Short Term Car Insurance
Danny Hargreaves liked to dabble a little bit in
buying and selling cars and he reckoned himself to
be something of a sharp Jack the Lad! His modus
operandi was to pop over to the local car auction on
a Friday night, pick out a suitable vehicle which he
thought he may be able to buy cheaply owing to its
tatty condition, and if he was successful in bidding
for it he would drive it home, give it a quick
cleanup and advertise it on eBay and in his local
newspaper. Some of the vehicles he bought were real
'lemons' and he used to get a real stack of
complaints from irate purchasers but since he was a
big strapping fellow he didn't allow these to worry
him too much! One day, however, he got his
comeuppance.
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One Friday night he noticed an ideal car at the
auction; a late model Ford Escort, it had obviously
had a hard life since the speedometer reading showed
that hit had already covered nearly 100,000 miles,
and it was filthy both internally and externally.
None of these was any problem to Danny; he had all
the tools necessary to reset the mileage record and
the speedometer, and soap and water were both cheap
enough! He bid for the car successfully, and bought
it for a song.
Because the car had been so badly neglected, there
was a blown bulb in the nearside rear light, but
Danny never even checked on this. As he drove home
in the car that evening, two officers in a police
car which was waiting round the corner from the
auction hall for similar easy business spotted the
fact that the light was out, flagged him down and
demanded to see his driving documents. Needless to
say, Danny had not got any insurance for the car;
why should he, when he only intended to own it for a
few days; so he was subsequently cautioned, summoned
to court, and barred from driving for the following
six months. Unable to drive, he had to give his car
selling business, which meant that no more lemons
were passed on to unsuspecting buyers by Danny
again!
If Danny had been as sharp as he thought he was, he
would have taken his laptop computer to the auction
with him. Upon buying each vehicle he would have
used the free Wi-Fi system that just about every car
auction company has installed to logon to a short
term car insurance company. He could then have
insured the vehicle for a couple of days at a very
low cost; and cover could have commenced
immediately. Had he then being flagged down by
traffic police officers, they may have been able to
prosecute him for having no tax disc on the vehicle
– result, a relatively small fine – but not for the
very serious offence of driving without insurance.
Short-term car insurance is available for a single
day if that is all you need; you can extend it up to
28 days, depending upon your requirements. Cover is
available in both comprehensive and third-party
forms; and if you wish you can download all the
documentation and print it on your own printer. This
means that within a few minutes of buying a car, or
borrowing it from someone else, you can drive it
completely legally; and be covered for any accidents
which may occur whilst you are driving it. If only
Danny had read this article earlier!