Rim & Tire Ins
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Rim & Tire Ins
I was just wondering if anyone was offered the rim & tire insurance w/the initial purchase of their car. & if so have you used the insurance yet?
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Got mine about $500 if memory serves. Seeing as it covers rubber and tires - can't go wrong. Think about the math, buy tires every two years, skip on road hazard. One wheel ding on a pothole - it easily pays for itself.
Best part - it's from MB directly, so I don't expect to be jerked around. Oh - and it covers whatever is on the car at the time of incident, so summer and winter sets are covered.
Best part - it's from MB directly, so I don't expect to be jerked around. Oh - and it covers whatever is on the car at the time of incident, so summer and winter sets are covered.
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i got the insurance and i have used it. i had a bubble in my front tire and they replaced it free of charge. then i went for service and they noticed i had a screw in the tire and they fixed it for free as well. it seems to work pretty good. if i damage a rim they also replace it. havent damaged one it whats they have told me
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No I didn't damage a wheel but i figuered it's a good thing to have being that my tires are almost bald. I don't remember how much I paid for the insurance. It was somewhere around $800 tho. They even told me that it covers aftermkt rims but only an inch bigger in diameter than stock.
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No I didn't damage a wheel but i figuered it's a good thing to have being that my tires are almost bald. I don't remember how much I paid for the insurance. It was somewhere around $800 tho. They even told me that it covers aftermkt rims but only an inch bigger in diameter than stock.
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Got mine about $500 if memory serves. Seeing as it covers rubber and tires - can't go wrong. Think about the math, buy tires every two years, skip on road hazard. One wheel ding on a pothole - it easily pays for itself.
Best part - it's from MB directly, so I don't expect to be jerked around. Oh - and it covers whatever is on the car at the time of incident, so summer and winter sets are covered.
Best part - it's from MB directly, so I don't expect to be jerked around. Oh - and it covers whatever is on the car at the time of incident, so summer and winter sets are covered.
I need new rears & I've only got 6000 miles on the car.
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And to those of you who claim this kind of thing to be victimless, have you ever wondered why car insurance premiums continue to rise despite a multitude of factors that seem to indicate they shouldn't, including a huge drop in auto thefts?
Obviously insurance fraud is not the sole reason, however the Insurance Research Council stated in Nov. 2008 that for Bodily Injury claims alone "[f]raud and “buildup” added $4.8 billion to $6.8 billion in excess payments to auto injury claims in 2007" and that "[b]ogus and abusive claims also are rising. They ranged between $4.3 billion and 5.8 billion in 2002, or between 11 percent and 15 percent of total payments." Again, these statistics are not even including give-ups (fraudulent theft reports) and other types of fraud.
Just something to think about and hopefully you'll think twice before committing a crime that costs us all a lot of money.
