Insurance in BC

[Turbo Den]

please share your stories on how to get your 911 (78-89) insured in BC...
i am planning to buy a 911, heavily modified, won't pass air care. what can i do? (other than not buying).

thanks.

[unclebilly]

Register it with Z99 as the area (out of province use). Your rates will be the same as for the lower mainland.

[dentist90]

HSBC Canadian Direct wouldn't do any collision on my 84, only liability. Had to go with ICBC for insurance, although not ridiculously expensive.
As far as air care I dunno. We're lucky up here as we're not smog tested. Many mods, if done correctly, will not affect smog (eg, a new chip for a Motronic module). Converting a fuel injected model to carbs will certainly bugger you up. No cat... no dice either.
You could try something like unclebilly suggests... register it outside the lower mainland. But be careful. If you crack it up on the way to work in Richmond, but it's registered to be in Williams Lake, you'll have some 'splainin to do.

[unclebilly]

If I recall, If you have out of province use, you were good anywhere in BC and outside of the province. The rate class was the most expensive (same price as lower mainland) but you'd avoid aircare.

I had out of province use for several years while I was going to school in Edmonton and then when I was doing work terms in Alberta while attending UVIC.

[Turbo Den]

thanks... this thread is doing good...
any more stories to share?
but i will definitely go look up the detail on Territory ZZ immediately.

[jorian]

Turbo Den,

PM me your phone number and I'll walk you through it.

Jorian