Am I the only one who\'s driven nuts by the Direct line insurance ad?
You know, chummy and girlfriend are driving in the beetle when she asks how much he\'s saved on renewing his car insurance.
Ooh about 10%.
That\'s a lot, you must have lots of spare cash, says she.
Loaded, says he.
Right, stop here and you can buy me lunch says she.
I\'d be saying \"If I\'ve saved 10% and that\'s a lot, I\'ve spent 90% and that\'s a lot, you silly, dozy girl\"
Maybe I\'m a bit mean (Yorkshireman)
What do you think?
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Would you buy insurance from a dancing fool and a man in an elephant suit?
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It's the Michael Winner ones that annoy me most. Is he intentionally hamming them up or is this just Mr Winner at his most repulsive?
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It's the Michael Winner ones that annoy me most.
But "it's just a commercial"
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C5 Owner,
No, it's just Michael Winner hamming it up, as much as possible by the look of it!
This ad was filmed outside his house, well, the car one, anyway. He also directed it.
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or a nodding dog,
Or some hasbeen tv presenter.
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I really hate the one with the 'parrot' on the shoulder. You know the one that's actually a cockatoo. And before you ask I used to have a African Grey and no it didn't speak with an impediment!
Steve.
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If we're talking about annoying car insurance ads, then I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned the God-awful one for Diamond. You know, the one with the mum and daughter in a restaurant and the nosey moo of a waitress listening in to their conversation, then all three of the saying 'Diamond!' in varying degrees of incredulation. Eeeuuuuccckkkk! Mind you, daughter's quite cute.
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I found the Direct Line one really annoying especially the one at the train station. It's laughable that she knows more about cars than he does. It's doubly annoying as the location looks very familiar and it's driving me nuts (pardon the pun) where it's shot.
As for the others, all equally annoying and as for the Michael Winner I'm not sure who's the more annoying, him or the woman.
I prefer to go for someone that doesn't advertise on TV, that way I'm not funding their marketing campaign with my premiums.
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I found the Direct Line one really annoying especially the one at the train station. It's laughable that she knows more about cars than he does. It's doubly annoying as the location looks very familiar and it's driving me nuts (pardon the pun) where it's shot.
It also drives SWMBO mad due to the lack of continuity, next time you see it, watch as the girl comes out of the station with a small wheelie suitcase, at what point is it put in the car???
She doesn't pick it up, neither does the chap, but when you see the long shot of the car driving away it isn't in the road either, spooky....
Cockle
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AA are rather good at it.
General idea is:
Man acts stupid
Woman puts him right
End of story
Kev
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Thing is, if you get a single speeding conviction and declare it to Direct Line, they hit you with a ton of bricks. Your £60 fixed penalty turns into £300 - £500 over 5 years.
HJ
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HJ,
That's odd, when I declared 3 points to my previous insurer they tried to put my premium way up, I went to Direct Line and they saved me over £150 on just one year's premium. Does this mean they are going to try to sting me with a high quote when renewal time comes round? It wouldn't surprise me if they did!
Chris
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Not in my experience, though that's a few yers back now. Made no difference, nor did the short ban...
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My Sp60 didn't make any difference to Direct Line or Bennets or H&L
(Car and two bikes).
Just been doing the rounds and morethan ignores it, but esure refers you to someone else for SP60, but not SP30.
Anyone any idea why it was SP60?, Plods display was 69 on his TV monitor in his plain Rover, on the bike, NSL 'A' road 10am Sunday two years ago.
Martin
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Makes no difference with Norwich Union Direct with an SP30.
SP60 is a violation of a 60mph, SP30 for violation of a 30mph.
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Can't understand why Esure would differentiate between SP30's and SP60's. My other half has worked for quite a few of the big insurance co's and they have all used "totting up" (ie. the no. of points on the licence) as the basis for loading the premium. Generally you're allowed 6 points and after that your premium is increased. One company she worked for would add 30% to the premium if you had just one point over the magic 6 but there's apparently no standard as to what an individual co will add.
Rgds, Moz :-)
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Makes no difference with Norwich Union Direct with an SP30. SP60 is a violation of a 60mph, SP30 for violation of a 30mph.
Common misconception but the 30 and 50 have nothing to do with the speed.
SP30 Exceeding statutory speed limit on a public road 3-6
SP40 Exceeding passenger vehicle speed limit 3-6
SP50 Exceeding speed limit on a motorway 3-6
SP60 Undefined speeding offence 3-6
(3-6 = points)
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Just remember a Yorkshireman is just a Scot with all the generosity beaten out of him ...
H (Darcy rebranded).
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Thanks for the comparison between Yorkshiremen and Scotsmen.
I was sent up to the very far north of Scotland for a fortnight.
Talk about a bleak and lonely place.
I didn't see a soul for a week.
Then there was a knock at the door.
I answered it to find a 7 foot Scot at the door, replete with kilt.
"I've come to invite you to a ceilidh" he said.
"What's a ceilidh?" says I.
"A lot of drinking, a lot of dancing and A LOT of lovemaking" he said.
"But I don't know what to wear" says I.
"Wear what you like, there'll just be the 2 of us"
!!!!!
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