Short Term Car Insurance is defined as temporary ( is between 1 and 28 days) cover, or monthly (from one month to eight months) which allows you to choose when you need it and how long you need it for. When would you need to take short term car insurance? Sometimes you may need to have car insurance for a temporary period such as when driving your new car off the forecourt, when a friend or family member borrows your car or van for a while, when you want to share driving responsibility with family or friends on a holiday, or just when you need to borrow a car for a short while. Benefits? Most companies will give you the peace of mind of fully comprehensive cover so that any damage to the car itself is covered as well as the usual third party risks; you can get immediate cover by paying online with your credit card and printing out your own insurance documents; and it’s flexible, you decide yourself how long to have the cover for.