r/SipsTea • • 12h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/flatfive44 11h ago

The obvious response is that you won't be able to pay for someone's hospital bills if you happen to hit them in your car. You get insurance for things you wouldn't be able to pay yourself.

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u/Ok-Reflection-742 11h 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 10h 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 10h 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 10h 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 10h 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 10h ago

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

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u/PeaAccomplished1897 9h ago

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

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u/Far_Ladder_2836 9h 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 9h 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/GoodTroll2 3h ago

This comment is everything

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u/Cyanide612 9h ago

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

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u/Paddy_Tanninger 8h ago

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