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[portlandg]

May I ask which insurance company are you with?

Admiral

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[Oldlawman]

Admiral

Same here?my renewal is due in November so I live in hope.

 

[Wynter]

Same here?my renewal is due in November so I live in hope.

Just had my renewal, £1400 from direct line, up from -£800 last year, with no changes whatsoever. Cheapest quote so far, is Ford, £807, which is still ridiculous.

 

[portlandg]

Just had my renewal, £1400 from direct line, up from -£800 last year, with no changes whatsoever. Cheapest quote so far, is Ford, £807, which is still ridiculous.

ouch
Just done an enquiry with them for me. £1100. I suppose someone has to pay for all the ads!!!!

 

[Wynter]

ouch
Just done an enquiry with them for me. £1100. I suppose someone has to pay for all the ads!!!!

most of mine have been in that region. I’ve NFI what’s going on with insurance for the ‘stang, I’ve had some silly cars in the past, and never had such high quotes, or had companies even refuse to quote ( LV refused to quote this year, Aviva did the same last year ).

 

[portlandg]

most of mine have been in that region. I’ve NFI what’s going on with insurance for the ‘stang, I’ve had some silly cars in the past, and never had such high quotes, or had companies even refuse to quote ( LV refused to quote this year, Aviva did the same last year ).

Could be the GT. I did a quote with LV earlier and they quoted me £1000 for me (ER RWD)

 

[portlandg]

Question? Has anyone here signed up for the free trial of Ford Secure and using it.
I am confused as recently the "activate free trial" page showed up on my FP app & my online Ford account. Now when Ford removed the Securialert feature they said it would be replaced with Ford Secure which , apparently, is/will be a Thatcham accredited security system. However it was stated that the "hardware" for this system was NOT fitted to 21MY (mine) cars and some 22MY cars so would not be available for these cars. However it was also stated that a substitute system, although NOT Thatcham accredited, would at some stage become available.
Last week I opened up a query with the CRC/FP team to enquire why I had been invited to sign up to Ford Secure, which told me was the FULL package, when I had heard that my car wasn't capable of utilising the system. I received an email this afternoon saying that they couldn't figure out why I had received this invite and NOT to activate the trial as it is no longer available having been decommissioned in June.
Having been confused before I am really confused now after getting the email. I'm thinking that the sender might be confusing Ford Secure with the old Securialert system. I can't remember when that was taken away from us.

 

[Wonky_Donkey]

Question? Has anyone here signed up for the free trial of Ford Secure and using it.
I am confused as recently the "activate free trial" page showed up on my FP app & my online Ford account. Now when Ford removed the Securialert feature they said it would be replaced with Ford Secure which , apparently, is/will be a Thatcham accredited security system. However it was stated that the "hardware" for this system was NOT fitted to 21MY (mine) cars and some 22MY cars so would not be available for these cars. However it was also stated that a substitute system, although NOT Thatcham accredited, would at some stage become available.
Last week I opened up a query with the CRC/FP team to enquire why I had been invited to sign up to Ford Secure, which told me was the FULL package, when I had heard that my car wasn't capable of utilising the system. I received an email this afternoon saying that they couldn't figure out why I had received this invite and NOT to activate the trial as it is no longer available having been decommissioned in June.
Having been confused before I am really confused now after getting the email. I'm thinking that the sender might be confusing Ford Secure with the old Securialert system. I can't remember when that was taken away from us.

Hey

I had it available on my Subscriptions page as a trial from the day I picked up my 2022 build in May 2022. I left it there unused for quite some time until earlier this year when I activated it out of curiosity a couple of weeks before SecuriAlert was killed off.

To clarify I don’t think Ford Secure was ever meant to replace SecuriAlert - they were complimentary to each other in features - but did different things. Ford Secure’s features where dramatically reduced when SecuriAlert died.

So to answer your question - yes I used Ford Secure when SecuriAlert was still alive, and after it was killed off, right up until my free trial finished. I didn’t continue with it as I couldn’t justify paying £5.99 a month for what was basically a two factor authenticator when wanting to do a master reset on the car, and having someone who would trace the vehicle if stolen.

I’ve just checked and it’s still there as an option should I change my mind and want to re-subscribe...

If you’ve got any questions give me a shout.

 

[MuckyMach-e]

Question? Has anyone here signed up for the free trial of Ford Secure and using it.
I am confused as recently the "activate free trial" page showed up on my FP app & my online Ford account. Now when Ford removed the Securialert feature they said it would be replaced with Ford Secure which , apparently, is/will be a Thatcham accredited security system. However it was stated that the "hardware" for this system was NOT fitted to 21MY (mine) cars and some 22MY cars so would not be available for these cars. However it was also stated that a substitute system, although NOT Thatcham accredited, would at some stage become available.

Last week I opened up a query with the CRC/FP team to enquire why I had been invited to sign up to Ford Secure, which told me was the FULL package, when I had heard that my car wasn't capable of utilising the system. I received an email this afternoon saying that they couldn't figure out why I had received this invite and NOT to activate the trial as it is no longer available having been decommissioned in June.
Having been confused before I am really confused now after getting the email. I'm thinking that the sender might be confusing Ford Secure with the old Securialert system. I can't remember when that was taken away from us.

It’s just recently appeared in Ford Pass for my 21MY AWD ER. I’ve not bothered to activate it.

 

[Zed]

Got another update today:

 

[Spacey]

Got another update today:

This is what the U.S. version does. Whether it applies to the U.K. is uncertain.

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/power-up-4-2-4-software-version-released.26992/

 

[davkd]

This is what the U.S. version does. Whether it aopplies to the U.K. is uncertain.

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/power-up-4-2-4-software-version-released.26992/

Doubt it will be the same for us. Ford UK don’t give a s**t about their customers.

 

[nataliej]

Anyone got any advice for windscreen chip repairs?

Noticed a small chip this morning.

 

[Teslaeata]

Anyone got any advice for windscreen chip repairs?

Noticed a small chip this morning.

Have a look at S 3.1 & 3.2 of MOT testers Manual which will inform whether a repair is legal:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-ins...er-and-light-commercial-vehicles/3-visibility

Windscreen company who does repairs should also be able to advise.

Repairs aren’t expensive and your Insurer may even do them for free or for a small policy excess.

All really depends on what sort/how big the damage is, if cracks have started to run from a chip which can be drilled and stopped from increasing in length.

 

[nataliej]

All really depends on what sort/how big the damage is, if cracks have started to run from a chip which can be drilled and stopped from increasing in length.

Tiny and not in field of view so should be repairable.

Does the heated front windscreen affect the repairability at all? Could the repair damage the internal “filament”?

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