Make Sure Your Car Has Adequate Insurance

November 25, 2008

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When buying insurance, most people ask for “full coverage” without knowing what they’re asking for. What’s the problem? There is no such thing as “full coverage”. While understanding your coverage is important for everyone, it is vitally important if you’re driving a Mercedes car, BMW car, Bentley car, Rolls-Royce car, Porsche car, Viper car, Ferrari car, Lamborghini car, Lotus car, or Aston Martin car, Land Rover car, Lexus car, Mazda car etc..

If you’re driving an expensive, exotic or high-performance car, you will want to make sure that after an accident you receive OEM parts, OEM paint, the ability to repair your vehicle at the auto body shop of your choice, and the amount of money needed for the repair.

Repairing an expensive car with non-OEM parts and/or improper workmanship will result in substantial diminished value. With expensive cars, even a proper repair will result in diminished value. What is diminished value? It is the lowered market value of a vehicle subsequent to repair. For instance, a Porsche or Ferrari will be worth less after an accident, even after it has been properly repaired.

You do not want to get into an argument with your insurance company as to whether or not your vehicle can be repaired or should be totaled. Often, insurance companies will want to repair your car, when you think it should be totaled. If the insurance company agrees to total your car, most insurance policies only provide “actual cash value” insurance coverage which would only give you with a payment based on the current replacement cost of your vehicle, less depreciation (the decrease in the value of your car due to use, deterioration and the passage of time).

In the event that an exotic or high-priced car is totaled, the best replacement coverage is “agreed value” or “stated value”. The only insurance companies have found to offer agreed value insurance are Chubb and MetLife.

What’s the difference between Chubb’s “Agreed Value Option” and MetLife’s “Equivalent New Automobile Replacement” coverage? For high-value cars, Chubb is definitely the better choice. Chubb offers its agreed value coverage every year and readjusts the agreed value upon policy renewal. From what we have seen, the adjusted agreed value even years and over 100,000 miles later is substantially higher than actual value. Additionally, on a different topic, Chubb also offers up to $1 million of underinsured coverage, which is also vitally important. Make sure you ask your Chubb agent for the maximum underinsured coverage.

For average value new cars, MetLife is a good choice. MetLife does not offer its Equivalent New Automobile Replacement coverage after the first year or first 15,000 miles. For drivers of most new cars, this is still a good value because it is not uncommon for someone to total their new car soon after purchasing it. Usually, just driving a car out of the showroom can result in as much as $10,000 depreciation.

Free Car Racing Games

October 22, 2008

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Most people are finding ways to get some relaxations and deviations from their tensions and stresses by looking for games to play on the internet. The most sought after type of game are those free car racing games. These free car racing games online can give you the excitement and the adventure feeling that you forget your worries and tensions. And with all the financial problems that is affecting the world today, can easily make anyone get stressed out. For most people anything that can make you forget these bad financial events can brighten their day.

When you browse and look for these fun games online, you will be amazed at the sheer number of sites and software that you can use or buy. Free car racing games and driving games online are subdivided into subcategories. And within these sub categories, you will find numerous games to play including but not limited to racing, drag racing, parking, truck, monster truck and even bike games. Do not miss out the opportunity to enjoy the life-like driving experience especially when you carry these games for free.

Playing online free car racing games gives you another advantage of making friends. These lovely racing cars involve famous models Such as Ferrari Testarossa, Chevrolet Corvette, Lotus Esprit, Lamborghini Countach, and Porsche 930, infiniti Q45, Jeep Cherokee,Lexus ES300, Mini cooper as well. But if you are thinking about racing on these cars, then make sure you have the money to drive them. Free car racing games are mostly online and it is through simulations. But you can also learn a lot buy driving through these many simulator games.

But do not distract your mind from the other objective of relaxation and relieving your tensions. It is fun and entertaining as well as exciting to play these online games. Younger people tend to do this more often than the middle aged people but you may be surprise at the number of middle aged people finding it very exciting and entertaining. In some places you have to go the places or venues where these free car racing games are offered but most people would rather do it online. Playing online is much easier than going out and go to these venues where they offer them.

Deal with as much as you can as there are a whole of these stuffs online nowadays. You may many different titles that are out there and if you are serious about it, you can sign up and become a member of one of these sites. Becoming a member of these sites can give a lot of benefits and privileges. These are for the serious and diehard people who like to excel in these online racing games.

You have to understand that these are widely distributed between arcade racing games and hardcore simulations. The competition can sometimes make your adrenalin rush and the fun of winning the game can also be rewarding. Most of these online free car racing games can guarantee to give you excitement and entertain you as long as you play.