Thanks for all the responses, guys.
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Originally Posted by azn370z
Why don't you get a quote from another insurance company, pretty quick and easy to do online? If you get a cheaper rate then switch. I use geico myself, and renewed a couple months ago without an increase.
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I've done this, it's just annoying to me to have to switch companies so frequently.
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Originally Posted by JDubya
It's definitely hard to gauge your exact situation with respect to the insurance company because so many factors play into premiums from company to company, but i'm assuming that is quite a large increase(not sure what your 6 month premium is). That whole "oh that was just an estimate because we didn't really know about the car" line is pretty much a load of garbage though; they absolutely know the cost of all the parts and the labor associated with fixing the car probably as soon as it is available to the public, especially a car with previous generations. Theft? i'll buy the estimate nonsense about that, but they can't be too far off on the estimate. A $210 6 month increase to me would translate to a whopping 40% or so increase in my premium, and I know if they gave me some crap about their estimates being off by that much, i'd definitely take my business elsewhere.
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Yeah, that's over a 50% increase for me, which can in no way be justified by the factors they mention.
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Originally Posted by ducky
My got increase as well about $40..thanks to those people that crashes their Z..
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Can't say I haven't caused a wreck before, so I'll hold my judgement. Eh maybe not--what are all these young whippersnappers doing with their fancy sports cars that they don't know how to drive and their parents bought for them. Hmm, don't feel any better.
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Originally Posted by 370z2k10
When me and my wife bought our cars last month my wife came home and proceeded to change over our insurance information online, we had Progressive at the time. After she switched the information it quoted her an almost $600 increase for our 6 month policy.
Needless to say she FREAKED! I had two 350z's previously and traded in my last 350 for the 370. (she traded in for an Altima) There's no reason why our insurance should increase that much, nothing else changed, no accidents, tickets etc. In the past when we have purchased new vehicles our rates went down. What's so different about an Altima or 370z? It's not like we traded in for GTR's. 
She started entering all of our information in other insurance sites online, Geico, Allstate, etc. and was quoted similar high rates for each company.
This is where she really Freaked!
Then she started calling and the quotes after she called came in LOWER than what our current rates are. We ended up switching to Allstate with increased coverage and it was cheaper (~$180 less for a 6 month policy [~$30 per month] ) than what we were paying for our previous vehicles with Progressive.
I'd recommend calling around, don't use the online quotes. It paid off for us.
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Thanks, it's clear that there's not much rhyme or reason to this stuff, I've just never heard of anything this crazy.