Geico tells El Reg, no, it's not canceling all Cybertruck insurance Geico confirmed to The Register that, following whispering on social media, the US insurance firm is most definitely not canceling all coverage on Tesla Cybertrucks. A rumor going around that Cybertrucks would lose Geico coverage was rooted in a post on X this weekend by a netizen who claimed they had eight cars, a Cybertruck …
You consistently don't read articles; just jump to conclusions. How on Earth is an article saying Geico isn't going to drop coverage of Cybertruck bashing Elon?
This is like when you said a review of a Meta model in which we said it was brainless and inaccurate was an AI puff piece. I don't mind critiques of articles, I just ask that you actually read and understand the things.
Or more simply: Lurk moar.
C.
I'm inclined to go with the response to this comment that comes to the conclusion that Beast666 and his recommended news source is a "deep [troll]. There's simply no other logical explanation".
I know a guy that bought a Mazda RX-7 as his midlife crisis car. He said that his insurance company dropped him completely at that point. He was expecting to pay a steep premium for covering a sporty car, but apparently they decided he had suddenly become a big risk at the wheel of any automobile, and would no longer even cover his (more sensible) daily driver.
If only they put pious running gear in a Trabant body. Or a Philippines owner-type jeepney.
As an aside, I havn't noticed stainless steel jeepneys rusting in the Philippines, but I suppose that's because it's notoriously arid.
To me, "contact" means they got a response, i.e. a successful communication attempt.
"Reach out" implies minimal effort, from "wrote to last known address" to "It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard."
I find that astonishing.
I've heard from Range Rover drivers that for some models it's best if you have a spare car because they can have the odd bout of problems, but EIGHT? Are Tesla really THAT that bad or does it just take that long to find parts for it?
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Just a wee bit of editing needed here to make things perfect...
Original version:
"Between the poor design, lousy build quality, lengthy repair times and frequent recalls I wouldn't rely on a tesla as my only mode of transportation"
Edited version:
"Between the poor design, lousy build quality, lengthy repair times and frequent recalls I wouldn't rely on a tesla as a mode of transportation"
There. All fixed now.
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At one point last year I was running and insuring 5 cars:
Wife's new car
Wife's old car
Daughter's car
My MX5
My beater XR5
Now done to 4 thank god
However 8 for one person if they aren't used by family members is a bit nuts unless you are a collector.
Given the size of some of those US 'cars' (which are starting to infest the roads over in Europe now, but only exist because as 'light trucks' their manufacturers don't have to meet the CAFE rules) its arguable that they should be registered and insured as commercial vehicles anyway.
FFS - does anyone really need a three-ton vehicle for everyday use (except professionally, of course)?
Ask the automakers about that, not US citizens. Today's compact trucks are the size of full size trucks from 30 years ago. This is why I have several trucks for my own use from that era - two midsize which today would count as subcompact, and one compact which would be a microtruck today. Once I finish updating the compact truck, one of the midsize trucks goes away.
when I was young, our family of four had eight cars.
Why did we have eight cars? Because we sold one.
Currently, I own three cars, all licensed and insured, and four motorcycles, and I live alone.
My GF (who lives alone) has two cars. yes, I inspired that.
We love our cars. Just money holes, not renting or running a business from them.
(and to bring this back to the topic of computers and IT)
I call my collection the Redundant Array of Individual Cars.
Long time ago when I was self-employed, I was trying to impress on a CFO the importance of good backups. Finally, he decided to get personal and say, "Well, how many cars do you have?" I told him, "not only do I have three cars, but I'm driving the backup van today, the primary van is in the shop". We did get our backup system.
There's also the "mis-read the speed limit and break it" feature.
OK, but that's the one thing it shares with other cars. My company XC40 does it so badly that speed warnings are the second item to disable in my 'getting in the car to drive somewhere" routine (the first one is lane assist).
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