So, we have three Skodas in the family, and this year's annual renewal has come through at £940.21

Tonight I've gone through Confused.com for each car separately (ie with no multi-car discount), and Admiral quotes for the three cars totals £686.88

Telephone call to Admiral tomorrow, I think

Admiral group insurance quotes seem to vary from day to day and where you source them as well.

Got a quote for a 2litre Celica GT on moneysuperket : ~£1018. Comparethemeerkat gave ~£1050, that was a few days ago.

Got a quote direct from elephant yesterday, £820. Today, that changed to £860. Phoned up to take it out, dropped to £740 odd.

I don't really follow the logic, but just goes to show that these comparison sites aren't always the best idea.

So, we have three Skodas in the family, and this year's annual renewal has come through at £940.21

Tonight I've gone through Confused.com for each car separately (ie with no multi-car discount), and Admiral quotes for the three cars totals £686.88

Telephone call to Admiral tomorrow, I think

They should honour it Brimma. I had the exact same thing on my Audi and Fiat this year.

It makes a bit of a mockery of their multi car 'discount'. I'll be insuring separately next year as First

Choice beat Admirals best revised quote by a further 100 odd quid. It was just too much of a pain to switch

at such short notice.

They should honour it Brimma. I had the exact same thing on my Audi and Fiat this year.

It makes a bit of a mockery of their multi car 'discount'. I'll be insuring separately next year as First

Choice beat Admirals best revised quote by a further 100 odd quid. It was just too much of a pain to switch

at such short notice.

I could switch completely and put two on AA, and one on Chaucer, and save another £100 into the bargain

Would just be interested to see how Admiral explain it away

I've had a similar experience. Their first multicar quote was hard to beat, come renewal time it was £150 cheaper to insure all three cars separately with other companies. I wonder if you left it a year then got another multicar quote, would it be another good one?

As far as the company is concerned, where does the real saving come in from using multicar? It's the same amount of data/paper to be stored, the same overheads, just tucked into one folder rather than three? With a little complementary saving on top for the first year only, they make the saving back in year two. Smells like marketing, using the public's instinctive 'buy more pay less' bulk-buy mentality to coax you into thinking there's no cheaper quote out there because you bought your insurance the same way you'd buy bog roll.

Would just be interested to see how Admiral explain it away

"Well, sir, that includes new customer discounts - your loyalty means **** all to us. So will you be renewing with us?"

Chris (in the process of getting car insurance at the moment )

Edited 4 April, 201313 yr by ScoobyChris

This happened to us as well. There was a £160 discrepancy in the renewal price when we checked online. Phone Admiral and they will stick to the lower price.

Handy to know, got all of our cars on Admiral MutliCar and still in the first year...

I find Admiral and many others who also auto-renew really bump up the price when it comes to renewal as I assume they hope people won't get around to doing anything about it. It takes a bit of time on the phone but they always reduce it back to where it should be although waste a fair bit of my time and their time.

John