• Rojo27 [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    Can't get my truck insured because it's a POS.

    Still love the truck thoughvery-normal

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      5 months ago

      Even when my car was running and it had bad rust damage and the tires were shot I was insured. Imagine a 100k car not being insurable, lol. lmao

      • Chronographs@lemmy.zip
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        5 months ago

        I’m guessing it’s because if your rust bucket has a claim they only have to pay out a tiny bit of money, while these pieces of shit are unreliable and expensive to repair.

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        5 months ago

        I swear to fuck DEI is just the new "WAAAAH Critical Race Theory!" it even has the same cadence to say it.

        • Cummunism [they/them, he/him]
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          5 months ago

          30 years ago it was conservatives whining about "political correctness." Except back then at least they could pretend it was about something else. To be literally against diversity, equality and inclusion? Mask off.

        • GaveUp [she/her]
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          5 months ago

          DEI is the critical race theory for corporate PMC chuds who only vote Democrat because they think voting Republican is for the poors and uneducated

        • zed_proclaimer [he/him]
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          5 months ago

          The new “politically correct” and “SJW”

          They keep making up new phrases to get mad about the same thing, people more progressive than them

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
    hexagon
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    5 months ago

    I've been telling people about cybertruck owners posting about getting their insurance canceled or not renewed since friends of mine in Tampa keep seeing them. Basically, "if you see one on the road stay away because it's likely not insured".

    ---

    After this winter I suspect you won't be able to insure it in the midwest and northeast.

    There’s one I’ve seen a couple times in Northern Virginia, it has water spots and is already yellowing ¯\(ツ)

    From what I understand the body panels are all different so they all weather at different rates. Great news to find out after learning you can't wash the thing or it will void the warranty.

    https://subium.com/profile/niedermeyer.io/post/3kv5dxoqq7622

  • DerRedMax [comrade/them, any]
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    5 months ago

    Was with Geico for 20 years. 0 claims. My R8 was $1300/6 months with them. Back in February they quoted cybertruck at $3k/6 months. Finally went with progressive for $1441.

    What I want to know is why you would ever sell your R8 for a cyber truck?

    I hate that it bothers me, but I just can’t put myself in the mindset of these people.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
    hexagon
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    5 months ago

    "Tesla insurance" sounds like The Onion.

    Tesla insurance is the mvp if you live in CA. Cheaper than mercury for me (and Mercury is almost always the cheapest for me)

    • FloridaBoi [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      That’s really impressive. That company is just trying to fully vertically integrate

    • Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]
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      5 months ago

      the truck owners are asleep bc it has autopilot. normie wagecuck drivers have to be literally woke to even go anywhere. choke on that commie

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
    hexagon
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    5 months ago

    I just got a quote from Geico for a Cybertruck to add to my policy. It was about the same as to add a model s and less than a. Model x by 100 per 6 months

    You can get the quote without an issue, but when it comes time finalize it, reportedly it won’t be possible. Let me know though if it works out.

  • WorkingClassCorpse [comrade/them, any]
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    5 months ago

    Tesla fanboys and florida vacationers being the first people to get booted off of privatized property insurance might be the best way to start the era of climate disaster. The only way this would be better is if all the newly uninsured cybertrucks are in florida for a IRL meetup when a hurricane sweeps them all into the ocean.

  • NewLeaf
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    5 months ago

    So like, elon is going to start insuring them himself, but there will be no coverage.

    Write it down.

      • NewLeaf
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        5 months ago

        Would it be gauche to sneak in a couple of things for myself? Nothing too heavy. Maybe just no car problems for a while, and maybe those Modest Mouse tickets I want?

        • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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          5 months ago

          The monkey paw curls.

          Your car is repossessed, after which it gets bought by an eccentric collector who ensures it is always in pristine condition for the rest of time.

          Later you win a competition, the prize? Tickets to see Iron Horse play their bluegrass tribute album "Pickin' on Modest Mouse".

  • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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    5 months ago

    Geico is another one of those us company names that just baffles my Anglo brain.

    Is it just the result of 8 billion corporate mergers and Geico is the soulless name that just happened to be spat out the end?

    • Roonerino
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      1 month ago

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      • Dolores [love/loves]
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        5 months ago

        which is baffling in the usual yankee way of something sounding like it's a government program when it is in fact an absurdly conceived private entity. auto insurance for government employees based on the frankly insane hunch that a government employee is magically less likely to wreck a car.

        • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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          5 months ago

          The moment i found out that “right to work” has nothing to do with guaranteed employment. Even wikipedia had to include a disclaimer that the American version has nothing to do with the internationally understood definition.

        • Roonerino
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          1 month ago

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    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      5 months ago

      But they have a cute gecko mascot!

      I avoid ads like the plague so the first time I learned about it was in a Reddit thread. I'm American but I never felt less American my whole life. I had no idea what Geico was and why it/they had a mascot. Somebody called it the "Geico lizard" which outraged some Redditors who corrected the OP by telling them repeatedly it was a gecko. When I googled - I had a good laugh. My guess was that it was anime related or maybe something related to a band maybe? I'll never understand how passionate Americans can be about a marketing tool.

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        5 months ago

        the word for gecko in mandarin 壁虎 (bìhǔ) translates literally to "wall tiger"

        • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
          hexagon
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          5 months ago

          I suppose at that time the Reddit hivemind thought of geckos as lizards+ due to their special feet, one kind of gecko can vocalize, some (all?) geckos can clean their eyes with their tongue, (etc?). That was years ago but if I'm right - they still think that way.

        • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
          hexagon
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          5 months ago

          emizeko wrote...

          the word for gecko in mandarin 壁虎 (bìhǔ) translates literally to "wall tiger"

          Maybe the hivemind is aware of that to so a gecko can't be just a mere "lizard".

    • Mindfury [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      What if he had insurance but it was for the fellas?

      Oh shit we've excluded half the population, change the letters slightly

  • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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    5 months ago

    I had Geico insure my CT on March then this month they just increase 200$/month premium so i switched to Tesla

    I know all insurance companies want to save money but i feel that a Tesla operated insurance has more incentives to save money and falsely conclude that defects and damages arent Tesla’s fault.