Mal ,'Serenity'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
It's the Kennedy silver dollars that are huge, I guess. That's what I was picturing when I thought "50 cent piece".
(eta: I'm having trouble getting passed the possibility of deleting someone else's posts to the ettiquette of it. Seems wrong, in any case)
Ooh, deleting someone else's posts? Cree-pee.
Yeah. I want to be sympathetic, because I was snotty and condescending (there was no logic to be found in their arguments), but I really am put out that they deleted other folk's words.
Clearly someone who hasn't mastered the whole arguing-on-the-internet thing.
Oh, 'Suela. That's awful. I think I know the debate of which you speak and the wrongheadedness of the involved person. Swearing and deleting? Talk about childish.
Btw, I have to e-you about the memorial weekend thing. I'm gonna have to book the plane tickets soonish.
On an unrelated note, say a person has only been driving for a little over 6 months and therefore had an insurance for less than a year. If the said person--oh, frakk it, I mean myself--had a reasonable driving record except for a ticket I paid when I, uhmm, nicked a parked vehicle (which I didn't use insurance to pay), what should I expect as a reasonable monthly premium? I have to renew my auto insurance with GMAC and it turns out to be around $200/mo, and something tells me I could do better. Except I really can't be arsed to shop around too much.
Swearing and deleting? Talk about childish.
It smelt a great deal of "taking my toys and stomping off home".
Sorry about the ding! But the ticket could be a problem -- you'll probably get points for that. Reasonable insurance varies too much depending on where you live, how much you use the car, and so forth, so I can't really give advice on that. But $2400/year seems kinda high.
The pricing of auto insurance is a total mystery to me. Doesn't Progressive do some sort of side-by-side comparison for you (or is that Geico? Someone with advertising that I see and semi-remember) so you can get an idea of what's "normal"? That'd be minimum effort, I think.
I have to renew my auto insurance with GMAC and it turns out to be around $200/mo, and something tells me I could do better. Except I really can't be arsed to shop around too much.
Vonnie, we pay about $139/month through Progressive, and that's with a big GMC truck and an urban environment.
Deleting someone else's posts is definitely out of bounds for most arguing on the Internet.
And timelies.
Reasonable insurance varies too much depending on where you live, how much you use the car, and so forth
Urban Pennsylvania, new car (a Pontiac Vibe, 2004), not used for commuting--in fact, I barely went over 2000 miles in 6 months. Which is why I think 2400/yr is too much, dinging or not. I think I'm probably paying a higher premium because I've had less than a year of continuous auto insurace. Bah. Maybe I should just go with it shop for another company when I've been driving for more than a year.
Also? Try calling your agent and negotiating.
Which I really should do, since there has been a lot of coverage over the disparity between city & county rates where most of the county drivers are driving in the city AND IT MAKES NO SENSE. And with it at least a $500/year difference.... I know other people who have worked it out this way.
Vonnie, I drive a new Forester in Chicago. After an accident (no one hurt, lots of car damage), my insurance was less than that at $149/mo. A year after the accident, my insurance went down to $108/mo. So, yes, I think $200/mo. is high.