Searching the web certainly, you will get a huge list of companies that offer insurance for your car. But not everyone will tell you the tricky tips that can get you a cheaper price. Here are the five DOs to find a better deal for your BMW or any car insurance.

1. First thing to do is to seek information. Gather as much information as you can. Internet is a good source, but don’t let go the old methods. Newspaper, auto magazine, even your roadside billboard may have the crucial information you are long time looking for. Not only websites of insurance companies will hold the info to be picked up. Look into related forums, chat rooms, blogs, groups and communities in the social networks. Not all the info is to be remembered. Filter them as per your location and conditions.

2. Once you gathered your info, investigate! Not the perfect advertisement brings you the perfect deal. Rather in most of the cases, the most convincing advert will unfold some loop-holes, or the classic “conditions apply” with a star. With all the info listed, go for a comparison; both short and long-term.

3. Knock the agents with further queries. Search whether they have some specific deal for you due to some associations, professions, age, sex or other cases. Some companies may have special offers for people with different professions. You are a policeman, a pilot or a who-knows-what; don’t miss the special offer, if they have got any.

4. You are a member of some organisation? You could belong to some of the privileged clubs your insurance company counts. Many a times, these companies allow some advantages for many of their corporate clients. Even if you are the member of a “daddy-day-care” club, why not turn up the stone to see what they have got for you. Maybe there is a discount already waiting for you!

5. Very often, there are special prices for members of auto-related groups. If you say that you belong to an owners club, the agent might consider your case for someone who might be less prone to risk in their calculations.

Much about cars, come in reality, think about the insurance. Our old (actually young) faithful Google is there to help (as we believe). Let’s see what our Google produces.

On doing a simple (most dummies like me would do) search using “bmw insurance” (without the quotes) there are some 380,000 results produced. Oops, I'm glad. So much information available! Of course, I don’t have time to go beyond the top ten results so the first page is more than enough for me.

In my search today at 1922 hours GMT, the top result was “BMW Financial Services: Insurance” from www.bmw.co.uk. As per Google's Law, if I would have felt lucky I could end up hitting here. Well, I'm not that lucky. So opening it in a new window leads me to some site. It’s the site of who-knows-whose. Because the very page didn’t have any direct clue for us; the laymen. Ultimately after trying some tools and wasting some time, it figured out to be nothing but mainly a car-seller (seems to be in UK), whose exact identity is not yet clear. Wait, wait, I think it’s the official BMW site of UK. What-a-heck!

So let’s hit the runner up. Having seen the previous result, clicking on this page brings me a same style . Well, I guess, it’s the official BMW seller in Australia. Amusingly, here the insurance is a sub-menu under the BMW parts menu. And in my ill fate, not much about insurance here. Wait, wait, there’s a last line saying “For more information please click on the link below:”, okay, okay, but where’s the link? Is it my browser that’s not compatible or it’s me that not getting something !

But how on Earth I don’t get anything American? Ops, here’s the next link. It’s American ! bmw.usa, finally. But, is it the same BMW seller in USA or …. Hmm, my guess is right. I’m not going to get my insurance from a seller or someone who’ll become ultimately a middleman between me and the insurance company.

I think the next link will work. It sounds like it’s an insurance company. But wait, some more steps, more links, not the exact information I’m looking for. Enough with Google. Get some rest. I’m calling my cousin who has got a BMW, too.