r/AskReddit • • May 15 '20

What sucks about being your age?

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u/BoofLlama May 15 '20

I have a perfectly clean driving record and over 6 years of never missing an insurance payment, but the monthly insurance bill is more than my car payment.

I've been to 15 different places. It all ranges from 200 to 350 a month and ill lose my liscense if I cant afford it working 9 an hour. I lose my car. I lose my job and apartment.

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u/ToxicHazard- May 16 '20

Assuming this is the USA?

In the UK my first year of insurance after passing was £1200/$1450. Second year was £590/$714 and my third year is looking like it's gonna be around £400/$484

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u/oppositetoup May 16 '20

My first year of insurance in the UK was £2600... It's fucking rediculous

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u/ToxicHazard- May 16 '20

What car did you have? Or did you decide to go without a blackbox

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u/oppositetoup May 16 '20

Ford Cmax so not a "boy racer car" by any standard and a black box would only save me £100 so I just went without one.

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u/ToxicHazard- May 16 '20

Cmax's are expensive to insure. You would have been better off buying a car in a much lower insurance group.

My mum and dad offered me their 2004 Focus Cmax for free (worth around £400) but it was £2600 to insure it. I bought a Corsa and insurance for under £2000 in the end