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Thanks, that's a really nice thing to say

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Thanks Adam - we really appreciate the support!

It seemed like a moot point. Either way, it was unsustainable in the long-run and we didn't have the bankroll to battle it out in court.

Yeah some companies do _really_ big discounts for profession -- engineer being one of the better ones.

Thanks Kurt, we're just really glad that we'll get to see it through this time!

The short answer is yes.

Because insurance is regulated on a state-by-state level, each insurer will submit different models to different states. For example, in California doesn't include credit score and New York does - this alone could change your rates by 60%.

However, while the final prices may not be the same, the magnitude changes that happen to your prices as you make different selections (ie changing your vehicle or get a speeding ticket) will be largely similar across states.

Thanks again for all of the support

Hey Dan, sounds like you're getting a good deal! As for Leaky, the prices we show are based on switching/new customers - so there are longevity discounts and multi-line discounts (such as insuring your home) that aren't included in our current prices.

Yeah -- we'd certainly love to, but we didn't think that we'd be able to securely store the data at the moment -- so we didn't want to risk it. That's absolutely a feature that we'd like to implement though!

Sorry about that -- something seems to have slipped through and we're working to replicate the errors and fix them.

Hi Craig, yes -- we too someday we hope to have a mascot as cute as Aleksandr

Wow - I completely read this as 'sexiest creeps' and it gave it a whole other connotation.

Interesting article; so unfortunate that it looks so bad in my browser history

Not surprised. I've been following it on Kotaku - Jim Redner just posted a huge apology: http://kotaku.com/5812131/negative-duke-reviews-could-lead-t...

Just to add, the Honda Accord scored really well in the test with 19 driver deaths, which is considerably lower than the average of 48 and the 350z high of 143.

I wondered about this too. The other part is -- how much is a car driven. Even if you look at behavior, is a 350z that much safer than a Porsche 911? Or is it just that 350z are driven [X] number of times more often, in the same manner, and thus result in a much higher death rate.

The key difference between the 'safe' vs 'unsafe' cars was electronic stability control. We talk a little about it in another post. The other difference was size (namely weight and height of a car). Those were the key themes that emerged.

That's a great idea, and I'm curious as well. I may have to get back to you on that. You can find the report at: http://www.iihs.org/externaldata/srdata/docs/sr4605.pdf