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Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Going back years ago: my own insurance went up unbelieveably when I purchased my first convertible (was brand new so knew it was going to be dear) : I phoned them up, said I'd been given a quote (a few hundred quid less - which I hadn't... I just wanted to see how they would react if I threatned to take my business elsewhere). Direct Line it was.

Guess what: soon as I mentioned it, they could beat it by £1.

Told them to (everso politely) ram it - if they were happy to try to fleece a long standing customer - I wasn't interested and I went elsewhere (and actually got it for around what I'd pretended to Direct Line).

good on ya mate, ours(mine and parents) is due for renewal in february so were gonna see what happens then, cant imagine it will go down at all though