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Originally Posted by AshWilliams
I know that primitive VSC systems in older cars had a lag time that you could get ahead of and cause MORE problems than an inexperienced driver who would just freeze up.
I had an 01 4Runner that would kick in VSC a second or so AFTER you had corrected a skid and sent you skidding in the opposite direction. Which was really frightening because the VSC-induced pants crapping would happen when you thought you alread had already regained control of the truck.
Good times.
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For a second there, thought you were talking about the Lexus SUV. Okay, I will concede there but whoever said the BMW ripping off a fresh green is just being silly no?
As for the insurance thing, whether the car gets totalled or not actually only plays a chunk of the whole game. The key thing is health care. When people sue for accidents, it usually close to or in million dollar range. THAT is why my shitbox subcompact gets higher insurance rates than say a RAV4. According to all the brokers I talk to, the easier it is to get hurt in your car, the higher the insurance rates. Attrition rates for cars being totalled are always higher on tiny cars (eg: IQ, Smart, Yaris, Fit) but the key thing is that chances are you are going to get hurt easier than say in a Hummer.
When I countered that point with: "Well, if I drive a Hummer - shouldn't that mean if I ever cause an accident, I wind up hurting more people since I am the "big guy" on the road?"
No answer to that one.
Insurance... LIES.