Canada Dune Buggy Insurance Is No Longer Possible?

[Dougy Dee]

Glasser and cwat1982, when did you get your buggies on the road and insured?
Last year?
Several years ago?
Local companies are honoring insurance on presently insured buggies but not on new inquiries and good luck if you let insurance lapse...

[jrailer]

that's nice to know Tom I called them last may on my manxter and got a no

[cwat1982]

I registered/insured last year.

For insurance I had to send in pictures of the buggy, then sign a letter saying I wasn't going to go off-roading with it. Besides that, it was normal process.

Cheers,
CWAT
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[manxbugguy]

I've been away from The Samba for a while. I am extremely upset reading about everyone's experiences and challenges trying to obtain insurance.

I have a "verified by Winnie" Manx without a tag that's been in storage for a few years. Planning on getting it on the road this year.

It would break my heart if I had to sell it (to a caring U.S. buyer) because I can't get insurance.

I'll definitely post my insurance experiences. My plan has always been to keep this as a Street only buggy.

[fakemanx]

[AMAC1680]

I'd like to hear about anyone's experience when it came time to make a claim on any of these buggy policies. When I hear of fuzzy values put together by actuaries I wonder what happens at crunch time.

AMAC
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[fakemanx]

[cbeck]

I was hit by a drunk who drove off and if not for a witness, I would have been screwed. On my rail I had liability only. But thanks to my attorney I get new windows for the house and a bunch of neat s$&t for my rail.

[MacLeod Willy]

I'm looking at a different direction now because all responses I got were no.
I hear that now in Ontario the side by side - UTV are going to be insured as off road but able to run Ontario roads the same as an ATV.
The argument I'm going to use is all insurance companies are denying because it has the ability to go off road. So insure me as off road side by side. I would be fine with that too.

Wish me luck.

[dan macmillan]

[AMAC1680]

[easilydistracted]

Is this ACTUALLY happening?!?!?
How can they NOT insure you?
(rhetorical questions... i can see it is and they're not, I'm just in disbelief!)
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[EMPI70IMP]

I would give State Farm a call. I received a quote from them back in December. I'm also waiting for a second quote from a broker in the Ottawa area.

[MacLeod Willy]

[tgodber]

Why is it that insurance companies can say only if you do not go off-road?

Sounds like a case of dune buggy discrimination. What about the jeeps ,4x4 trucks, Landcruisers and Samurais?

Doesn't make sense to me. We are ok in B.C. with our ICBC gov"t insurance.
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[MacLeod Willy]

[porkey]

[fakemanx]

I'm really interested in how manxbugguy fares as far as insurance in Ontario goes. My Manx copy is presently unfinished and I am undecided whether I should finish it (with the intent to street drive it) or if I should just part it out and take the loss.

I really don't want to waste any more time or money on something I won't be able to insure so I really want to know what happened with manxbugguy as I am not only in Ontario, I am also in Ajax too.

As mentioned earlier, I am fine with just PL/PD because I am either going to fix it or scrap if it bad things happen, and am more than willing to take the loss.

Edit: I emailed Lant and have not heard back.

[fakemanx]

[MacLeod Willy]