How best to check insurance prices for a car?

I am thinking of buying a second hand car and have started to browse online. Apart from the specs of car and the price, a big determining factor to buy the car or not will be the price of the insurance premium. However, if I want to know the premium I have to go through the rather painful process of filling in online quotation forms. Painful and time consuming. Is there a faster way to check the insurance premium online for any given car I am interested in?

Thanks

Peter S. (Dublin)

Oct 2016 Filed under: insurance

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Expert answer

Hi Peter,

Sadly, there isn’t. Compared to the UK insurance market, the Irish market is still somewhat in the dark ages when it comes to price comparison sites etc. No substitute for legwork, I’m afraid.

Neil Briscoe - Complete Car Advisor
@neilmbriscoe