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Short term car insurance in the US
« on: February 17, 2006, 02:31:15 PM »
I'm not sure if anyone will be able to help as most of us are "here" in the UK trying to sort out car insurance now rather then t'other side of the pond but...

DH and a few of his mates want to take their cars over to the US and drive route 66 (well as much as they can) this spring.  Managed to get all the detail regarding shipping cars to CA from the UK and then from NY back to the UK.  Biggest obstacle at the moment is finding a company either here or in the US that will provide them with temporary car insurance.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Ta in advance   :)


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Re: Short term car insurance in the US
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2006, 02:36:13 PM »
Why are they taking their cars and not renting one??

Now days I have arranged for ppl to rent Harleys and have done Route 66...

Is there something special about their cars?




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Re: Short term car insurance in the US
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2006, 02:46:44 PM »
My BF (the insurance broker) is en route to me as we speak, heading up the M4 somewhere. When he arrives, I'll ask him, OK?
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Re: Short term car insurance in the US
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2006, 03:06:46 PM »
Why are they taking their cars and not renting one??
Is there something special about their cars?

Yeah, cars are a bit special, (bit like the men themselves.  :P)

DH has a Marcos LM500

A photo of the car can be found here:

http://www.tintanet.com/images/marcos.JPG

This was taken at the Tatton Car show, either the one in June or Aug, can't remember which.

Belindaloo,

That would be great!  Thanks  :)


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Re: Short term car insurance in the US
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2006, 04:31:31 PM »
Yeah, cars are a bit special, (bit like the men themselves.  :P)

DH has a Marcos LM500

A photo of the car can be found here:

http://www.tintanet.com/images/marcos.JPG

This was taken at the Tatton Car show, either the one in June or Aug, can't remember which.

Belindaloo,

That would be great!  Thanks  :)



My god you are right they are special..........I would be terrified they would get wrecked or stolen..........

they will turn some heads for sure!!!!

Route 66 is great.. I did part of it in 2004.........there is a FAB museum outside OKC tells the history of route 66.......

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Re: Short term car insurance in the US
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2006, 09:18:36 PM »
Belindaloo,

That would be great!  Thanks  :)


OK, I asked him and, typically, he doesn't know. Yeesh. He's dealt with people taking cars elsewhere in Europe, but not to the US. He says that if someone's taking a car to Europe, they can get a "green card" for their car which covers them temporarily while they're there. However, he doesn't know if that would work for the US as well. The green card is something you'd get from your insurance broker, so his advice was for your DH to contact his insurance broker for assistance.

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Re: Short term car insurance in the US
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2006, 12:16:19 AM »
I would think as expensive as those cars look you will have a hard time finding anyone to insure them........they are spectacular looking specimans.....




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Re: Short term car insurance in the US
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2006, 10:29:18 AM »
OK, I asked him and, typically, he doesn't know. Yeesh. He's dealt with people taking cars elsewhere in Europe, but not to the US. He says that if someone's taking a car to Europe, they can get a "green card" for their car which covers them temporarily while they're there. However, he doesn't know if that would work for the US as well. The green card is something you'd get from your insurance broker, so his advice was for your DH to contact his insurance broker for assistance.

Sorry I couldn't be more help!

Thanks for asking!  Did the Europe trip the last few years down to Le Mans for the 24 hour race so we know his insurance broker can deal with the European stuff, they can't do US though.
Guess, I'll be trying some US companies next week.  Must be able to do it from somewhere as there have been a few other car clubs that have taken their cars over for the drive down route 66.

I would think as expensive as those cars look you will have a hard time finding anyone to insure them........they are spectacular looking specimans.....

Not as much as you think, believe me, otherwise he wouldn't have one.   :P  Thing is, they look good, sound good, but are a little known British firm, that is constantly going out of business.  They tend to hold their value though as in the case of his car, I think there were only ever 35 made.   (Me thinks I listen to him talking about it waaaayyy too much.)


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Re: Short term car insurance in the US
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2006, 01:37:13 PM »
Not as much as you think, believe me, otherwise he wouldn't have one.   :P  Thing is, they look good, sound good, but are a little known British firm, that is constantly going out of business.  They tend to hold their value though as in the case of his car, I think there were only ever 35 made.   (Me thinks I listen to him talking about it waaaayyy too much.)

My BF is also a car freak, so I showed him the pic! He knows those cars well and says they're made of Fibreglas. Is that right? If so, that might explain why they're not hugely expensive. The BF currently has an MG convertible, but is in the market for something new. As always. He's such a boy.   :-\\\\
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Re: Short term car insurance in the US
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2006, 10:01:08 AM »
My BF is also a car freak, so I showed him the pic! He knows those cars well and says they're made of Fibreglas. Is that right?
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Yup they are made from Fibreglas, that's how they are able to get those "batman" like looks.   :P

The BF currently has an MG convertible, but is in the market for something new. As always. He's such a boy. :-\\\\

And they will always remain so, IMO   ::)


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