It's the 70s all over again...

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Brent P - 15 Feb 2008 14:56 GMT

The stagflation, an unpopular war that's going no where, new CAFE laws,
high fuel prices, loss of manufacturing, more emmissions regulation in
the works, and now an insurance company war on horsepower:

http://news.windingroad.com/car-buying/insurers-rallying-for-war-on-horespower/

All we need now is DISCO!

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C. E. White - 15 Feb 2008 15:31 GMT

> The stagflation, an unpopular war that's going no where, new CAFE
> laws,
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>
> http://news.windingroad.com/car-buying/insurers-rallying-for-war-on-horespower/

I hate the IIHS! They have promoted more useless "safety" innovations
than Joan Claybrook.

The correlation drawn in the article between a Grand Prix and an
Altima is ridiculous unless we have actual accident involvement rates.
It is very likely that the difference in average loss rates is do to
the fact that for Nissans are more expensive to repair, or that they
are bought by less conservative drivers than Pontiacs.

Let me put the "theory to the test":

From
http://www.iihs.org/research/hldi/composite_cls.aspx?cls=2&sort=name&sz=2

Vehicle All Losses Rating
Ford Focus 120
Ford 500 75
Chrysler 300 104
Chrysler 300 (Hemi) 101
Chevrolet Corvette 80
Ford Mustang GT 102
Ford Mustang (V6) 121
Dodge Stratus 132
Nissan Altima 113
Nissan Maxim 112
Pontiac Grand Prix 98
Chevrolet Aveo 121
Toyota Corolla 113

Hmmmmmm..I don't see a pattern relating horsepower to insurance
losses.......especially since the most power car in the list has one
of the lowest loss ratings and one of the least powerful car in the
list has the highest....or that V-6 Mustangs have a higher loss rating
that Mustang GTs.....

Ed

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Brent P - 15 Feb 2008 15:43 GMT

>> The stagflation, an unpopular war that's going no where, new CAFE
>> laws,
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> list has the highest....or that V-6 Mustangs have a higher loss rating
> that Mustang GTs.....

of course its nonsense. It always was. But it seems a lot of nonsense
ideas from the 70s are back in fashion.

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Scott in SoCal - 15 Feb 2008 20:32 GMT

>http://news.windingroad.com/car-buying/insurers-rallying-for-war-on-horespower/

Makes me want to trade in my C6 on a ZR-1...

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litterbox@invalid.com - 29 Feb 2008 11:52 GMT

>The stagflation, an unpopular war that's going no where, new CAFE laws,
>high fuel prices, loss of manufacturing, more emmissions regulation in
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>All we need now is DISCO!

I wouldn't mind the Disco part !!!!

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