Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
Learning to be Frugal. What do YOU do?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 455141" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Something else about car insurance ... it's good to check your policy every once in a while to make sure they're not charging you for things you don't have. I still have nightmares about when my son was on my policy! For a while he had a small Chevy S-10 pickup, just the standard stuff on it, none of the 'blingey' things like a lot of kids have on those little trucks. We'd been paying the insurance on it for quite a while when I discovered that they'd been charging us extra each month for things his truck didn't have. They had it down that his truck had those 'panel' things, not sure what they call them, the things that kids put between the front and back wheels on the sides to make the truck look like it's so low that it's almost scraping the ground. They add to your insurance because the stupid things get banged up every time you go over a bump! Of course,once the mistake was discovered, they refused to refund the amount that had been over charged for over a year!</p><p></p><p>Something else I didn't know - it depends on the model too. This was a while back but for several years I drove a Pontiac Grand Am that I bought used. Nice little car and good on gas. Then I traded it in on a brand new Oldsmobile Alero. I expected my insurance to go up on a new car vs. a five year old used one ... but it didn't! It stayed almost exactly the same. They told me that the insurance rates for a Grand Am were <u>much</u> higher because it's considered a sports car whereas the Alero was not! WTH? The two are basically the exact same car - same engine, same everything, just sightly different body style, but the Grand Am was marketed mainly to young people where the Alero was not! Wish I had known that before I bought the Grand Am! I liked it but not that much!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 455141, member: 1883"] Something else about car insurance ... it's good to check your policy every once in a while to make sure they're not charging you for things you don't have. I still have nightmares about when my son was on my policy! For a while he had a small Chevy S-10 pickup, just the standard stuff on it, none of the 'blingey' things like a lot of kids have on those little trucks. We'd been paying the insurance on it for quite a while when I discovered that they'd been charging us extra each month for things his truck didn't have. They had it down that his truck had those 'panel' things, not sure what they call them, the things that kids put between the front and back wheels on the sides to make the truck look like it's so low that it's almost scraping the ground. They add to your insurance because the stupid things get banged up every time you go over a bump! Of course,once the mistake was discovered, they refused to refund the amount that had been over charged for over a year! Something else I didn't know - it depends on the model too. This was a while back but for several years I drove a Pontiac Grand Am that I bought used. Nice little car and good on gas. Then I traded it in on a brand new Oldsmobile Alero. I expected my insurance to go up on a new car vs. a five year old used one ... but it didn't! It stayed almost exactly the same. They told me that the insurance rates for a Grand Am were [U]much[/U] higher because it's considered a sports car whereas the Alero was not! WTH? The two are basically the exact same car - same engine, same everything, just sightly different body style, but the Grand Am was marketed mainly to young people where the Alero was not! Wish I had known that before I bought the Grand Am! I liked it but not that much! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
Learning to be Frugal. What do YOU do?
Top