B10 - Sunday, June 12, 1983 - North Shore News

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The rising cost of fender benders

Despite the fact that in- surance settlements for hun- dreds of thousands of dollars make dramatic reading, the most expensive part of car insurance is fixing broken cars, not broken bones.

According to Insurance Bureau of Canada, approx- imately 75 cents of every dollar of claims cost goes to pay for repairing damaged vehicles and other property damage while the remaining 25 cents covers the cost of bodily injury payments.

To demonstrate the in-

creasing cost of parts, paint and labour, 122 actual ap- praisals from IBC Appraisal Centres across Canada were selected a random in January 1982.

Early in 1982, each of these appraisals was updated to show current parts and labour prices. The total bill for 122 cars was $103,040.53 in January, 1981. In January of 1982 it would have been $116,775.65.

A major

part of auto

repair expenses is the cost of In the 10 years replacement

replacement parts. last

parts prices have increased substantially.

From 1981 to 1982 the cost of a Toyota Celica hood panel climbed from $163.95 to $206.60, up 26 per cent, and the door moulding for a Chevrolet Monte Carlo from $16.95 to $25.95, an increase of 53 per cent.

In the same period, a fender for a V.W. Rabbit climbed 20 per cent, from $138 to $179 and bumper brackets for an AMC Jeep

jumped 41 per cent, from $109.50 to $154.03. I.B.C. notes that these

NEWS photo Ellsworth Dickson

SHOWING OFF the new Ford Tempo, recently arrived, is Susan Seeley, Sales Secretary at DAve Buck Ford in North Vancouver. The new car is Ford's answer to solving the automotive probelms of economy, performance, comfort and aesthetics. The Tempos

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Helps Handsworth fo Silver

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were Mark Osborne trom Windsor, who won the triple jump, Terry Cardle of Argyle. winner of the 1500m trun, and the Handsworth girls 4x400m_ relay team. composed of Susane Sump

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Other North Shore high lights included the — third place finish by Handsworth

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4x100m boys relay team Flaine Prescott) of Hand sworth coming third ino the 400m hurdles Susanne

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Because safer driving can reduce claims costs it follows that since the largest portion of insurance expenses in- volves fixing cars that is where the largest savings could be achieved.

Even “little” accidents are expensive to repair today and while the big insurance settlements get the headlines, it’s the accumula-

drives up the cost of auto in- surance.

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