Averaged out it's only $1441.34 per year or $144.13 per bike per year. Fourteen hundred bucks is what it costs to insure one car for a year.
$1400 a year for insurance? That's Canadian dollars I hope! If it's USD you must be a high risk driver. Hmmm... maybe your *own* poor driving is why you tag all drivers with the appellation of "scumbag scud jockeys".<g>
Regards, Bob Hunt
P.S.- I adjusted your numbers because I'm guessing your "veloraptor" costumes aren't cycling-specific.
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Averaged out it's only $1441.34 per year or $144.13 per bike per year. Fourteen hundred bucks is what it costs to insure one car for a year.
$1400 a year for insurance? That's Canadian dollars I hope! If it's USD
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must be a high risk driver.
It really matters where you live -- I paid a lot lower insurance when I lived in a small town in upstate NY, than when I lived in an urban neighborhood in Southern California. The issue wasn't my driving skills, it was the risk of theft and damage.
Averaged out it's only $1441.34 per year or $144.13 per bike per year. Fourteen hundred bucks is what it costs to insure one car for a year.
$1400 a year for insurance? That's Canadian dollars I hope! If it's USD you must be a high risk driver. Hmmm... maybe your *own* poor driving is why you tag all drivers with the appellation of "scumbag scud jockeys".<g>
Regards, Bob Hunt
P.S.- I adjusted your numbers because I'm guessing your "veloraptor" costumes aren't cycling-specific.
Dinos often dance with the art babes, chopper grrlz and other bikesexuals but they do look best on bikes. In fact, I even have a Dino specific bicycle.
That $1400 is definitely Canadian dollars. That is what my former wife paid the last year (2000) she carried comprehensive insurance on her Suzuki Swift. She had two speeding tickets.
As Claire pointed out, it costs more in metropolitan areas. Lots of people register their cars to their Whistler address to avoid paying their full share. -- zk
Averaged out it's only $1441.34 per year or $144.13 per bike per year. Fourteen hundred bucks is what it costs to insure one car for a year.
$1400 a year for insurance? That's Canadian dollars I hope! If it's USD you must be a high risk driver. Hmmm... maybe your *own* poor driving is why you tag all drivers with the appellation of "scumbag scud jockeys".<g>
Regards, Bob Hunt
Insurance rates are vastly different by zip code, and a lot of step-9 (no incidents in 10 years) drivers are paying over $2000 US for insurance. Other drivers in other places are paying much less, despite less than perfect records.
Austin -- I'm pedaling as fast as I durn well please! There are no X characters in my address
Dinos often dance with the art babes, chopper grrlz and other bikesexuals but they do look best on bikes. In fact, I even have a Dino specific bicycle.
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So it's an entertainment cost rather than a cycling specific expense. It may still be deductible.
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That $1400 is definitely Canadian dollars. That is what my former wife paid the last year (2000) she carried comprehensive insurance on her Suzuki Swift. She had two speeding tickets.
I was figuring that $1400 was Canadian. That makes it a bit more palatable.
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As Claire pointed out, it costs more in metropolitan areas.
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I'm aware of that. Insurance that costs me $870 per year in the Chicago suburban area would cost me just over $1000 in the city proper. (I have no tickets on my record but OTOH I don't drive a Suzuki.)
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Lots of people register their cars to their Whistler address to avoid paying their full share.
I assume Whistler is a bedroom community of Vancouver but no matter. If they can afford two residences they can afford insurance.
Lots of people register their cars to their Whistler address to avoid paying their full share.
I assume Whistler is a bedroom community of Vancouver but no matter. If they can afford two residences they can afford insurance.
It's a ski resort playground. Site of several World Cup and 24 Hours of Adrenaline mountain bike and cross-country races. It's the home of the 2010 Olympics sliding venues.
It's about 90 minutes north if you break all the laws trying to get there in the advertised time. Closer to two hours in traffic, longer when it's snowing. Providing nobody wipes out or there's no rock slides and all the bridges remain intact.
Sure they can afford insurance on their luxury type scuds. The point being - they're cheating since they spend most of their time driving around in the GVRD. (Greater Vancouver Regional District which does encompass the bedroom communities) -- zk
