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Old 03-24-2007, 07:53 PM
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Okay so I called my insurance company to have the insurance on my camaro suspended for 6 months while I tear the car apart and put it back together. (I love USAA) and all was fine, I put my new DD sled on the policy yadda yadda.

Then I check the website to make sure my policy was all good, and for the camaro it is now set to "Storage/Rebuild" status but I noticed that it is on my policy as

2000 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 SS

but my car isn't an SS... so should I tell them that it's not an SS (would that save me any money?) or leave it as that?
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They're equal in the eyes of an insurance company. I work for GEICO.
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Geico FTMFW!
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Originally Posted by Phantompooper
They're equal in the eyes of an insurance company. I work for GEICO.
I have an SS and on my policy it says z28/SS i asked the insurance lady and she said that all z28 and SS are the saim to them.
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same here z28/ss
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Damn I thought I had found a way to save money.. oh well.
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It might mean z28 or ss
Old 03-25-2007, 02:11 PM
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I called to get a insurance quote for a 98 SS and it was listed as a Z28. The same on the carfax report I got. They list them the same.
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thats because there both v8 cars.
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what if you get in a wreck and on the policy is says SS yet its truly a Z28...couldn't the insurance company be a dick and say that they can't cover it because you signed false paperwork saying that the car was an SS when really it was a Z28?
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They know by the VIN and charge the same for rates. Mines been insured in two different states, both listed as a "CMROZ28/SS" followed by the VIN, even on the ID cards.
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Originally Posted by fastss
I have an SS and on my policy it says z28/SS i asked the insurance lady and she said that all z28 and SS are the saim to them.
....Wait so you call him out for saying the 'saim' thing as you did.
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+1 for Geico. Went from paying 3k every 6 months to $1400
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Have State Farm both to them are the same thing. Z-28 on both cards. Even after i traded the Z for my SS. Price didn't change a dime plus or minus.
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yes definately... i have progressive and mine doesnt even say SS, it say z28 and in (high performance). Thats all it say's but there is no diff. in payment.
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Haha.. Not Geico!!! I pay $950 a year for my SS full coverage. Then again no tickets or accidents. But i am also 17 and its a convertible
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Originally Posted by skeels
+1 for Geico. Went from paying 3k every 6 months to $1400
Good mother of God, how many tickets have you gotten? If my insurance was 6K a year I'd buy a moped.


Originally Posted by intense
Haha.. Not Geico!!! I pay $950 a year for my SS full coverage. Then again no tickets or accidents. But i am also 17 and its a convertible
You must be under your parents policy, big difference.
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It's better than driving a mustang(cobra) and being in the same insurance bracket as a viper.
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I wonder if there would be any problems getting parts if you needed them? Like a hood persay. If you really have a Z28 maybe you could get an oem SS hood as replacement since its all the same to them? Or maybe they could do vice versa and give your SS a Z hood?

Insurance under parents name FTW! $340 every 6 months babay!!
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i have State Farm and mine says firebird, even though it is a T/A. They knew from the VIN it is a 5.7 liter though.



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