Time for a "new" car
Posted on November 7, 2007 in the Ranting category
Nearly two weeks ago, Mary was in a car accident. Nothing horrible happened to her or the other driver, however, our Jeep was totaled. The other driver had a Subaru that, judging from the pictures (I will put them up later), was likely totaled as well.
The REALLY annoying part: She (the other driver that caused the accident) doesn’t have car insurance. We live in a state where car insurance is OPTIONAL. I don’t really begrudge her for not having it - I actually went a few years without insurance, however, I drove cautiously and never had an accident since I started driving. We have great insurance that will be covering everything on our end . . . except one important thing: a rental car. The Jeep was our only vehicle but we did not think much about getting rental coverage on our insurance - I sort of thought it was included. A rental would have been covered for by the other driver’s insurance, if she had it of course. So, since the 26th, we have been using her parents extra car.
The cool part in this is that we are getting a decent check to pay for things. We owed a little bit on the Jeep - so that is getting paid off - and we will have some money left over to go towards a “new” car. Of course I mean a “new for us” car. I will definitely be looking for something that gets better than 19 mpg like the Jeep which means something along the lines of a previously enjoyed Accord, Subaru, Toyota, or Ferrari F430. Do you think the Ferrari comes with LATCH?
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