

 

[Harpham]

I did it, and it didnt affect my insurance at all in the end... Bit of a waste in my experience

 

[marinemackay2003]

in my eyes it can only help

and if the council are going to pay for some of it

get it done

 

[maty j]

Did nothing for my premiums. I heard alot of places quoting big discounts etc then when I actually did 2 quotes (one with the PP and one without) there was no difference!

 

[mike1pow]

Its good training if it effect your premium or not! I would advise people to do it

 

[Mike_08]

Got mine when I passed and have never seen it make any difference.

 

[MikeB]

It would cut my insurance £30 so i didnt bother.

 

[oz_clio]

Good for getting more experience on motorways, as far as saving money goes it didn't make much difference for me.

 

[rbrocky]

cut my first year of insurance by £700 with adrian flux

 

[colossuss]

DIrect Line told me it wouldnt change my premium so I never bothered

 

[kerry-w]

Ive got it booked as it will knock money off mine. Only costing me £20 too as instructor gets sponsorship for it!

 

[Martin_172]

saved me a load on my 172 when i insured it just not long after i passed. plus didnt cost me anything to do so was a win win

 

[Dblock]

the amount I saved by doing was pretty much the same as the cost of PP. I went for it as its more driving experiance as motorways are covered.

 

[Mark R27]

I paid £160 to do mine and it saved me £380 on my first years insurance fee back in 2006.

When I changed insurance provider to Adrian Flux for the second year I was told it didn't matter as I had a years ncb, meaning the discount of pass plus was irrelevant as a years ncb would save me more.

Overall from the first years saving it was well worth it, plus it gives you more driving experience.

 

[Vicky.]

As Mark said the PP is irrelevant in the second year (at least that's what my insurance company told me). It did me a huge favour when I first started driving though.