You pair going on a track day isn't interesting though so that's why 😆 I want real life stuff not pissing about on track days.

To be fair, I didn't watch the track days as it didn't interest me. But that's not a criticism of your output. Its just that I prefer the more controversial content..

@@Lookup2Wakeupnope I didn’t see that as a criticism! I get it 👍👍

@@Richard_Barneslots of real life stuff this week as I’m having a week at home / less road trips. Apart from a potential trip to collect a French 80s classic on Thursday.

Geoff gets knobbly tyres for L322 and enter TYRO or RTV great fun you’ll have plus would make good content as cheap fun anyone can do. If you want you can double up driving my L320?

wayland7150 One protected characteristic is race (any race) as all victims of car crime will be of some race, ultimately all the victims (if they percieve themselves to have been targeted on because of their race) will have been subject to hate crime.

Just so you know if your car starts to crumple where a battery normally would be your chances of survival aren't the greatest to begin with😅

With the holidays coming up, charging with kids, must be hell on earth waiting for an hour or two for a charge with moaning kids. From three years ago we visited Cambridge services at Christmas and it was hell, chargers under construction, no space in the car park 🙁

What annoys me, these rich trendies are pushing up our insurance premiums. So ICE powered insurances are subsidising EV insurances. Fairness personified (sarcasm here).

​@@sysakPLI thought in most EV'Ss the battery was part of the floor, are you saying the battery is only the rear half of the floor? Because the crumple zone in most modern ICE cars is pretty much everything in front of the driver and I'm sure most EV's the battery goes further forward than the driver. Unlike ICE cars where hitting a brick fallen from a lorry on the motorway, or a raised manhole cover might damage the sump, with the EV battery, one little hole and it's thermal runaway time.

​​@@theclotshotdidit3115Scrap time too if the underside of the battery is damaged....😮

Yawn

Wasn’t that from the 80s

Let's be honest, most of us Aussies don't venture into the outback. Dirt tracks and some beaches but mostly road trips. Perfect for us average Range Rover owners Very happy with my 2015 SV6 sport.

Thats exactly the gamble they took by becoming insurers.

​@@nickrudd2568It's my cynical view that Insurance Cos. never take risks in what they insure 😂 Even minimal risk business is reisured elsewhere, at our cost.

No, no, no yes ..... no. Oh fook who cares.😂

​​@@nickrudd2568It's the underwriters that have to pay out. Remember the Lloyds Names fiasco?......🤔

Amigos it's admigated risk they are past paying out for these who would

LOL. :D

Vanity has no cost to the ego monsters they've conditioned.

True 100%

The people buying expensive cars generally aren’t stupid. But the people who can only afford to buy cheap second hand cars aren’t necessarily the brightest in society, are usually jealous of the success of others, and can only articulate this with words such as ‘stupid’…

​@@user-mp2kk7qk5g😂😂 Most people buying expensive cars are not actually " buying " them , I'm sure you are aware of that .

Who The MacMaster? Has it gone down again .....😂

​@@Lookup2Wakeupboth this guy and the macmaster.

If a good percentage of RR owners move over to Taycan's, the values will stabilise...?

Do tell, which insurer?

Can I just add a point of order, it isn't insurance companies, it's the underwriters which there isn't a lot of them to choose from unfortunately. They are all woke as hell so unless someone has the money not bothered by the woke crowd things look grim. I've got a letter from my MP from the FCA that insurance prices are going up again basically as they are losing money still. Incredible!!

Electricity going up again on 01 January. It costs me a fortune charging my storage heaters every night, let along an EV.

Tell me about it .that was a b****rds trick that ordinary rate up from 21p to 24p night rate 7p to 18p sneaked that one in past the regulators didnt they .( Power ni)

@@raptorheli2 Thanks for the update

Has anybody considered the possibility that this is a conspiracy between the government, manufacturer and insurers to finally kill the large 4x4 market? Considering the green evangelism that exists now and the apparent police indifference to the problem. After what we've been through the last few years, anyone thinking 'they wouldn't do that' is incredibly naive.

Your lucky. My insurance via comparison sites doubled. This is for a 2009 insignia valued at £800. The sites wanted around £1000+ . When I went for a new quote via my current provider website it went to £1700! When I called them it went up by £50 from the previous year which meant my insurance was £520. I'm 37yo, 12 years no claims and 10k miles in the garage clean licence... It's because of these EV's if you hit one they have to quarantine them as they are dangerous they are also expensive to repair so your subsidising these types of cars.

