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In the not-too-distant past the idea of having a car maintenance plan was only reserved to the upper end of the market. It was practically unheard of having car maintenance plans for ordinary everyday motor cars.
In today’s world, taking out car maintenance plans is not only common practice, but is deemed to be a necessity. Most new motor vehicles are now sold with a motor plan or a car maintenance plan of some sort. This might be over and above the price of the new vehicle, or it might be built into the price of the car. When you do buy a new car, try to negotiate getting a motor plan built into the price; you will be surprised how amenable car dealers have become due to the industry battling to stay afloat in the wake of the recent credit crisis! So for stress-free motoring, getting a car maintenance plan is essential.
The car maintenance plan or motor plan will run parallel with the warranty of the new vehicle, with the main aim being to cover the new vehicle owner if there should be defective and or workmanship problem.
What exactly does the car maintenance plan cover? The plan will cover all costs for a regular service and includes oil and filter changes, spark plugs, brakes and fluid for brakes as well as the coolant fluid. The labour costs are also covered.
Wear and tear is covered and will replace parts such as brake pads, gearbox parts and many other parts, too. Tyres are not covered by this plan.
If you are looking at car maintenance plans to cover your vehicle, you have obviously made the first step by visiting this page. Contact us today, as you never know when you might need this vital cover.

There are many people that think they should not buy Car insurance if they are renting a home, be it a condo or apartment. This of course is not true and should not be attempted. The reason for this is their landlord does not have the responsibility for their property when something does happen in the home. The only thing is insured is the building, house or apartment. The properties in the home are insured. That is why the best thing will be to get car insurance.

What exactly is car insurance anyway, a person may ask. Well this is an insurance that a person can get for their property if they are renting.  If a person has this insurance their property will be replaced if they are damaged or stolen. They will not have to pay anything to replace what they have lost for the company that they have insurance with does this for a person that has the insurance. The car insurance also will cover any type of injury that may transpire at the property.

The advantage of having the car insurance is they will cover the bills of the hospital and if sued the bills for legal as well. If someone is looking to get the car insurance, they should first see which insurance companies will give the best benefits. They can do this by going online or looking in the yellow pages. Another thing that they can do is call some of the insurance agents as well.

This is an easy way to get those questions answered by someone that knows about the insurance. Of course this is because they are very knowledgeable and trained well in policies of insurance which the agent is selling and that person can get the insurance from that company. It is best that a person looks around a bit, then decide on what they what.

According to the South Africa’s banks and finance industry, the trade association for the car rentals and car finance market, an increasing number of South African banks and financial institutions will return to the Vehicle Finance market during 2011. “We are convinced that a large portion of lenders are becoming more positive about the outlook for the car finance market” says head of vehicle finance for Wesbank.

Obviosuly there is still the issue of consumers and spending being low, but credit records and rating are impriving each week.

In the UK, John Lewis, chief executive of BVRLA, states “There is a new trend, car finance is on the up and it could not have arrived at a better time”. He is of the opinion that small businesses find it difficult to meet borrowing requirements and that more finance providers in the market will help to alleviate the shortage.

When asked about the role of leasing brokers in the car finance market, he said that he expects leasing brokers will see a revival in their fortunes during 2011. “A combination of rising standards and more stringent underwriting criteria from funders will see a smaller but more professional core of brokers emerging”.

So, I say go for it South Africa, let’s keep the the trend going. Start buying cars ** 

**if you can afford it**

There are many factors that go into determining how insurable something is. For an asset to be insurable, it needs to fit into at least several of the below categories. Insurance companies will probably not insure an asset if it isn’t deemed insurable because it would be too risky or have too low of a return.

1. 
   
   Large number of similar units – Insurance operates through the use of pooling resources, and for something to be insurable there has to multiple types of the asset.  Common examples include life insurance (people) and auto insurance (vehicles.)


2. 
   
   Definite loss – This is a type of loss that will take place sometime in the future.  Common examples include life insurance, where the person will definitely die sometime in the future.  Another common example is auto insurance, where the rate of getting into an accident increases dramatically as time goes on.


3. 
   
   Accidental loss – This means that the event that triggers the claim should be outside the control of the beneficiary of the insurance.  The loss should be pure, in the sense that the event should only have an opportunity cost and nothing else. 


4. 
   
   Large loss – Insurance companies will only cover something if it has high value.  For example, you wouldn’t find any sane Insurance company that would want to cover something as miniscule as your shoes or your clothes. 


5. 
   
   Premium affordability – Insurance companies will not cover something if the proposed premium is so high that nobody would purchase the insurance.


6. 
   
   Calculable loss – The loss must be calculable for the insurance company to assume the risk.


7. 
   
   Limited large scale loss – An insurance company does not want to insurance homes in an earthquake zone or flood zone, because the chance for large scale loss is very large, which cuts into the company’s profits.

A fantastic source of information which is where I got alot of this from is Investopedia.com. Check it out here.