[s-cars] [V8] V8 vs A8

[Brian Armstead]

Taka,

The insurance companies know you can't pull any women in an STi, so they 
figure you will go slow while trolling for hotties in your Corvette!  
Hence the lower risk and lower cost.   Makes sense no?

Brian :-)

Taka Mizutani wrote:
> Thanks for the info, Mike.
>
> Insurance doesn't make a lot of sense to me how they figure out rates- my
> Corvette cost about 1/2 of my STi. My Miata costs 2/3 of my Corvette premium
> even without collision coverage.
>
> Taka
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Mike Fitton <rfitton at vt.edu> wrote:
>
>   
>> My Dad's an insurance agent and I talked at length about this with him a
>> couple years ago.  It varies considerably by the carrier.  Some carriers had
>> little difference in rates among cars in that class, while some others I
>> noticed completely blacklisted aluminum cars.  At the time, the financial
>> practices of insurance carriers was perhaps somewhat different than it is
>> now, so this information may be dated.  I just found it interesting that a
>> 400bhp Corvette could be insured while a 270bhp, 15 year old NSX would be
>> refused.  I know which car I'd be more likely to crash.
>>
>> By the way, I think the newer XJs (2003ish and up) are substantially
>> aluminum now.  As more and more cars go that route, I suspect this policy
>> will be backed off a little in the future.
>>
>> -Cheers!
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> On 2/19/2010 9:38 AM, Taka Mizutani wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> How much is insurance on an A8, compared to something similar in steel-
>>> Jag
>>> XJ8, MBZ S-Class, BMW 7 series, etc.?
>>>
>>> Taka
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