remap insurance

[Fletch..gti]

am  looking at getting my gti remapped think bluefin or revo , whichever it will just be
a stage 1 . just been looking at insurance and was quoted  £497 by greenlight . i am nearly 43  dont use it for work and only do around 3/5000
a year . i also have full no claims... is this a good price or not ??????

[divweir]

sounds hi to me  im thinking of going down same road but havent had a quote as yet insurance is due soon im 38 with 10 ncb let me know how you get on

[dmac1969]

Just a benchmark for you , my (non remap) insurance on a standard GTI is £286 fully comp , I have 10+ years NCD and the car is garaged , TD15 postcode and I am 41.

[gobbleplease]

Very high mate ! look at the mods ive got below, my renewal just cost me £460ish and im in my 20s, i dont know what insurers problems are with the gti ive insured M3s for cheaper !

[Fletch..gti]

i pay £259 at the min . thought greenlight were cheap , i had a go on confused . com and got a quote of 500 from a none specialist insurer

[markc]

Just depends on the area you live.  I'm 37, full ncb, garaged 15k/yr 800 quid     OLDHAM !!!

[Hurdy]

I live in the 3rd highest car crime city in the UK and my insurance was £540 for an Edition 30 with just about everything bolted to it including nitrous, quaife etc etc. I'm 45 with full NCB, no points, 10k miles a year, garaged, protected no claims and with Adrain Flux.

[Scotsman]

I'm currently on £210 for a standard GTI (protected no-claims and business use) with Aviva (they don't insure modified cars). Tony at Greenlight said I would be looking into the £400's if I wanted insured with a Bluefin stage 1 map. Even though I've actually bought a second hand Bluefin I don't have it installed as I don't fancy paying the uplift this year. Didn't check the insurances prices prior to buying it as I was only expecting a £30-£50 uplift (based on my previous experiences with a Subaru).

[Fletch..gti]

well i dont mind paying £350-400 but not 500 , car spends most of the time in my garage , nice and clean only done 3k this year so
not paying 500 for 3k miles a year . i have a corsa for work (bricklayer) so drive that alot . REALLY WANT TO REMAP IT TO

[SLIVERFOX]

why tell them lol just be carefull

[vRS Carl]

why tell them lol just be carefull

That's good advice

The OP might be careful but some other mong on the road might not. Which could potentially leave with him with a huge bill if the worst was to happen.

@ OP I'm with Adrian flux with a highly modified vRS and I pay £430 a year fully comp, clean licence and I'm 32.

[SO8]

why tell them lol just be carefull

Speaking as someone who manages the investigations into serious / fatal accidents I would say that is not a good idea ! 

Have a big one (your fault or not) and it will end in tears .... I have recently had a car examined with a view to seeing if it had been modified (it hadn't) but we were looking at the ECU and / or for a tuning box.

I am aware of three or four ECU's dealt with by us where they were found to be remapped and the drivers ended up well and truly in the poo ....

Is it really worth the potential grief for only another £50 or £100 a year ??

FWIW Greenlight for me on my Ed30 were no dearer remapped than Admiral were as standard .... at £495 (London; full NCB, no collisions, points, etc).  The funny thing was they won't cover me at all for a remapped BMW 320d !! 

[divweir]

well i dont mind paying £350-400 but not 500 , car spends most of the time in my garage , nice and clean only done 3k this year so
not paying 500 for 3k miles a year . i have a corsa for work (bricklayer) so drive that alot . REALLY WANT TO REMAP IT TO

  remap the corsa

[182_blue]

they wanted about £70 extra on insurance for my edition 30

[a16pse]

How would an insurance company know if it had been mapped, i thought it was ni on impossible to tell.