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Rob
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Woodcroft S.A.
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in much of your posting on these forums, you seem to lack the ability to put yourself in other peoples shoes!! for what its worth to you, I have full comp. ever tried seeing things through the eyes of a teen or early 20's?? its not unusual for full comp to be over $2000/yr in some cases. many of people in this age bracket also drive cars worth not much more than that so it doesn't make sense to pay the value of the car every year. |
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 424
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In my opinion driving with only 3rd party insurance is a cop-out, if you can afford to buy fuel at todays prices you can afford to have pay by the month insurance, My old 1985 XF ute is fully insured - so no matter what i do hit or runs into me Im covered, its called peace of mind, I know with young drivers Insurance is way to high, But thats the price you have to pay if you want to get behind the wheel, Maybe speak to a lawyer ( No win - No Fee ) & see what they have to say. My Partner was in the same boat two years back, a young female driver wrote her Astra off.... only had 3rd party so took NRMA to court only last week its all finished & was Awarded $25000.00. Hopefully you can fix the car...................
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Banned
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 776
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We can buy a POV(perfectly ok vehicle) that say is worth less than $3000 and drive around with 3rd party only insurance for a couple of hundred dollars. We therefore choose to take the risk of our car being totalled due to our own actions and therefore risk being out of pocket for $3000 or so. This is the most likely outcome for newer drivers, damaging their own car by their own fault, that's why comp ins is so expensive for them. If they are willing to risk the $3000 here(so they can save $2000 a year of comp ins) then that's a calculate risk that will probably pay off. Whats all the melodrama about having the car written off by having it written off by an incident where the other driver is at fault and uninsured or having it totalled by a hit run from a truck while it is parked etc. If as a new driver I want a safer ride and are willing to put out $10K+ then if I dont want to take a loss in a write off which will be more than likely my fault I should consider comp and in such case I need to factor in the cost of the comp ins along with all the other costs of running a vehicle Last edited by sudszy; 28-08-2011 at 01:06 PM. |
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Australia
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: behind a keyboard
Posts: 1,290
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… his apparent inability to keep his pen from drifting from the main objective of his words into diatribe must have taken away from the sound and otherwise convincing arguments that he advanced. —Henry Petroski, Engineers of Dreams, 1995 |
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Fixing Ford's **** ups
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: In a house
Posts: 4,759
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Moral of the story here. If you're going to drive around with no insurance and have an accident...
Don't post up here as you're going be be classed in the same category as a murderer and you can't drive for the life of you.
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A wheel alignment fixes everything, when it comes to front end issues. This includes any little noises. Please read the manual carefully, as the these manufacturers spent millions of dollars making sure it is perfect.....Now why are there so many problems with my car, when I follow the instructions to the letter?....Answer, majority rules round here Lock me up and throw away the key because I'm a hoon....I got caught doing 59 in a 60 zone Last edited by svo supporter; 28-08-2011 at 03:32 PM. |
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Rob
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Woodcroft S.A.
Posts: 21,507
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ahh forget it.
Last edited by prydey; 28-08-2011 at 04:10 PM. Reason: no point arguing |
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335 - STILL THE BOSS ...
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melb East
Posts: 11,421
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I am sure there is some advice in the thread somewhere ...... topic has gone straight ahead, discussion has turned left
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'73 Landau - 10.82 @ 131mph '11 FG GT335 - 12.43 @ 116mph '95 XG ute - 3 minutes, 21.14 @ 64mph 101,436 MEMBERS ......... 101,436 OPINIONS ..... What could possibly go wrong! Clevo Mafia [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] |
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