Miata Mailing List: November 1993, Message #91
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   From: Jeff Cerier 
Subject: Re: your mail
   Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1993 12:39:34 -0500



On Thu, 4 Nov 1993, Jyri Virkki wrote:

> Furthermore, the prices are ludicrous. I have a friend who some time
> was shopping for insurance for a $9K car; they wanted around $2K. Does
> that mean one out of every 4.5 owners of those cars total it every
> year? Yeah, right. The amount of profits these ripoff artists are
> making is mind-numbing.
> 
If you use the same math to look at deductables you get similar insight.  
I've seen things like a $100 difference to go from $200 to $500 
deductable.  That means you are betting that you will get into an 
accident -at least- every 3 years.  I've never been in one in 16 years.

-Jeff.