RE: Insurance woes, 85 urQ

[Anton Gaidos III <anton_gaidos_iii@firepower.com>]

I use AAA, or California Automobile Association. I have one speeding
ticket on my record, I'm 34 yrs old,
no wrecks and share the insurance jointly with my wife. The 85 urQ I
bought is going to run me $1050
a year for full coverage. My Scirocco, which I maintain double the
minimum liability required by the state
of Ca. is about a $550 a year. Oddly enough, my wife's 1989 Jetta GLI
runs about the same as the urQ.
 One good thing about AAA is that I can customize my policy. For example
the urQ is not going to be a daily driver so I can modify my policy on
that car very 30 days depending on if I plan on driving it.
 A down side is the insurance company's idea of a hot rod. My wife's
Jetta is considered a sports
sedan with a higher premium eventhough it only makes 123hp. Also, by
today's standards neither the
urQ or the Jetta are big horsepower (kilowatt hrs if you will) cars. My
Ford pick-up had over 300 hp and
would lay rubber all the way down the street but it was only about $400
dollars to insure it.

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>From: 	merlin[SMTP:merlin@ameritech.net]
>Sent: 	Friday, January 31, 1997 8:20 PM
>To: 	Dan Masi; quattro@coimbra.ans.net; 'Jonathan Linkov'
>Subject: 	RE: Insurance woes, and New A4 info
>
>I'm in detroit...31 years old, married, no tickets or chargeable
>accidents...state farm charges me 1174 every six months for my 96 A4q, I
>checked around and CNA will do it for 1503 A YEAR!!!  I still think it's
>ridiculous...I wish I had the capital to start my own insurance company...in
>my opinion they're getting over like fat rats...sorry about the BW
>merlin
>96 A4q
>
>