

| Subject: | Re: Occasional use insurance in Canada? Was: Declared Value Insurance? |
| From: | David Marshall |
| Date: | Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:26:27 -0800 |
You can't be from BC!� :-)� Minimum three months here or I suppose if you just want to go for a weekend you could get a temp permit for about $55 for two days.� Ah the wonders of the government insurance! David Marshall VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider http://www.hasenwerk.ca On Tue, January 13, 2009 22:10, Poppie Jagersand wrote: > > Does anyone know where I can find a true occasional use policy > in Canada? > > Currently I have my car and Westy insured. Car is used throughout the > year. I just looked through the past five years of logs, and Westy > is used from 1-3weeks (ie my vacation and occasional weekend). > Yet my insurance company (Wavanesa) charges more or less the same for > both. > (ok its $100 less, 500 for Westy and 600 for car (Vibe), but thats > only a 20% rebate for a 95% reduction in used days. Not fair! > But insurance agents I call seem clueless at understanding the > difference. > > >> From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> >> Restrictions I've seen in addition to >> mileage is times of day, (rush hours), to/from work or any >> business use, > > Restrictions like these would be fine with me if it mean I paid for the > true risk of the occasional weekend/vacation drive in the countryside > instead of being fleeced for more or less the same amount as a daily > driver in the city. > > Anyone knows who I should contact in Canada for true occasional use > insurance? (I tried calling the Westy an RV but they didn't go for that) > > Thanks, > Martin > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Connect with friends from any web browser - no download required. Try the > new Yahoo! Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at > http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php >
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