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MercenaryForHire
Lifer
Please, list these horrible factors that somehow were overlooked in producing a few hundred thousands SUVs and pickups this year.
"I'm going to remain an ignorant dumbass forever."
Sure. 😛 You keep reaching for that rainbow, Sunshine!
BTW, Mookow, crappy :camera:s are better than no :camera:s at all. Unless it's some K-Mart 320x240 webvideodigicam. 😛
- M4H
MercenaryForHire
Lifer
Well, it's sound advice both literally and metaphorically. 😉
- M4H
Well, like I said, I'll try. The best pic of them all though would be seeing the car after I got it towed. The back bumper had to be ripped off (it was loose, anyway) since it was blocking access to the chunk of metal pressing against the tire, the chunk that had to be pushed away out of the wheel's area. So, the cars is all fscked up looking, front and back, and the bumper was thrown in the cabin, going from the back seat on the drivers side to the front passenger's seat. I got a pretty big (though probably expensive) chuckle out of seeing that.
A question about the crash:
If I had tried to (there wasnt time for it) move my car into the shoulder, and had hit the concrete berm, scraping up and/or minorly denting the front of the car, but managed to avoid being sandwiched, how would that play out with my insurance company? Would I have been screwed for saving them some money and avoiding the crash?
If I had tried to (there wasnt time for it) move my car into the shoulder, and had hit the concrete berm, scraping up and/or minorly denting the front of the car, but managed to avoid being sandwiched, how would that play out with my insurance company? Would I have been screwed for saving them some money and avoiding the crash?
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Please, list these horrible factors that somehow were overlooked in producing a few hundred thousands SUVs and pickups this year.
"I'm going to remain an ignorant dumbass forever."
Sure. 😛 You keep reaching for that rainbow, Sunshine!
BTW, Mookow, crappy :camera:s are better than no :camera:s at all. Unless it's some K-Mart 320x240 webvideodigicam. 😛
- M4H
I do not deem it necessary to argue with you in this forum. It'll be an endless debate no matter how much proof I can bring to the table. As evident in your reply, all I'll get are insults so it wouldn't even be worth my time to debate you.
To be more consistent with the topic offhand, it stinks that your rates may increase. You can blame it on the SUV's too! The Insurance Information Network of California recently stated ?SUVs and pickups are much more expensive to fix than other vehicles, and they cause a lot more damage when involved in accidents.? In other words, when a Ford Expedition runs a light and turns a Geo Metro into an interestingly-shaped cocktail table, everybody pays.
your insurance company should not be able to raise your rates assuming the driver of the van covers all the costs for damages to your car, and that you did not get a ticket... they have no reason to raise your rates if you: 1)do not take any money from them to pay for damages to your car, 2)did not get a ticket... if they try to raise the rates, dispute with them these reasons... good luck...
MercenaryForHire
Lifer
I fed that into Babelfish, here's the result:
- M4H
Probably so. Insurance companies only worry about the bottom line and collecting premiums. Odds are they would've prefered to pay out less although without a ticket on somebody else they might be inclined to not pay anything at all.
In case you can't tell, I feel like insurance companies and especially one named USAA based in Texas aren't worth their weight in cat-turds.
Crappopotamus
Golden Member
sucks. glad your alright though. i try to never follow big cars. i change lanes a lot... i like to see. and go fast. 😉
KingNothing
Diamond Member
SUVs should not be banned, they're no different than minivans, semis, whatever, as has been pointed out. Welcome J0hnny, ATOT's newest (active) troll.
Also, see sig.
Also, see sig.
Demon-Xanth
Lifer
0roo0roo: the problem with standardized bumper heights, is that compact cars would have a problem seeing over thier front bumper. Why? Next time you're behind a standard big rig trailer, notice how high up the rear bumper is. Coming out of some parking lots, those come very close to scraping the ground. Although someone proposed it, they cannot be lowered without signifigantly affecting the ability for buildings to have the trucks get to thier loading docks. Also, the local utility company has full on lifted class B rigs for post drilling, placing, and cherry pickers. Why do they have these? Because we like to have our power lines run through the middle of f'ing nowhere in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Although a "standard bumper height" seems like a good idea, the only way it could happen is with the bumpers set to atleast 3' tall.
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