Jimny Insurance Black Box

Hi there,
I am looking at getting a Jimmy as my second car but I am 18. Insurance is really expensive and I wanted to know if anyone has a black box on their Jimny and still uses it off road?
I currently have a black box on my car so I understand how they work.
I've been told the black box shouldn't record your activity when off road but I don't believe this.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers

I assume the black box uses gps to record your location, speed and driving style ( fast acceleration or hard braking) and compare this to the road map data to check you are not speeding etc.
Once you leave the road map, be it your drive or offroad, you can't be exceeding any speed limit as they dont exist. Also off road you tend to be in low ratio, so speeding is the last of your worries
Its also likely that you dont have insurance cover off road anyway...

I dont have a box, just my thoughts, but you could always ask your insurance company.

Hi,
Your right about not being covered off road, just worried I'll pay for insurance and then I get my insurance canceled because of what i was using the car for. Not worried about speeding either lol. From my current box it does look at the acceleration, smoothness and braking. I was concerned about asking the insurance company's, as I thought they may not insure me if I tell them what I will be doing with the car. I may have to ask them though.
Thanks for your opinion as well

You could try Lancaster Insurance, I've got my Jimny insured with them as its my second car, and with mods, and offroad cover the price was good. Not sure if they offer black boxes but could be worth a call, they're very open to mods but the only limiting factor was mileage as they will only cover upto a max of 8000mls per year on a second car.

Martin recently responded to a similar question on Facebook. If you stick to green-laning in England, these are public highways and therefore not off-road. Whether the insurance company finds another clause to weasel out of this remains to be seen, but you're in with a shout regarding keeping your cover and not getting penalised.

Just how a black box records the g-forces / direction changes when you rock a vehicle out of a hole or drive across a rock garden I'm not so sure...

It's a funny one. I'd have thought if they aren't covering you for driving off-road then they can't penalise you for how you drive off-road. No harm in asking them!
I had similar queries about a track car on a limited mileage policy. The insurer didn't cover me when I was on track but still wanted me to pay more when the odometer had exceeded their mileage limit. I argued that if they weren't covering me on the track then those miles should not count towards my limited mileage and they shut up.
For your own benefit I would recommend keeping a log of when and where you are driving off-road so if they ever kick up a fuss you can put them right.