Allan,
Could not have said it better myself.
Happy TIGEEERRING for the rest of the summer, and see you @ the SHELBY
show...
Jan...
-----Original Message-----
From: Allan Connell <alcon@earthlink.net>
To: CoolVT@aol.com <CoolVT@aol.com>; kevnmeek@netcom.com
<kevnmeek@netcom.com>; tigers@autox.team.net <tigers@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 5:39 PM
Subject: RE: Insurance?
>Kevin, Jan, Mark and the Tigger List,
>
>I too have State Farm and just got the bill. About $204 for the year and I
>had to fight like hell to get the "classic" car rate. Full liability and
>"agreed" value of $15,000. What a royal pain in the butt.
>
>Maybe I am getting hosed because I only have two other cars, the house,
it's
>contents, as well as a jewelry and computer riders covered with my agent.
>(Hell, is there any more??).
>
>IMHO, stay away from State Farm if you can. They had to have three
pictures
>taken of my car on three different occasions. They required an appraisal.
>They originally wanted NO mileage and me to sign an agreement that I would
>TRAILER the car everywhere. Why in the heck, I asked, would I trailer a
>perfectly good car to a car show. After a threat to pull all of my
policies
>and move to AAA, the agent eventually went to bat for me. The deal we
>finally worked out was a maximum of 3,500 miles per year and that I do not
>have to trailer the car to shows or parades (?? Parades, I don' need no
>stink'in parades!!). And trust me, they DO check the mileage every year.
>
>Good Luck in your search for a good deal. Just make sure you can drive
your
>car. Just wish I could have gotten 5K miles per year out of 'em like Mark
>did.
>
>Regards,
>
>Allan
>B9472373
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net] On
>Behalf Of CoolVT@aol.com
>Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 9:49 PM
>To: kevnmeek@netcom.com; tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Insurance?
>
>Kevin,
> I posted my rates with State Farm Insurance last year. I pay $126.00 per
>year and if I report that the car is put away for 4 monhs in he winter
>(keeping only comprehensive on during that period) I get $45.00 refunded.
>Therefore, my total cost is about $81.00 per year. That is for full
>coverage
>with $400,000 liability with an "agreed upon value" of $13,000 for the
car.
>
> There are very few restrictions. I believe I'm allowed about 5,000 miles
>per
>year.
>
> There was much discussion on the "agreed upon value" and what a company
>would really pay in the case of a total loss, so you should definitely ask
a
>lot of questions so that you would be totally sure of what you are buying.
>
> Mark L.
>
>ps. the car has to be stored in a locked garage and had to be appraised
> also, I have home and 4 other cars insured with this agent, so my
>rates might
> be a little better
>
>
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