Liability Only: When did you guys make the switch

So, my annual insurance renewal is coming up for my truck. I'm using a company called Wawanesa, which IMO has pretty good rates if you live in California or Oregon. Anyway, I'm currently at full coverage, with maximum liability, since I own my home.

My annual premiums are only $909 per year, which is the lowest I could get while shopping around.

I did call, and doing liability only (no comprehensive or collision) would knock that premium down to $618 per year.

My question for you guys is, how did / will you make the decision to "downgrade" your coverage? My truck is turning 9 years old next month and sitting at around 115,000 miles. I have no plans to get rid of her, and I'm hoping she can last another 10 years for me. I'm actually planning on driving her until she explodes at 500,000 miles leaving my stranded on the freeway. I'm just kind of torn between paying the higher premiums for a car that is approaching the 10 year mark. My "commute" is only 6 miles one way, and I have a secondary weekend fun car.

What you guys think/do?

 

I drop comp when the value of the vehicle is less than the annual cost of comp ins.

 

I pay $710 annually for full comprehension.

State Farm

 

My beater costs me 30$ a month for liability..

 

When the vehicle is 6 years old or older and/or has a value of less than 6K, I drop collision. I typically leave fire/theft/glass on a vehicle as long as said vehicle has any value. These are relatively inexpensive.

 

well for what its worth this is what happened to me. I bought a new 2000 mustang gt and loved the car, my 3rd stang also. I lived in chicago but I worked in china, 3 weeks there and one week home, and i had garage parking, so by the summer of 2008 I had only 48,000 miles on her and when the big crash hit, and credit died, my job died also
so to save a few bucks I only had basic coverage, ( I did not worry about anyone stealing it because it was a 5 speed ( kids today dont know what they are missing)
well that spring a non-citizen who was higher the hell, fake id girlfriends big ole tank who reported it stolen when she found out, and no insurance destroyed my car, the 10,000 dollars in mods and my good southern nature, only the full length subframe connectors saved it from a total loss. he t boned me through a stop sign. and the police were no help, they dont respond unless someone is dead. so dont have a wreck here!
If you love and plan on keeping it keep the coverage.

 

It's a gamble. But your only talking less the $300 a year, I wouldn't imagine it's worth it.

 

i'd keep the full coverage "if" you can afford it. i'd rather pay a few hundred per year for the ten years "just in case", than have to try to cough up thousands at one time if my truck got wrecked.

 

From Clark Howard:
"Very often I'm asked when is the right time to drop comprehensive and collision coverage on an old vehicle. The general rule is when the annual cost of comp and collision exceeds 10% of your vehicle's value, that's the time to dump it and just have liability coverage. You can determine your vehicle's value at Edmunds.com, KBB.com and NADA.com.
So let's take a simple example. Say your vehicle is worth $4,000. If you're paying anything more than $400 annually (that's 10% of $4,000) for comp and collision, it no longer makes any financial sense. One notable exception to this rule: If there's no way you could financially cover the loss of your vehicle, forget the math and keep paying for comp and collision.
Finally, you should always opt for a $1,000 deductible for the best savings on your policy. At that level, you'll pay a lower premium and won't be tempted to file any small piddling claims."

 

I keep comp on my 96 with 260,000 miles. Damn deer crazy round here!

 

hell, when i sold the 99 and got the 96 i switched to full coverage. if im taking the truck out all of the time to more dangerous situations like driving through snowy mountains to go snowboarding and going off roading i want it covered in case i fuck it up. i wasnt worried about full coverage on my street truck because it never left the pavement, but if i slide off the highway or roll the truck i dont want to be stuck without a vehicle.

 

full coverage on anything I own..The only exception was my old 89 4runner that I bought for $40..lol

 

this^. 3 of my trucks have full coverage and the shit beater has liability only. i pay like 240 a month and thats with 2 drivers on all cars.

 

Full coverage on all my vehicles. I just dont want to pay out of pocket when I have a totaled truck/car when someone blows a stop light, or I hit some black ice and roll the truck or something along those lines. Then instead of saving $50 a month, I'm out $10k with no way to get around.

 

Ditto- Won't put me back into the same vehicle but it'll help me get into something.

 

If you have another vehicle, you can register you truck as a recreational vehicle (weekend driver) and keep full coverage on the cheep.

 

This is what I tell people when I get asked. There is no perfect time for everyone. As this says in red, if you cannot afford the loss of the vehicle at any given time, you should not drop coverage.

Every person has a different financial picture and dropping coverage is not the right thing to do for every person.

-Employee of USAA for 6 years and this is just my opinion.

 

First thing that will happen as soon as you drop collission a person with out insurance will hit ya, murphy's law!

 

Thanks for the responses fellas. I think I'm going to keep my full coverage. I'm already going cheap by doing liability only on the weekend car LOL.

Was talking about this with my coworker, her brother switched to liability only, and yes, within 2 weeks he got T-boned in an intersection by someone with no insurance.

So.... I figure since I'm already tempting fate by asking for the collective wisdom of TW, I may as not push it and keep full coverage LOL

 

I'm with that quote about annual coverage at 10% vehicle value, unless you can't buy a new one tomorrow (cash).
I hit a deer going 50 (35mph after brakes) this past summer and it barely scratched the stock steel plate front bumper. I don't see these trucks really getting hurt unless you're doing something super stupid or you get pile-drived by something a lot bigger. Drop the coverage and get some armor... lol.