What Is The Cheapest Used Car Insurance?

Reader question:

My parents have always dealt with my insurance before. Now I need to get the cheapest used car insurance policy that I can and I would like to know how to do that. Can you help?

Max

Sure I can.

The first time that you enter the real world and start handling all of your own affairs the way that you never did in college can be scary, so it is important to put extra thought into how you handle things like your car insurance and other bills. As a young person, you might not be making an amazing salary and getting the cheapest used car insurance can be key to getting your bills paid and still complying with the law. Here is a list of what NOT to do when shopping for a used car insurance policy.

• Do NOT fall in love with the first car insurance quote that you see. Like any relationship starting out, you have to get to know it first and make sure you don’t like looking at the other car insurance quotes better. Pick a link and go to a website that allows you to fill out a questionnaire and then get instant online car insurance quotes from several different companies, and the research each company to see which you like the best.
• Your used car is not a palace. If its exhaust smokes more than a tugboat, then you probably do not need comprehensive and collision car insurance coverage. The general rule is that if the car is worth less than a thousand dollars, you only need the basic liability insurance.
• Maybe you want to stick with the same auto insurance company that your parents have. If so, don’t let them take all the info you had on your parents policy and use it again on a new one. Get an annual review so that you can see what kind of discount you ca get now after several years of driving.
• Are you renting an apartment of condo? Buying a home? You can get renter’s or home owner’s insurance from the same company as your car insurance and thus qualify for a multiple policy discount, making all of them cheaper.
• If you get a fender bender, don’t report it. Cover the damage out of pocket so that you don’t create a claim history.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.

Car insurance for the student driver with a good driving record

Personally, I think I would be more likely to purchase auto insurance (or anything, really) from a company that was run by aliens. It seems like it would be easier to get a claim through with them because they have less experience cheating humans out of their money than other car insurance companies run by earthlings. Paying way too much for car insurance for the student driver is one of the hardest things about young people getting insured with their vehicles, and although I can’t guarantee you that Mercury is going to save you from that (although you can get free online auto insurance quotes to find out), I can tell you some ways to save that are pretty much universal among all auto insurance companies.

We’ve already discussed the good student car insurance discount, which is one of the easiest ways to get a break on the amount you are paying on your auto insurance for your teenager (or for yourself, if you are that teenager). As a recap, what that involves is a discount of between five and ten percent on your insurance policy if you have a B average or better or, in some cases, make a 3.0 or better. This is not the only way for student’s to get discounted car insurance, though.

One of the reasons that students have to pay so much to begin with is because, since they are new drivers and thus less experienced, they aare statistically more likely to get into an accident that will require a claim to be filed. They are also statistically more likely to cause the accident, and to have mre serious ones. How do you prove to the car insurance company that you’re not like that? By keeping a good driving record. This doesn’t mean you’ll automatically start paying the same amount as someone older than 25 with a good record, but it will take a lot off of the normal young person price.

There will be a different requirement for your driving record depending on where you go, so make sure you ask around and maybe go online to get some free quotes. Some companies are okay with a year’s worth of clean record to get the discount, so you could get it as young as 16 or 17. However, some require five years, so you’ll have to wait until you’re halfway through college already. Either way, it helps you save on car insurance while you’re a student and much longer.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.