Gotta love public-run insurance!

I pay $500 a year to insure my '86 Westy for between $10000 and $15000 total
replacement value (Canadian dollars).

This covers collisions, theft, vandalism etc. along with a $100 deductible
and $1 million liability...

Andrew
Winnipeg MB

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Brodbeck [mailto:gull@GULL.US]
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 2:45 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Totaled camper van
>
>
> This is why I don't carry collision insurance on my van.  I
> know that if
> it's totalled, the insurance company will give me something
> on the order
> of $1200, because that's the KBB value.  I couldn't buy
> another camper for
> that, and I'd end up giving them more than that in extra
> premiums within
> a few years anyway -- especially with the way they're jacking
> up premiums
> lately to make up for what they lost in the stock market.
>
> Collision insurance just doesn't make sense for vehicles more than ten
> years old.
>
>
> David Brodbeck, N8SRE
> '82 Diesel Westfalia
> '94 Honda Civic Si
>

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