I have come to this issue a little late and I am not sure who Richard is but he is on the right track to find a solution. Insurance is simple. Everything is based on risk. That's how is all start with Edward Lloyd in 1688. He would insure only the more competent sea captains. He made his own judgment based on his own observations and knowledge . Here we are in 2023 with a vehicle that has become uninsurable. What would Edward Lloyd do. He would want owners/the manufacturers to make these vehicles almost impossible to steal and conceal. With the vast array of trackers, electronic security devices etc then this is more than achievable. It is particularly important to JLR because no Insurance for a Range Rover equals no sales and that is the road to bankruptcy. I worked in Risk Management and helped high risk banking groups in high risk countries around the world with their Insurance. Same principles applied as Edward Lyoyd would apply. OK a little more complex but same principles. It always worked out for all concerned. This problem is no different. Richard, look at it this way. JLR are in a fix. You and your insurer come up with a workable solution and you sell them the solution to JLR who pick up the tab. You sell your accredited insurerance solution to the thousands of JLR owners who are also in a fix. I realise it is not that simple but the principles of Insurance are all about risk. This is emminantly fixable.... Maybe then I can buy a Range Rover.... .

@@serenitycoastUK So they quoted you £1,700 but when you called them it was £520? How did they justify that? Last year my insurance (I used a local broker) went from £198 to nearly £500. The first quote I got elsewhere was under £200. I ended up with paying £169. I should have asked the broker what they were up to, but I couldn't be bothered. It was disappointing because I'd used them for several years.

Your car is a old banger nobody is stealing them if anything people can't give them away.

@@DaleSteel Old bangers, even for scrap, are worth far more than they were a few years ago.

BUY A TOYATA LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WITH A FUNCTIONAL BRAIN ?

like us in the M East !

They don't want to shine a light on the problems they imported.

Yes I agree. A day in the stocks for the first offence, then staking out in the hot sun, I mean rain for the second......😂

This is not a sane society. It taxes people for seeking shelter (Council tax) via threats of taking people's home, while shipping hundreds of thousands of nice young african men into the country without any tax, rather with free hotels, food, medicine and spending money. When a government is at war with the people of a country, insanity is expected.

Police far too busy going after villains for tweeting something on X that upset some snowflake's feelings.

Bet their Maybachs are never stolen?

Well at least the Porsche won't break down. Won't stop it being stolen possibly though.

yeah, just not to kia

The problem is Ghost immobilisers are not Thatcham approved so make no difference to the insurance premiums.

Check out recent videos on Car UK and Vision Prestige. Range Rover and Land Rover vehicles are going through auctions and getting no bids. At one place, there were over 40 Land Rover vehicles at one sale. As far as I'm aware, most didn't sell. A cap clean Range Rover with a bottom book value of circa £19k only got one bid and sold provisionally for £15k. Theres a mad rush to get out of these things and dealers aren't buying them or taking them in part exchange.

All good things come to an end, having owned three Jaguars 2 XJ's and a XK8 back then whilst they had niggles, they were reliable cars worth owning, fast forward to today and the over reliance on electronics has resulted in cars that only need a radio scanner to steal. Now because JLR don't care about customers we have the current fiasco and cars that are worthless and you can't insure, what a sad end for these vehicles.@@matthewgodwin3050

no, no no yes ....😂

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Save a penny, spend a pound

It's a way of saying no thanks. That's 25% of the total value. At that rate & with depreciation, you might as well become your own insurer.

@@Lookup2Wakeup Yeah, that's what one of my friends would call "a PFO quote".

@@Lookup2Wakeup oh for sure but you typically get that kind of quote if you're young lad trying to get insured on a sports car, not your average range rover driver haha

3 weeks at Euro'24 for a hotel,if you're Scottish... I kid you not!

Financial anarchy is here already 😮

The police aren’t there to correct JLR’s failings to make their vehicles secure though. The onus has to be on the manufacturer first and foremost 🤷🏼‍♂️

@@kevincross9206 What a society we have created. The fact that we require space age security to prevent low life depriving us of our property begs uncomfortable questions. Saudi Arabia has no such issues 😂....too far?

@@JosephPalmerT5D5 - well can’t say I disagree with that, but society is a much bigger subject again eh!

