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Old Jun 15th, 2021, 11:25   #11
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I'm disappointed by gearbox lag too.

Missed out on the £350 deal last year (or early this year?).

A worry is the insurance..... some say makes no difference to cost...

Some have had an increase....

Some even suggest insurance do not need to be told as it's a factory option.......
Yeah depends on the insurer and your personal circumstances. I've been advised that it'll be no difference on mine through Admiral.
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Old Jun 15th, 2021, 11:46   #12
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Marshall group give me quotation for £599 couple of minutes ago.
But i still need to wait too many spending's already.
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I'm disappointed by gearbox lag too.

Missed out on the £350 deal last year (or early this year?).

A worry is the insurance..... some say makes no difference to cost...

Some have had an increase....

Some even suggest insurance do not need to be told as it's a factory option.......
I would assume that the insurance is on a case-by-case basis. Only way to find out would be to contact your insurer and ask them what effect it would have on your premium before you get any work carried out
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A quick warning. I contacted my insurers (LV at the time) to ask about Polestar. In the event I decided not to bother. At the next renewal the premium had gone up and it turned out that they'd just assumed I'd had the upgrade...
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A quick warning. I contacted my insurers (LV at the time) to ask about Polestar. In the event I decided not to bother. At the next renewal the premium had gone up and it turned out that they'd just assumed I'd had the upgrade...
How much gone up?
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My quote from LV was £50 extra per year. It was classified a remap as it was not an option fitted from new. With the insurance and £600 cost I decided not to go ahead.
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My quote from LV was £50 extra per year. It was classified a remap as it was not an option fitted from new. With the insurance and £600 cost I decided not to go ahead.
But it was one of the option but just wasn't paid for first owner. Crazy insurance companies with this optimization car is safer 🤦
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My quote from LV was £50 extra per year. It was classified a remap as it was not an option fitted from new. With the insurance and £600 cost I decided not to go ahead.
Yes - I recall I was quoted about £50 increase. Came to same conclusion. But clearly my request had somehow set a flag against my policy - I obviously didn't pay the increase initially as I didn't proceed, but they still added it at renewal (and then 'kindly' removed it when I grumbled!). Makes me nervous about asking them any questions at all...
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Yeah the gearbox lag is such a disappointment 😒. It really bothers me but I can't pay over €1000 for a software upgrade to fix a problem that was put there just to force you to pay to fix it. A horrible cheap shot by volvo that makes a bad job of an otherwise incredible machine.
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Yeah the gearbox lag is such a disappointment 😒. It really bothers me but I can't pay over €1000 for a software upgrade to fix a problem that was put there just to force you to pay to fix it. A horrible cheap shot by volvo that makes a bad job of an otherwise incredible machine.
On Thursday i am going for car software update to the newest June update. I'll post here if there will be any improvements on that
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