Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxt!marcus From: marcus@pyuxt.UUCP (M. G. Hand) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: High Insurance Cost Message-ID: <194@pyuxt.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 17:30:23 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxt.194 Posted: Fri Sep 28 17:30:23 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Sep-84 09:14:59 EDT References: <513@nmtvax.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway N.J. Lines: 18 So, you fell asleep at the wheel and wonder why an unmarried college student of 19 has to pay $700 dollars for insurance? Well the answer is that you are a high risk. The insurance is geared towards what damage you might cause in your TR6 (a high speed projectile with the cornering characteristics of a brick), not towards the value of your particular car. You should not move to New Jersey too soon, you might have an apoplectic fit if you asked for a quotation. Incidentally, my RX7 costs me a few dollars over $1000 per year, and I have been driving for 10 years without accident (they still weight me as a youthfull male because I'm not married). The last insurance quote I got in England for a Triumph Spitfire, 4years old was #148 (say, $180 at todays exchange rates) - the 60% no- claims-discount helped alot. Marcus Hand (pyuxt!marcus)