Progressive Snapshot: Preparing for a Test Drive
July 27, 2015 1:00 AM
Progressive offers a test drive of its Snapshot telematics program, and INN is giving it a whirl. See what editor-in-chief Nathan Golia saw as he unboxed and installed the device for a 30-day trial. We'll report along the way, and at the end, with the results.
The device comes in a box about the size of an iPhone box. All sides are labeled with Progressive branding; this picture is of one of the sides since shipping labels partially covered the longer sides.
After opening, the first thing you see are the terms and conditions.
The T&C open vertically and contain information about what kind of data Progressive contains, who owns it, how it will be used and more.
Next up: The user guide.
A more colorful, horizontally oriented piece, this tells users how to install the device and what to expect.
Underneath that: A return label for the end of the test.
From there, we find the devices, wrapped in orange tissue paper: One for each car in the household (as requested)
Let's look inside one.
Wasn't expecting it to look like this. More branding, immersion in the program, and the label at the bottom telling to which car this is paired.
It took a second, but we found the OBDII port, and set off for our 30-day adventure in telematics. Stay with us for more.