[s-cars] [V8] V8 vs A8

[Taka Mizutani]

Miatas are expensive to insure! Hairdressers must be bad drivers!

Taka


On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Ian Duff <iduff at comcast.net> wrote:

> How many times have you seen a brand new Vette with a geezer driving it at
> about 5 under? Actuarial rates must acknowledge that a good portion of
> Vettes are phallus proxies.
>
> In a similar vein, except for Spec, a fair number of Miatas can be found
> parked in the employee area of hairdressers, also no doubt acknowledged by
> the actuaries.
>
> How's that for generalizing? I'll be very upset if no one flames me...
>
> -Ian Duff, sent from my iPhone.
>
>
> On Feb 19, 2010, at 15:13, Brian Armstead <barmstea at voanews.com> wrote:
>
>  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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