Your insurance premiums could go up by up to 20% apparently if the box thinks you're a bad driver, so driving around speedily could well cause you problems. Â It's not a stealth thing though - you have a constant readout of your overall performance which indicates what needs improving if you're to benefit from reduced premiums. Â It's supposed to take account of your habitual driving style, so if you exceed the speed limit on one occasion it's not like getting caught by a speed camera, it'll just be a blip on the dial which can be rectified by driving at more sensible speeds from then on.mk64 wrote:igor, my main worry about that is that if i need to go somewhere in a hurry and do break the speedlimit that it'll know and could be used against me. Otherwise i would because i do fuck all miles and have monster insurance.
What is that, 2002, 2003? In this country, that would be considered a car that wealthy people would buy. There's an 03 111s on carsales for 50k. It's ridiculous. I might come and live UK-side for 12 months just so I can get a fun drive to bring home that won't cost me half a fucking house.danclarke wrote:Elise 111s (actual car shown - I miss this one the most):
igorgetmeabrain wrote:Your insurance premiums could go up by up to 20% apparently if the box thinks you're a bad driver, so driving around speedily could well cause you problems. Â It's not a stealth thing though - you have a constant readout of your overall performance which indicates what needs improving if you're to benefit from reduced premiums. Â It's supposed to take account of your habitual driving style, so if you exceed the speed limit on one occasion it's not like getting caught by a speed camera, it'll just be a blip on the dial which can be rectified by driving at more sensible speeds from then on.mk64 wrote:igor, my main worry about that is that if i need to go somewhere in a hurry and do break the speedlimit that it'll know and could be used against me. Otherwise i would because i do fuck all miles and have monster insurance.
Agreed.g.man wrote:igorgetmeabrain wrote:Your insurance premiums could go up by up to 20% apparently if the box thinks you're a bad driver, so driving around speedily could well cause you problems. Â It's not a stealth thing though - you have a constant readout of your overall performance which indicates what needs improving if you're to benefit from reduced premiums. Â It's supposed to take account of your habitual driving style, so if you exceed the speed limit on one occasion it's not like getting caught by a speed camera, it'll just be a blip on the dial which can be rectified by driving at more sensible speeds from then on.mk64 wrote:igor, my main worry about that is that if i need to go somewhere in a hurry and do break the speedlimit that it'll know and could be used against me. Otherwise i would because i do fuck all miles and have monster insurance.
FUCK THAT.
Hmm, ok then.Mod74 wrote:You can wire me the money for an Aston. I'll PM my bank details.
BINGO(up to 11% rebate or 15% increase)
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