Miata Mailing List: April 1994, Message #227
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   From: Andy Poling 
Subject: Re: insurnace
   Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 11:50:50 -0400

On Fri, 8 Apr 1994, Freie, John F wrote:
>         When I first got my 'lil baby I checked out the local insurance         
> companies and they consistently gave me estimates in the $700-800 range.        
> Then I called GEICO (does this sound like a commercial?) and I am paying        
> $360 per year.  Admitedly, it is a second car, I have a good driving            
> record, and I'm in an excellent age category... but, still compared to the      
> other rip-off agents this seemed a real bargain.  I am in the process of        
> filing my first claim (they do most of their business over the phone) but       
> them seem to be very helpful so far (knock on wood).                            

Congratulations.  You are now financially supporting the GEICO nazis
through your insurance premiums.  Examples of their exemplary citizenship
include: 

- they furnish FREE radar guns to police forces who promise to use them 
	against motorists

- they then drop drivers who get caught in speed traps (probably using a 
	GEICO provided gun) as an unsafe risk

- they keep trying to drop insurees just because they use a radar 
	detector - this seems to come up in Maryland state courts every other 
	year or so.


Gee - they really like to play fair don't they...

Guess you can tell what I think of THAT particular insurance company, eh?

-Andy

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