ROFL... I have a 500SL
 

While shuffling auto insurance coverage at the agents office. :)

My 240D failed to come up on their screen.. :eek:

Sorting through all of my vehicle registrations, UREKA..

:confused: For some unknown reason, their system shows the 240D VIN# as a 500SL.

They assure me the insurance cost is for the 240D, not a 500SL.

I requested they fix it to show correctly.
After several calls by my agent to the insurance home office, it should only take 3 - 7 months before the correction shows..

Is it just me, or is the generic company level of service and competence dropping in the toilet.

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It took me a few minutes to get them straightened out when I bought my '71 250 with the straight numeric VIN. I didn't have that problem a few years earlier with my '77 240D. They never got the impression I was driving an R107 in either case. The companies are gear toward newer cars, since that's what they see most often. A hiccup here and there with an old car is to be expected. Grade them on how quickly and well they can get their ducks in a row.

You physically visit an office to deal with your car insurance? :D Its 2013!


And yes, competence is dropping rapidly in this modern age.

Well, what are you waiting for? Cut the roof off of the 240D and buy a new badge: voilà -- the first four-door R107!

Id question that too as you did. Id assume any insurance company is selling me a bill of goods if their records show a mustang instead of a tempo, yet they claim they have the same insurance costs.

It never hurts to shop around, too to keep them honest. Just for curiosity you should get a quote from a different company to make sure you are paying a fair and correct price. I cut my policy cost by more than half by spending a day checking with different companies. For the five cars I had on one of my policies, I went from a little over $5k down to $1.8k annually. Same exact coverage and deductibles, AAA rated company.

An error that takes "months" to correct is pure unadulterated rubbish.

J.G.

I have had this problem off and on since the late 1990s.

When I had a Volvo 740 Turbo (2.3l 4 cyl) it was insured as a 760 (V6). Significant as back then the word 'turbo' usually made a big difference in rates. According to the company, however no such thing as a Volvo 740 Turbo ever existed.

My 1979 300sd was a 450se for some time.

My current 1980 300td is described as a sedan in their database.

USAA 'nuff said

X2. Never any problems with them, and they deal with the other guy's insurance company when you get hit.

I do not have any military background, so no USAA is available for me. I do have State Farm, and they have no issues w/ my 300D.

USAA great if you can get it...

Otherwise for those of us non-mil types I have had State Farm for 25 yrs and never had any issues.

White is black and black is white . . . .Rivers and seas boiling! . . . Forty years of darkness! . . . . .The dead rising from the grave! . . . . . .Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!


I'd hardly call the mix-up a disaster, it's a old relatively obscure car that likely predates any cross make VIN standard.

Without more information on the reason(s) 'why it is this way,' I'd have to believe that I would be switching to another insurance carrier - likely one without the middle man, 'insurance agent office.'

*About 'USAA?' Their premiums are off-the-charts high according to many, many formerly loyal customers. You fellas might want to do a check six on what you're paying, and switch carriers. Loyalty to particular carriers/agents is not worth the higher rates, when you could be saving a bundle by switching.

ALL, insurance companies will creep upward with your premium rates - not just USAA or Geico to name two that will jack rates when you're not even aware of it happening because you're not shopping coverage.