Interesting thread Joe, thanks for posting it. We have been happy with our coverage over the years even though our rates went up after my accident taking out a Ford F-150 truck while driving my 1995 Firebird Formula several years ago and ending up down a 42 foot embankment which caused me to retire 4 months early. But Travelers has been good to us since. It helps to have the entire package with one company I have found. Anyway, back to topic. We have full coverage on three vehicles and $1,000 deductible Collision:
2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP: $646.00 per year
2000 Lincoln Navigator: $528.00 per year
1998 Mercury Villager: $448.00 Per year
So we pay $1622.00 for all three. Not to bad.
Update:
It's been awhile since this thread that Joe began has been posted to! I just wanted to see if our rates have gone up or down in the timeframe? Well, I was kind of surprised to find that for us it has been considerably down
we are still with the Travelers Insurance Company, they have been very good to us, just checked & here is what we pay now for 1 year's coverage:
2007 Solstice GXP----------$456
2000 Lincoln Navigator---- $426
1998 Mercury Villager------$308
Total-------------------------$l,l90 Full Years Coverage
By the way, my wife's green 1998 Mercury Villager now has 110,408 miles on the odometer and was purchased brand new. It is still running like a charm. Our 2000 Bicentennial Lincoln Navigator "the Beast" is young at heart and has just 46,137 miles although it has been on many vacations. Miss Red Eagle has some catching up to do...most of her mileage has been going to and from Regional and National Meets! It is nice that the insurance has gone down over the years.
It is indeed an honor that the Pontiac Solstice was named by US News as the 2nd Best car for Insurance Companies! I believe that has something to do with the crash statistics on the Kappa's! From what I can understand you would think that crash rating would be poor for a Roadster, especially fitted with a 4 cylinder turbo charged engine! However it is the hydroforming that has helped by eliminating welds that add needless weight but add precision. The key is the high strength to weight ratio required of a light but powerful sports car. To complete the deal add in the fact that there is a racing style front and rear suspension of double wishbones of forged aluminum. GM provided us a very safe car with advanced engineering. It is indeed one strong little sucker!!!
