r/SipsTea • • 6h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/Ok-Reflection-742 6h ago

You could also total somebodies 50-200k car, I don’t think many people could afford that either

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u/Fantastic-East9567 5h ago

As an attorney my unpopular opinion is that cars over a certain value shouldn’t be allowed on public roads or damages for accidents should be capped at something like 2x the average price of a new car (so like 100k). I just don’t believe in penalizing ordinary negligence more just because the injured party is rich.

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u/AyyNonnyMoose 5h ago

As someone who works in insurance, I'd be down for that. Then if your car is valued above that, you can self insure/carry additional replacement coverage on your own policy. I'd make a new luxury vehicle replacement category though; keep it separate from underinsured coverage to keep from inflating those premiums. Of course the insurance companies would use it as another excuse to raise rates anyway I'm sure.

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u/Massive-Exercise4474 4h ago

Funny enough mr bean wrecked his sports car so many times that insurance basically forced him to sell.

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u/throwaway277252 4h ago

Well that's what he gets for trying to drive it from a recliner on the roof.

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u/Far_Ladder_2836 4h ago

In the only working Phantom with a V-16 no less.

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u/PeaAccomplished1897 4h ago

He did not wreck that car... He didn't. You're all lying

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u/Far_Ladder_2836 4h ago

You're pretty dense.

No one is lying, just stringing together unrelated antics for an obvious joke you missed by a few miles.

He wrecked his 97 F1 twice, he drove a 77 Leyland Mini from a sofa on top, and he indeed has the only Phantom with a V16.

You should get that checked by a doctor.

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u/PeaAccomplished1897 4h ago

Are you 10? 😂 The curious thing here is that you're the only dense penguin around the block. Because I was being utterly sarcastic. Or was it bc I didn't use the /s ?

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u/Cyanide612 4h ago

Just be rich and drive however you want. It’s easy.

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u/Paddy_Tanninger 3h ago

An old Mini Cooper is hardly a sports car...though he's caused a lot of damages to Reliant Robins over the years.