{"id":1884,"date":"2012-04-19T16:54:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T20:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2017-11-09T08:52:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T14:52:01","slug":"the-most-popular-2012-vehicles-in-portland-maine-our-corner-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/the-most-popular-2012-vehicles-in-portland-maine-our-corner-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Popular 2012 Vehicles in Portland, Maine (our corner, anyway)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Portland Maine area economy shows signs of life this spring, including car sales. With roughly half of the model year behind us, we thought it might be fun to share which new vehicles our clients have chosen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We don&#8217;t pretend that this is a scientific survey of which cars are the hottest selling, or that it reflects any trends beyond simply what our <a title=\"Noyes Hall &amp; Allen Insurance | South Portland Maine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\">Portland Maine insurance agency<\/a>&#8216;s clients have chosen to buy or lease. However, we suspect it&#8217;s a reasonable cross-section of local consumer behavior.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/make-chart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1885\" style=\"border-image: initial; border-width: 1px; border-color: black; border-style: solid; margin: 10px;\" title=\"2012 Popular Makes\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/make-chart-273x300.jpg\" width=\"495\" height=\"542\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/model-chart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1886 alignleft\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; border-width: 1px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Most popular 2012 models among our clients \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/model-chart.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It would be interesting to compare these results against prior years, when $4.00 per gallon gas was a distant threat instead of a reality. We do notice that the best-selling models lean mostly towards the fuel-efficient end of the spectrum.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Car Buyers&#8217; Insurance Tips<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you&#8217;re thinking about buying or leasing a new vehicle, here are a few tips for saving money on insurance and making sure you have the proper coverage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Check Insurance Prices<\/strong> &#8211; Vehicles that seem similar can have very different insurance costs. Call your agent for a quote, or <a title=\"5 Car Insurance Quotes from Noyes Hall &amp; Allen Insurance South Portland Maine\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.consumerratequotes.com\/consumer\/QuoteStart.aspx?id=41202\">get car insurance quotes from 5 different companies<\/a> at once from our online quote service.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Consider Increasing Your Deductible<\/strong> &#8211; Generally, new cars cost more to insure than older ones. They&#8217;re worth more, and are more expensive to repair. To keep costs down, consider increasing your physical damage deductibles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get the Discounts You Deserve<\/strong> &#8211; Insurers offer <a title=\"Maine auto insurance discounts | Noyes Hall &amp; Allen Insurance | South Portland \" href=\"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/personal-insurance-landing\/insurance-discount\/maine-auto-insurance-discounts\/\">car insurance discounts<\/a>\u00a0for all sorts of things, from air bags to being a non-smoker, anti-theft alarms to having a student on the honor roll. Some even offer special discounts for certain types of vehicles, such as hybrids. Contact your agent \u00a0and tell them about all of the features of your vehicle.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t Buy Coverage You Don&#8217;t Need<\/strong> &#8211; Many vehicles come with a roadside assistance plan. If you purchased AAA or your insurance policy includes roadside assistance, consider whether you want to drop those. This can save you money. Just remember to add it back on when your new vehicle&#8217;s roadside assistance benefit stops.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Combine and Save<\/strong> &#8211; If you have your property and auto insurance with different companies, \u00a0now&#8217;s a good time to combine them. Insurers offer substantial <a title=\"7 Ways to Trim Insurance Costs This Month\" href=\"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/7-ways-to-trim-insurance-costs-this-month\/\">insurance discounts when they insure both your property and vehicles<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Review Coverage on Your Other Vehicles<\/strong> &#8211; Maybe you have an older vehicle that&#8217;s not worth as much as it once was. <a title=\"When Should I Drop Collision Coverage?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/when-should-i-drop-collision-coverage\/\">When is it time to stop insuring collision and comprehensive coverage<\/a>? That&#8217;s up to each individual&#8217;s risk tolerance, but it&#8217;s a good time to consider it, anyway.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mind the Gap<\/strong> &#8211; New vehicles deteriorate rapidly at first. If you made a low down-payment, <a title=\"When Should I Drop Collision Coverage?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/when-should-i-drop-collision-coverage\/\">your loan or lease could be &#8220;upside down.<\/a>&#8221; \u00a0If your vehicle \u00a0was declared a total loss, the insurance company would pay the &#8220;book value&#8221;, which may be less than what you owe the finance company. An inexpensive optional coverage called Loan\/lease gap would pay the difference. Talk to your agent about this potentially important coverage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Portland Maine area economy shows signs of life this spring, including car sales. With roughly half of the model year behind us, we thought it might be fun to share which new vehicles our clients have chosen. 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