Educate yourself about the market. Understand what you are purchasing. Many people don't understand how auto car insurance works. Buying auto car insurance is a serious purchase, with potentially serious consequences. Know your rights before you make a purchase. Do your research.

TIP: Shop around. Get quotes from a few companies. You may be able to save yourself hundreds of pounds. Don't choose a provider just because they have the lowest rates. Consider the overall, long-term cost.

I don't offer auto car insurances out of my own pocket; this site is a one man band, and time is limited(!). I may have one good associate I pass enquiries on to. What does this mean?

It means you'll get one seller getting in touch with you about your auto car insurance needs. And that's it. No phone ringing off the hook, with calls from Dodgyautocarinsurance4U.co.uk and its ilk, for the next two weeks. Unless you've given your contact data to a few other sites before you found TigerTom.Com. Oh dearie me!


TigerTom.Com does not trumpet how great it is, how many features it offers, what splendid thoughts went into its creation. Rather, TigerTom.Com is interested in helping you get the auto car insurance info you want. Don't get me wrong, this is not a charity. I expect to make a fat profit on whatever I do.

Auto car insurance companies aren't charities. They're in business to make a profit, and only the simple-minded would begrudge them. They get lots of queries from people who are just bargain-hunting timewasters, so you can forgive them if they're a bit off-hand; they've heard it all before.

Your auto car insurance request will be judged according to a formula, and any pleasant talk you get is merely them being eager or polite. If you can tick all the right boxes truthfully, you get a nice deal; if not, a worse one. They're gambling on how likely you are to need a payout.

Ask questions. A good auto car insurance pro will answer them. Ask about no claims bonuses, and exclusions. Talk to your neighbours and friends; have _they_ got a good deal somewhere?

Beware the cheapo deal; you may someday badly-need that payout, only to find your cheapo insurer is being difficult.

You hear people griping about the cost of auto car insurance. The socialist-student-worker-miser believes capitalism is inherently evil. Someone is out to screw him. The truth is 'yes', someone is out to screw you, and will, but only if you let them. They're not obliged to get you the best deal, and you're not obliged to take the first they offer.

Another way to winnow out the best company is to contact them via email, and see what they send you back. Call them on the 'phone as well. This, coupled with your impression of their site, will give a good clue as to whether they're a 'sound', active company, or moribund i.e. on the way out of business. ALWAYS FOLLOW YOUR GUT REACTION. The mind has doubts, the heart has yearnings, but the intestines don't lie!

Do your own 'due diligence' by typing the name of the auto car insurance seller into a search engine, along with the words "problem" or "scam" or "bad experience". This should show any negative postings about them. If there are a lot, or the allegations look substantial, avoid them.