Bloody good you took the plunge to Ride Free ! Only one plate that can be hidden from those ANPR’S if you know how 👍🏻 but yes cars have a purpose if you have family and live out the concrete jungle !

No point showing a video of low income people struggling to keep to keep their cars on the road as there aren't any of them now. Forced off the road already.....😕

Sounds like the charcoal zone now .....😂

All insurance companies are doing this ,like mine ,who now won't pay me out on a hit and run ,even when I have it on cctv.

South Manchester? Has it been nicked yet ....😅

@@Lookup2Wakeup Lol. It's too rubbish to get nicked!

Lucky you still have it. My neighbours 110 was nicked from his lockup, and he run's a bloody security firm! Battery was removed, after market alarm. It was stolen to order, they knew exactly how to take it (must have been scoping him out for a while I would guess). Insurance wouldn't pay out (I forget the reason now, something to do with the business and his insurance terms) so he's out for tens of thousands.

Oh brilliant! I hope it arrives in time, I went for a LARGE although i'd normally go Medium and I really like the jumper.

Got to be heading to Nth Africa or Eastern Europe... still leaving the UK on mass...I customs failure!

Being stolen using a JBS Bluetooth portable speaker apparently !

My neighbour bought a brand new Jaaag F series for £80k a few years back. Sold it 2 years later for £40k. He looked at me with a tear in his eye & with a choked voice, said it was worth it. I managed not to laugh ..... 😂

He doesn't sound the brightest. Poor Geoff..

He bought it after it took the hit on depreciation

He has 25 cars and doesn't need to sell it ! Wealthy people aren't like the rest of us..... My "boss" has an ancient Merc convertible with the private plate and he will never have to sell it - it's his for life, as is my Subaru.

Watch his videos. His £130k Taycan is 11 months old. £3 paid £66k for it a few weeks ago.

You get a certificate once paid for.... your insurance company will want the details before providing cover.

Do they still exist?

Hallelujah, someone who gets it.

I've got a 2008 yaris just done Essex to Northumberland & back then Essex to central france. Never missed a heart beat.

is it show off or be a bully on the road ?you could just use black marker pen on your forehead showing your bank balance or wear a tear shirt with a photocopy of your bank balance

Here in Oz it is the toyota prado that is the car for youngsters to steal to burn.

@@amandajane8227 Hi. These are being stolen to order. Either whole cars or parts are being shipped out of the country. In the worst month 90 were stolen in London alone and when new they are £110k-£200+k…that’s a lot of money.

Same here.they are forcing us off the road by hiking the prices, and spare parts are doubling in price.

Ready for your 15 minute city ..... No car required.

​@@Lookup2Wakeup safe and effective

@@bobboo1319 💉💉💉💉💉👍

⁠@@davidbrown2571could spare parts doubling in price possibly be linked to insurance costs increasing? Maybe insurance companies have a justification after all…

Spot on….. the days are numbered it’s just for share holders to bag the share of the pot .

No chance…

Isn’t every car keyless entry? I have not used a door lock for 30 years

Yes, but that doesn’t affect the insurance premiums.

​@@richardwoollaston3650Alterations which reduce the chance of an insurance claim don't usually effect premiums. Adding parking sensors is one example.

If it stops your car being stolen eventually the insurance will reduce

Do like the weather and short days immigrate!

Who did you insure with?

@@egg399. an outfit called "One Call Insurance"

@@johnlloyd8040 Thanks, never heard of them but will look them up next time. 🙏

Email me

I didn't see your reply and updates are turned on! 🤔 What's your email

and travel everywhere at 80km……

WHAT? And get mandated injectables? No thanks...

In 1994 (IIRC) it rained 30 days out of 31 in Sydney in January.

It's winter!

To many 💉💉💉💉💉

They did start to, but Under uk gdpr guidance the information couldn't be passed to relevant authorities

Yes!

I'm sure he will. He's just stroking it up ....😂 Woops Edit. I mean stoking.....😮

The insurance companies are the thieves ,,, you heard it here second

I'm a 66 year old t*sser in the comments. Nice to meet you....😂

It’s a hybrid so it has a battery. Whoosh!

Because this is not about car theft. Time will tell

If you think the police work for you, I don't know what to tell you.

@alihenderson5910 I know they aren't working for us but. This idea is a common sense approach which non of our politicians and local authorities seem to have.