Gary,
Is a Vanagon a 'true collectable' vehicle???
Is there a cut off year?
Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Stearns" <gstearns@sprintmail.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 4:48 AM
Subject: Re: Insurance for multiple-Vanagon households ?

> Go to http://www.hagerty.com/auto/quote.htm.  I am an insurance agent.
True
> collectibe vehicles do get a huge rate break through Hagerty (and others)
> For example:  I just insured my brother's restored '66 Triumph TR4A valued
> at $12,000. His cost: $285 /yr.
>
> Gary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: k1cajun <k1cajun@pipeline.com>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 10:40 AM
> Subject: Insurance for multiple-Vanagon households ?
>
>
> > This also applies to non-Vanagon vehicles, too.
> >
> > There are two drivers in our household.  The rest of the family members
> > are not allowed to drive (2 dogs, 2 parrots, no human offspring).  We
> > own 2 Vanagons and 1 Volvo (hey, at least it starts with VOL and comes
> > from the same continent).
> >
> > We, of course, must insure 3 cars for 2 drivers, but I would have
> > expected to see a significant discount for the extra car.  Since there
> > should only be two vehicles on the road at any given time, the insurance
> > co. has less exposure.  But we pay almost as much for the third vehicle
> > as for the other two.  Yes, there is a small discount for low mileage,
> > but not much.  Fact is, if I sell any one of the three, our insurance
> > bill goes down by a third.
> >
> > So I wonder ... What does a person do if they have what is reasonably
> > seen as a car collection ?  If I chose to buy a single-cab, a crew-cab,
> > and a split-window or two, and have them all legally driveable, is there
> > any insurance company that has provisions for seldom-driven cars in a
> > collection.  Or is this just the cost of collecting vehicles, making it
> > a hobby for folks like Jay Leno ?  (No, I don't make that kind of money
> > or I wouldn't need to ask.)
> >
> > Any list members with "collections" or in the insurace biz who have any
> > suggestions ?
> >
>