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Buying a car while in between insurance

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  • 14-01-2008 3:55pm
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    MicraBoy
    Registered Users Posts: 916 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I am taking a long and winding road towards buying a new car. I am currently car-less and insurance-less. My insurance lapsed in October. I was just wondering what the situation is with test-driving cars. I guess I am covered if I use a car dealer, but what am I to do if I want to go test a car for private sale?

    Do I need to sort out some kind of temporary insurance (is this even possible with no policy of my own?), and if so should I go back to the company I had my last insurance with or do I just ring around places like you would normally?

    What if I want to go to the UK to buy the car (is that even a runner?)

    Any advice is appreciated.


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    milltown
    Registered Users Posts: 4,616 ✭✭✭milltown


    You can't get temporary insurance afaik.

    Unless the seller has open drive or similar on his/her policy you can't test drive a car on a public road. Bear in mind too that, in the eyes of the law, a public road is one the public have access to, including industrial estates and shopping centre car parks.


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