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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by toast0 on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @07:21PM (#17913718)
> because it is such a low volume car that is often (but assuredly not always) a second car that gets less use.

I always have to provide a mileage estimate to get an insurance quote -- and if I don't go to enough places that sell my mileage info, I have to send in a mileage declaration about once a year; so use shouldn't have anything to do with it.

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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by hcknwscommenter on Thursday September 06, 2018 @05:56PM (#17929969)
Your anecdote supports my point and undermines your own. Use has everything to do with it. That is why your insurance company wants that mileage information. I change my own oil and easily go years between visits to the mechanic, so there is no way my mileage info is leaking. There are only two times I have had to report mileage: 1. when I had a special discount from liberty mutual for driving less than 500 miles a year; and 2. now because I switched to metromile.

In both cases (again) use has everything to do with it.

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