Posted on 02/04/2024 3:13:50 AM PST by dennisw
I've been forced to declare my Range Rover off road and sell it for a £15,000 loss after insurers quoted me £890 a MONTH - extortionate premiums are destroying lives
A Range Rover Velar owner says she has had to declare her car off road and will be forced to sell it at a loss of about £15,000 after insurers quoted her £890 a month.
Kirsten Lijeskic, 38, says she got the £56,000 wheels in September 2022 and had been paying £130 a month insurance for her and her husband with Acorn.
But now Kirsten, who lives in Winchmore Hill, north London, says Acorn will not renew their insurance with them and the car's own manufacturer also allegedly told her it 'cannot provide a quote'.
She says the cheapest quote they can find is for £890 a month with Go Girl which they cannot afford and is 'ludicrous'.
As a result, the part-time PA for an investment bank in the city says they will have to sell the car they have 'worked hard their whole lives for' - and at a loss of thousands of pounds.
Kirsten has told MailOnline people like her are being 'punished' and lives are being 'destroyed' as she raised concerns about Range Rover's security protections.
It comes after it was reported last year that Range Rovers are suffering large price drops as their owners struggle to get them insured.
Data from the DVLA in May revealed the Range Rover Velar R-Dyn was the most sought out car by criminals, with two in every 100 of the model stolen.
Land Rover was dubbed the most stolen brand, with 924 stolen per 100,000 in the 12 months to March 2023. It also made up six of the top ten most stolen car models overall.
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Range Rover are very theft prone. I can see these Albanian (as in Taken) criminals stealing them. Then shipping them in a container to Albania or elsewhere in the Balkans.
Range Rover now owned by an Indian car maker
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Her government could do what the president Bukele of El Salvador did - lock criminals in a huge zoo of a prison and crime declined 91 percent. That’s what we need to do here.
Soon to come to a brand near you.
Today’s Cadillac for those who can’t afford their conspicuous consumption.
Brought more vehicle then they can afford.
I’m looking into a used jeep and the dealership is 20 miles from Atlanta, which I hate going anywhere near. I looked at the total sheet and he had $1495 LoJack I said what’s this for? He said well install it so you can track when it’s stolen. I said don’t live near Atlanta, I live in the mountains and anyone near my house I’ll shoot if the neighbor doesn’t get them on the way up. 🤣🤣🤣
The article is about conditions in Britain. Notably, the article did not recommend getting armed and learning to shoot as an anti-theft strategy.
One of the many costs of a disarmed population.
Unless the elsalvadoran government eradicate those they have either a dangerous shock troop or an Instant death for their country. They are fools if they are kept alive.
The elite will force us into the lifestyle they want for us, but not them, but any means they can find, that is grass thatched huts, eating bugs and fake meat, and walking everywhere..
Since they can’t just outright outlaw or ban stuff, they’ll make it as dangerous (flying) or cost prohibitive as possible so people.... ahem.... “voluntarily” give it up.
-PJ
The only problem with that is when the democrats declare us criminals for not supporting them.
Imagine the insurance rates in the cities in the US if rural areas didn’t subsidize them.
True for health care malpractice premiums too.
“...for her and her husband”
Idiot report - It’s PARTNER, now, in the UK.
A friend’s husband bought a brand new Mercedes - this has been a while, maybe 15 yrs ago. He usually parked it in the garage but his MIL had stopped by so he parked in the street in front of his house and was going to move it when she left shortly. Mind you, they live in one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Charlotte and had never had any issue. MIL left about 10 min later and he went behind her to move his car and it was gone. Police said it was probably in a shipping container already. He just got the insurance and bought something more ‘practical’, as in ‘not as attractive to thieves’.
Have you ever driven a Range Rover, not only on road, but especially off road?
While it is a status symbol, it's comfort, luxury and capabilities make it much desired too.
I've had an older one and have driven more modern ones.
Now I have Unimogs and a Jeep.
Next though, a Grenadier.
Search for it and you'll see why.
Not for a status symbol, but because the thing should LAST 10 years or more unlike 3 Fords I have had that all died from coolant intrusion with few miles on them.
“Unless the elsalvadoran government eradicate those they have either a dangerous shock troop or an Instant death for their country. They are fools if they are kept alive.”
Makes more sense for Elsalvador to send them to the US. Avoids the bad PR and they don’t have to bother with a trial.
That is not the story here at all, but you run with that.
I had a brand new Range Rover that had an “idiot light” that would not stop lighting up. Kept taking it to the dealer to fix it. After 5 or 6 very inconvenient trips, the mechanic told me “it’s no big deal, all new cars engine lights come on for no reason”. ??? I got rid of it.
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