What is gap insurance Good For?

Gap insurance is an optional car insurance coverage that helps pay off your auto loan if your car is totaled or stolen and you owe more than the car’s depreciated value.

Is stop gap insurance worth it?

If there is any time during which you owe more on your car than it is currently worth, gap insurance can definitely be worth the money. If you put down less than 20% on a car, you’re wise to get gap insurance at least for the first couple of years you own it. By then, you should owe less on the car than it is worth.

How do you measure a small gap?

A feeler gauge is used to measure or set very small gaps, normally under 1 mm. When the blades are folded back into the handle, the thin, delicate blade are protected. The thickest possible blade that can be inserted into a gap or crack shows its width.

Why is GAP insurance so cheap?

Gap coverage is so inexpensive because very few claims are ever made against a gap policy, and that lowers the premium costs for you and everyone else.

Does gap cover theft?

Gap Insurance is designed to cover you if your vehicle is written off (stolen, accident, fire, or flood) by your motor insurer, and declared a total loss.

Can gap insurance be denied?

A customer is entitled to deny gap insurance, but dealers have some leeway in how they present that option to a buyer. It is not unlawful, for example, for a dealer to automatically add a gap insurance line item to the sales contract before ever discussing it with the buyer.

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How does guaranteed asset protection (gap) work?

How Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) helps protect your investment. For example, if your vehicle is declared a total loss and your vehicle finance agreement balance is $23,000 and the market value of your vehicle, less your primary insurance deductible, is $18,000, this creates a “gap” of $5,000.

What is GAP insurance and how does it work?

There are an average of 6 million car accidents each year. The GAP product may help protect you from incurring large out-of-pocket expenses by covering the “gap” between what your primary insurer pays and the balance you may owe on your vehicle finance agreement. GAP benefits include:

What is the gap product and how does it work?

The GAP product may help protect you from incurring large out-of-pocket expenses by covering the “gap” between what your primary insurer pays and the balance you may owe on your vehicle finance agreement.

Is the gap plus benefit valid at my dealer?

The $1,000 GAP Plus benefit is only valid at your selling dealer in the form of a credit toward the purchase of a replacement vehicle and only if a GAP waiver benefit has also been approved Limitations and exclusions apply. The Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) product is optional and is not insurance.