06-06-2019, 05:53 PM | #21 |
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NJ doesn't have a glass deductible, it's part of comp.
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06-06-2019, 08:22 PM | #22 |
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We carry separate glass coverage (no deductible), Used it 6-7 times in AZ over the years on 5-6 cars — just too many small stones that get thrown on the highway that chips are inevitable, and bigger cracks eventually. The worst was in the first Tesla, I had a few chips then got a huge one, so I replaced the windshield. Just a few weeks later I got chip in the new one, fortunately not huge and not in my line of sight as a driver. I eventually had that windshield replaced a second time. Only two uses of the coverage was a fill, not a replace...
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06-22-2019, 02:38 PM | #23 |
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Update: All better now. Had dropped off the car last weekend and the Safelite guy said that he felt it was wrong to install an non-OEM glass (that is what had been ordered) on such a new car and that they would fight to have Progressive pay for an OEM glass.
They put in a brand new BMW windshield today. All is well. Just paid the $100 deductible. |
06-22-2019, 04:38 PM | #24 | |
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06-22-2019, 07:20 PM | #25 |
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06-22-2019, 09:52 PM | #26 |
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Glad it worked out.
I'm still trying to figure out whether a windshield claim impacts your premiums moving forward. When I cracked the E46 windshield 2 years ago I paid out of pocket. It was only a couple hundred bucks and having the rates on 4 cars go up was too risky to file a claim. I hate car insurance companies. I've been paying car insurance for 25 years, never filed a claim, and my rates just keep going up. The law requires me to pay for every other idiot's accident for all these years, and to pay for the insurance company executives to get rich. /rant. |
06-22-2019, 10:36 PM | #27 | |
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06-22-2019, 11:08 PM | #28 |
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Idk. My feeling is that I kind of don’t understand how car insurance companies make money. I’ve made a total of...$40K in claims? And yet my premiums are seemingly unaffected.
Thanks rumatt for subsidizing my insurance! And kids. |
06-22-2019, 11:50 PM | #29 |
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06-23-2019, 07:23 AM | #30 | ||
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Insurance is for big losses that really hurt your pocket so I think your smart paying out of pocket for the windshield. Quote:
Under the liability section there is the cost of medical bills, lawsuits, damage to all the property the at fault party caused, etc. The legal costs alone to fight a lawsuit can get to be ridiculously high and we all know what a hospital bill can climb to. |
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