Just more proof that our cars are getting more expensive to insure.

Insurance Article

 

Funny but I have the EVO and a POS 05' Saturn Vue as "sales" vehicles for my company and the Vue is $150 more a year then the Evo!

 

Once again, the EVO is at the top of the charts..

 

I pay $750 per year for an M3 and a Lotus Elise. I pay $1000 for the Evo. I couldn't believe the Evo was more than the Elise.

 

Ouch! Thats all I pay for a 04' MB G500! Do you have tickets?

 

This is either a recent development, or just wrong. I checked on insurance on an 03 Cobra and it was about $400 more per year.

 

yup i paid $1020 for my evo per year !! average around $85 per month. My GTI cost the same to insured too! so i guess its not all insurance company see it that way!

 

It must be weighted as cost to insure per $1 of vehicle value. Only thing I can think of.

 

I just went to a different insurance company they are at Unitrindirect.com I paid $450.00 for 6 months. I'm 23 no accidents and no tickets for 5 years. Check it out!

 

My evo was more expensive to insure than a C5 Z06 when I was looking for my car last year. That doesn't make much sense. I'll happily pay the extra insurance for such a great car though.

 

Everybody should realize that the numbers in that article are pretty useless without a detailed explanation of how they were collected. In all likelihood, the statistics were generated by averaging the insurance premiums paid nationwide for each of the models. This is wrong and will cause huge bais for cars that appeal to older folks.

What should have been done is to take an individual, John Doe, age 27, credit score 735, etc., etc, and get quotes from varying providers on varying vehicles.

All that study has shown is that Evos probably appeal to younger folks. Duh.

EDIT: If only I could find Dana Dratch's email, I'd ask her to step up with _real_ numbers to back such a rediculous claim.

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I use Unitrindirect too... they are very good.... mine cost a little bit more because i got a speeding ticket 2 years ago...

 

i pay 280 a month for insurance and my girl pays 400 a month for her STI

 

400 a month? So she's paying roughly 20% of her car's value every year to insure it? That's insanity. That's like buying two STIs - one for you and one for your insurance company.

 

it cuz she is 19. her aunt pays its anyway