I was shoved in PA assigned risk when I moved here, because I'd been in MD assigned risk. MD was $1500/yr. PA was $4100/yr. I declined :finger: to pay that amount, and drove uninsured. There are lower-priced alternatives than PA assigned risk; most of the major companies have a high risk division.

Rho and I got thrown into that too when we moved here...same situation as Matt's. We started the policy, then they tried to jack up the price. After I argued kindly with the insurance rep and asked for a supervisor, it was returned to its original amount.

Matt, I'm assuming you either didn't change your plates and/or this was before proof of insurance was required to get plates in either state, right?

(Note to you folks out there: Don't go with Progressive. They make it sound so cutesy and simple on the television, but they're an incredible pain in the ass when trying to start a policy. Plus, I think I hit the same situation as Steve's wife when I put my own car under Allstate in April.)

Dave, out of curiosity, why State Farm? From my own personal experience and that of others I know, I've heard few good things about them. When I first tried to get car insurance in 1991, they wouldn't give it to me b/c I hadn't had my license for a year. They were willing to do it if my mom was on the policy, but then they wanted to inspect the car I was driving...and the premiums would have been through the roof.

My policy is done next month, so my renewal should be cheaper than the $74 a month I currently pay. My renters (also through Allstate) renewal is 15% cheaper than last year, so I'm hoping for a similar drop on the car.

I miss paying only $22 a month in St. Louis though.

I've had no complaints with Allstate. The rates seem reasonable and both claims we had (neither one our fault, fortunately) were handled well.

I drove on a Maryland paper temporary tag I had lying around. Long since expired, but it had no year on it so for three months it actually looked valid, though I drove on it longer than that. I never got pulled over during that time, fortunately. I eventually ended up getting legal with Allstate Indemnity, which "only" charged $2200.

USB trouble..
 

Hey, has anybody using one of the Asus A7N266-based systems had any trouble with USB devices under Red Hat? I just got around to installing Red Hat on the second hard drive, and it chokes when I plug in my compact flash card reader. So now I'm trying to track down if it's this particular device, or a more general USB storage device issue.

Everything else worked fine, except it was more trouble than I expected to get it to recognize the on-board network interface.