GEICO, the second-largest vehicle insurance underwriter in the US, has decided it will no longer cover Tesla Cybertrucks. The company is terminating current Cybertruck policies and says the truck “doesn’t meet our underwriting guidelines.”

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    1 year ago

    I hope other places follow

    Are they actually allowed to sell these pieces of shit elsewhere?

    Also is anyone else stupid enough to buy one?

    • smokebuddy [he/him]@lemmy.today
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      1 year ago

      they started taking orders from presales in Canada and they went through the entire list, I’m not sure if any have been delivered here yet though

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      1 year ago

      Presumably, “other places” refers to other insurance companies. IOW, GEICO is (allegedly) denying them coverage. OP is hoping that Allstate, Progressive, etc will also deny coverage.

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      1 year ago

      People knowingly buy stupid vehicles. I’m one of them. It’s expensive to drive, big, has expensive insurance and only seats two but I love it.

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        I didn’t realise they only had two seats!

        Is that one for each of your brain cells? 😉

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          1 year ago

          Someone with more than two brain cells could easily look that up and and realize they’re talking about a different vehicle before insulting a complete stranger for no reason.

          • IGuessThisIsForNSFW@yiffit.net
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            I thought ‘expensive to drive’ would have given away it wasn’t a cybertruck, since the only good part about those things is that it’s an EV and probably doesn’t cost much to charge. I might not agree with your decision to drive a huge vehicle, but I’m not gonna call anyone an idiot for doing it.

            It’s also generally good form to not make spelling errors (realise) in a comment calling someone else stupid…

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                Sorry mate, your comment really makes it sound like you were starved of oxygen at birth and bought a Cybertruck.

                As you were

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            1 year ago

            Why comment in the first place then? We’re talking about Cybertrucks and you start talking about your vehicle, people are gonna assume you mean the Cybertruck

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          1 year ago

          They likely didn’t know they were dangerous when they preordered and many are now stuck with them. I think they have a no resale contract for 2 years after buying.

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            I mean I don’t mean to sound ridiculous, but they even looked dangerous. I am not sure why anyone would assume they were safe. I didn’t even think they were street legal at first.

            That is a bummer to be stuck with one though, but you do have to be rich enough to buy one too.