Toymods Car Club
www.toymods.org.au
F.A.Q. F.A.Q.    Register Register    Login Login    Home Home
Members Members    Search Search
Toymods » General Car Talk » Probationary Lisence

Show: Today's Posts  :: Show Polls 
Email to friend 
Return to the default flat view Create a new topic Submit Reply
AuthorTopic
7M-Brisbane
Forums Junkie


Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
November 2002
Re: Probationary Lisence Tue, 13 July 2004 14:00 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Quote:

not like the piss poor method insurance companies use where anything with the word "Turbo" in it is a sin


I have access to a lot of (confidential) figures that prove otherwise. Turbo + Young = Accident... sorry mate. I agree that sometimes it's a bit heavy handed, but the idea itself is fairly sound. Insurance is basically gambling - and why gamble on a horse with a clear disadvantage (young guy, turbo car, high theft risk, fanging it up the mountains and through back streets) when you can gamble on a better horse (eg. male & female couple, driving camry sedately around town, low theft risk).

Even if the older couple do have an accident, it's probably going to be a minor one compared to the young guy with the turbo Fulleesik-SXR-GTi-Vspec-R-Blitz-Sard-Apexi-mobile who is likely to run into someone at full pelt or completely off the side of the road. Same goes for a theft.. the Camry gets pinched, then found at the shops a few kms away.. the turbo car gets stripped for parts and burned out. You can't win them all, but 9 times out of 10 that's probably the way it goes.

Insurance companies are businesses, no different to other businesses, catering to the needs of their number one customer (shareholders). Any business has a right to sell their product to a target market - and as long as they do not discriminate against or mislead people in the process, they can do prettymuch whatever they want.

For some reason people seem to think that insurance companies owe them something. They don't... they're just in it to make a buck and keep as many people happy in the process... who cares if you piss off a few customers that you didn't want to insure anyway?
  Send a private message to this user    

SubjectPosterDate
Read Message   Probationary Lisence Ra28-451Tue, 13 July 2004 10:32
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence STR8 2.8Tue, 13 July 2004 10:33
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Rolla BoyTue, 13 July 2004 10:39
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Ra28-451Tue, 13 July 2004 10:41
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence dimmy77_03Tue, 13 July 2004 11:27
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Rolla BoyTue, 13 July 2004 12:03
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence NarkTue, 13 July 2004 12:10
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence charliechalkTue, 13 July 2004 12:37
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence BradelzWed, 14 July 2004 10:15
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Camry_omegaThu, 15 July 2004 13:10
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence NarkTue, 13 July 2004 10:41
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence dcleyneTue, 13 July 2004 10:57
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence rob_RA40Tue, 13 July 2004 10:51
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence NarkTue, 13 July 2004 10:55
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence MR 1JZWed, 11 August 2004 03:10
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Ra28-451Tue, 13 July 2004 10:52
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence rob_RA40Tue, 13 July 2004 11:03
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Camry_omegaTue, 13 July 2004 11:14
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Ra28-451Tue, 13 July 2004 11:29
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence NarkTue, 13 July 2004 12:11
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Rolla BoyTue, 13 July 2004 11:18
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Camry_omegaTue, 13 July 2004 11:25
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Ra28-451Tue, 13 July 2004 12:17
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence ae86driftTue, 13 July 2004 12:24
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence bigg willie styleTue, 13 July 2004 12:52
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Jag7799Tue, 13 July 2004 13:14
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence -Talasas-Tue, 13 July 2004 13:36
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence 7M-BrisbaneTue, 13 July 2004 13:42
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Jag7799Tue, 13 July 2004 14:13
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence NarkTue, 13 July 2004 23:21
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence NarkTue, 13 July 2004 23:31
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence ZZT231Tue, 13 July 2004 23:52
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence rthyWed, 14 July 2004 06:11
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Camry_omegaWed, 14 July 2004 07:50
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence 7M-BrisbaneTue, 13 July 2004 13:47
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence justcallmefrankWed, 14 July 2004 00:04
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence  7M-BrisbaneTue, 13 July 2004 14:00
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence 7M-BrisbaneTue, 13 July 2004 14:34
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence carsanactraTue, 13 July 2004 15:36
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Jag7799Tue, 13 July 2004 22:35
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence psycheTue, 13 July 2004 15:57
Read Message   Judgement, skill and concentration st184 sillycarWed, 14 July 2004 00:14
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Billy-Mason PIWed, 14 July 2004 01:06
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence DrazaWed, 14 July 2004 02:10
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence NarkWed, 14 July 2004 02:37
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence BenjaminWed, 14 July 2004 02:50
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Jag7799Wed, 14 July 2004 09:26
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence carsanactraWed, 14 July 2004 08:26
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence DrazaThu, 15 July 2004 14:46
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence NarkThu, 15 July 2004 23:22
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Jag7799Fri, 16 July 2004 00:40
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence DrazaThu, 15 July 2004 23:37
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence st184 sillycarFri, 16 July 2004 00:13
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence dimmy77_03Fri, 16 July 2004 01:45
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence OldbitzThu, 09 September 2004 07:18
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence lumpyFri, 16 July 2004 02:33
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence st184 sillycarSat, 17 July 2004 05:32
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence checks202Tue, 20 July 2004 01:13
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence Ra28-451Sun, 25 July 2004 03:58
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence MookieSun, 25 July 2004 07:06
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence checks202Sun, 25 July 2004 11:11
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence nickedSat, 07 August 2004 01:48
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence ..J..Wed, 11 August 2004 01:03
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence carsanactraWed, 11 August 2004 03:10
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence NarkWed, 11 August 2004 03:39
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence MR 1JZWed, 11 August 2004 03:34
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence riceburna73Wed, 11 August 2004 05:38
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence riceburna73Wed, 11 August 2004 05:44
Read Message   Re: Probationary Lisence riceburna73Wed, 11 August 2004 10:08
Previous Topic:Red GT-Apex Tureno
Next Topic:SICTOY

Goto Forum:
-=] Back to Top [=-

Current Time: Mon Apr 29 00:38:18 UTC 2024

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.007343053817749 seconds

Bandwidth utilization bar

.:: Contact :: Home ::.

Powered by: FUDforum 2.3.8
Copyright ©2001-2003 Advanced Internet Designs Inc.