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The real costs of car insurance – EV vs PHEV vs ICE

February 7, 2025 murrellp@bigpond.com Buying advice, Electric vehicles, Need to know

WE’VE TALKED A LOT on various podcasts and in our own articles about the surprisingly high costs of insuring an electric vehicle, compared to insuring a similar internal combustion engine car. This has elicited a

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EVs almost 50 percent more costly to insure

December 30, 2024 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver threats, Electric vehicles

PEOPLE BUYING EVS TO SAVE MONEY are learning, to their cost, that it is not always as it seems. A recent study carried out by comparison site, Compare the Market, has found that EVs are

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How over-50s can get the best value car insurance

August 18, 2023 murrellp@bigpond.com Buying advice, Need to know

ONE OF THE MOST COMMON enquiries we get here at seniordriveraus is whether our readers are getting value for their car insurance dollar. Sadly, quite a lot of them aren’t. Insurance premiums have risen about

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Insurers have hiked premiums despite car use declining during COVID

February 13, 2021 murrellp@bigpond.com Need to know

RESEARCH BY FINANCIAL COMPARISON site Mozo.com.au has revealed car insurers have hiked premiums across the country by 2.15 percent in 2020 despite motorists driving less due to COVID restrictions. Mozo analysed comprehensive car insurance quote data for

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Is your car the next to be stolen?

May 7, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver threats, Need to know

CAR THEFT IS BECOMING more common and modern cars, despite all their security systems, can be just as vulnerable as older cars. In Australia, it is estimated that a car is stolen every ten minutes

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Invite Big Brother into your car to reduce your insurance premium

April 19, 2019 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver threats, Need to know

AS FAR AS WE KNOW, it hasn’t arrived in Australia as yet, but overseas, drivers are being encouraged to install tracking devices in their vehicles to be rewarded with reduced insurance premiums. It can only

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Will your car insurance cover your loss?

October 3, 2018 murrellp@bigpond.com Need to know

AS IF HAVING YOUR CAR STOLEN or written off in a crash isn’t difficult enough, many people find the real hassles start when they have to deal with the insurance company. Statistically, one in every

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