[ale] OT: Driving in snow...

[jwl at sgi.com (Jim Lynch)]

Jim Popovitch wrote:

>>I spent 10 years in the Bawston Suburbs with the worst possible snow car.
>>Suggestions:
>>
>>  1. If you get a rental car, be sure to pay for full insurance coverage
>>     so that a wreck won't affect your regular insurance.
>>    
>>
>
>First check to make sure your credit card doesn't already cover you before
>purchasing insurance for a rental car.  Most major credit cards provide this,
>and rental car companies don't want you to know this.
>
>  
>
Most credit cards are secondary to your auto insurance.  At one time 
MasterCharge (see how old I am?) advertised that they were primary, but 
a recent inspection of my card agreement indicated otherwise.

Jim.