Progressive says Mitsubishi not eligible for Snapshot

[Fummins]

Noted.

The op wasn't talking about using a scan gauge though... That seems to be the one known exception that's been posted all over the forum for years. Yes, scan gauge is ok. And probably some other devices. There seem to be more devices that cause problems than ones that don't in these cars. Even driving around with my scan tool plugged in causes the abs lights to come on half the time.

[Casey]

The scangauge had no problems in the mirage obd 2 port

Good I'm on day 2 with my scangaugeII

[wanna beco]

Tell your agent all cars 1996 and on have an OBD2 port...cuz your government wants to protect you.... good luck getting one on a motorcycle though.

[Fummins]

I'm with bel air direct. They have some app you put on your phone instead of an obdII tracker. Each trip you make you have to open the app and choose if you're a driver or passenger.
I didn't look into it much and only read reviews of people complaining about it, shocking I know.

Every time one of our drivers was in an accident that was their fault (usually rear ending someone), I could look through a driving report for the last week or two and look at who had the most reports of aggressive braking. 9/10 times the drivers who crash into someone are the ones with the worst records. They usually also somehow manage to get aggressive acceleration hits as well.

[7milesout]

What most people don't realize is that if you have any newer vehicle that has built in navigation and internet capability you are already being tracked. By whom, who knows but your vehicle is reporting it's location constantly when you have those kinds of bells and whistles which pretty much is standard equipment in almost every new car these days.

Who's listening / watching? Noone. There's not enough manpower for people to have a job where they sit around and watch all the boring crap ole 7milesout is doing. Talk about a snoozer of a job.

[skyblue]

Damn I should get one of these, my car moves like a snail.

[7milesout]

inuvik - how does Oregon determine which cars get 40+ mpg? I wonder because it seems it would be advantageous in Oregon to drive a car that gets 39.99 mpg...

[Casey]

I'm with bel air direct. They have some app you put on your phone instead of an obdII tracker. Each trip you make you have to open the app and choose if you're a driver or passenger.
I didn't look into it much and only read reviews of people complaining about it, shocking I know.

Every time one of our drivers was in an accident that was their fault (usually rear ending someone), I could look through a driving report for the last week or two and look at who had the most reports of aggressive braking. 9/10 times the drivers who crash into someone are the ones with the worst records. They usually also somehow manage to get aggressive acceleration hits as well.

That's neat. Progressive can do the device or an app but told me because I'm in Florida, the rules are if you can't do the device you can't do the app either. I was curious how the app might work for me since my job is driving a fire truck and I drive it differently than I do my mirage!

[Mark]

I just got off the phone with Progressive Insurance. I was real excited about putting Snapshot in my Mirage to save money on insurance. They told me the Mitsubishi Mirage wasn't eligible because it doesn't have an OBDII port. Well, I know that's not the real reason. The customer service agent said it most not provide the needed data. Just posting to make sure they are right and see if anyone here uses snapshot.

If you could do all this, how much car insurance savings are you looking at here?

I've found it best to combine my homeowner & car insurance. I've used Progressive for motorcycle insurance in the past, however.

When my Mirage gets older, I will like it even more. I will drop comprehensive/collision & just keep liability. Given the current used car market, however, that may not be happening any time soon.

[Fummins]

I have bare bones coverage on my car, they want $925 a year. I have no collision, no theft, fire, nothing, just protect me from getting sued and losing my house insurance. I have full coverage on my side by side that cost 20x what the Mirage did. I feel like I'm way more likely to write that thing off than my car and it's less than half the cost to insure. But it seldom gets used

If I wreck the car it's likely not my fault, more than likely someone hit me and their insure should pay me out provided they have insurance(and I'm not dead). If they aren't insured I believe the government magically pays me out and they go after the uninsured driver until they repay whatever the payout was(provided they know who it was).

But if I wreck my car and it's my fault, insurance will cover the other guy and I'm left with a wrecked $1000 car to either fix or part out. And go back to driving the truck again.