People love to give advice – so benefit from it - ask about their experience with their car insurance company.  Ones that you know can often point you in the proper direction as to where to obtain affordable car insurance quotes.  Particularly if they have been involved in an accident or had any claims with their insurance provider, they could be a gold mine of information as to the company they deal with. 

Often people have had car insurance with a particular company for years, and everything seemed fine, until they had to process a claim against the company and found they seemed to be “on their own.”  An insurance company that has a good record for customer support should come high on your list when looking for car insurance quotes. 

Word of warning – even from the most trusted friends or relatives, please take what you hear with a grain of salt.  In any insurance claim there are going to be some determined “at fault” and someone determined to be the “victim” or “innocent party”.  If the one you are speaking with was determined “at fault” they may not be completely neutral in their views, even toward their insurance company (often feeling that their agent didn’t really fight for them). 

Remember, you are not judging them, or signing any contracts, you are merely checking an available resource for your car insurance quotes!