Snow tyres and insurance

[lozcb]

Cant believe what i just heard on the news , apparently if you have fitted snow tyres on your car , you have to notify your insurance company , they treat this as a modification and have increased premiums by 20% hpow bizzare is that , you improve safety to reduce accidents and get penalised durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr just another example of rip off Britain , the news reader was saying that in europe that its a legal requirement


regards loz

 

[NickP]

Yeah I heard that on MoneyBox on radio 4, said that its a mod and need to inform insurance... very odd.

 

[Parisien]

Well......who thought that one up........TOTALLY crazy....!?.......so when you up-graded your brakes Loz...did you tell the insurance company?


And your exhaust....hope you all told your insurance companies.............what about the size and profiles of your tyres....aaahheeemmm.......................even headlights...think about it?????!!!!


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[JAGPURR]

Just seen another news item where a Insurance spokesperson said that it is all a mistake. As long as you are fitting tyres to the car manufacturers specifacations it is not classed as a mod. Almost all car handbooks I've seen list the tyre sizes at the back and normally list a winter tyre. This spokesman said that if you get told otherwise by the telephone sales person to ring the company direct to confirm.
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