Auto Collision Insurance

[pb4uski]

My collision is pretty cheap... $141/year with a $500 deductible for a truck that is worth $8,000 so about 1.9% of my coverage.

[travelover]

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Originally Posted by pb4uski My collision is pretty cheap... $141/year with a $500 deductible for a truck that is worth $8,000.

Here in MI, I was surprised when DW traded in a 10 year old Taurus for a new CRV and the total rate was the same within a few bucks. Collision on both.

[karen1972]

I'm in the $3-5k mark, but own Hondas so not sure my car will ever make it to that valuation. The other thing is what your paying for insurance, our plan only costs $550/year vs. my friend in CA says he pays over $2k for similar vehicles.

Though I'm extremely grateful I had insurance since I just got my car back from the shop 3 days ago from an accident my BF was in, got hit right in the door hinge so had to replace quit a bit, $7800 in damages, 8 weeks in the shop. So I paid my deductible and called myself lucky since insurance picked up the tow, car rental and rest of the damages. I was surprisingly happy with the insurance company (especially since I had just switched to them in Feb so they only had 2 payments from me before we filed a claim) and I'm positive my previous insurer would not have been nearly as good.

[Avocadorunner]

The comprehensive coverage is usually very low. It covers theft and older cars are frequently a theft risk.

[simple girl]

We learned that in our state, when damage to your vehicle is greater than 75% of value it can be considered a total loss.

Our insurance co almost refused to repair our old car after an uninsured motorist hit it (while it was parked in our driveway!). They were contemplating only giving us our blue book value of our car.

Thankfully, they did repair it. And then we dropped collision. Realized at that point that it definitely wasn't worth it.