If you watched UFC 158®, you saw that Georges St. Pierre fought a smart and calculated fight in route to his victory over Nick Diaz. If you follow SafeAuto’s Facebook page, you are well aware that the state minimum auto insurance company had logo representation during the primetime bout.

The week leading up to the fight we decided to give away a 16x20 signed poster of Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit from UFC® 143. SafeAuto receives fantastic interaction from UFC® fans throughout their various social media channels. Why wouldn’t we hook-up an avid fan (who was randomly selected) with this great prize?

The contest generated 267 comments, an all-time record for SafeAuto’s Facebook page. The lucky winner was Chris Trulove from Georgia. As an avid UFC® fan, we are extremely excited to provide Chris with the signed poster.

If you entered the contest and didn’t win, don’t be too bummed out. We are giving away a Georges St. Pierre signed hat! That’s right; you can win an autograph from GSP. Mike Sloan from Sherdog.com calls St. Pierre “One of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport.”

All you have to do is send an email to socialmedia@safeauto.com and tell us who won our ‘Do The Jingle’ contest (Hint: visit www.safeauto.com/dothejingle).

If you love the feeling of driving fast on the open road, you’ve probably wondered (or maybe even dreamed about) where all of the places are with speed limits higher than the typical 65 MPH. Well, last year, a 40-mile stretch of toll road between Austin and San Antonio raised their speed limit to the highest in the country, at a whopping 85 MPH.

According to an article on CNBC, since 1995, 35 states have raised their speed limits to 70 MPH or higher on some portion of their highways. We generally associate faster speeds with more dangerous and deadly accidents, but the statistics show that traffic fatalities in the US have been decreasing in recent years.

At SafeAuto Insurance, we urge our customers to always drive safely and of course, to always drive with insurance. But we want to hear what you think. Is 80 MPH too fast? Not fast enough? Do you think we’ll see speed limits of 90 or 100 MPH? Fill us in on your thoughts on our Facebook page.

When thinking about buying a new car, we think we can agree that everyone is looking for an option that has some combination of amazing safety features, sleek design, and affordable price. To some, the safety features are most important, others care mostly about the look and feel of the car, but one factor that we’re sure is important to everyone is the price.

We don’t know about you, but we always are looking to get the most for our money, the biggest bang for our buck (I mean, that’s what we’re all about here at SafeAuto, are we not?). After scouring list after list after list, we realized that there are a lot of pretty great choices when it comes to the attributes we mentioned above. It was tough to select a winner, but when it came down to it, we had to agree with the number one car on Kelley Blue Book’s list of “Best Sedans Under $25,000.”

According to their website, the 2012 Volkswagen Passat is “finally roomy and affordable enough to compete side-by-side with midsize sedan stalwarts like Honda Accord and Toyota Camry. It’s our 2012 pick as the best sedan under $25,000 in large part because it still drives like a smaller, pricier car.”

Aaron Turpen from Torque News even said he would buy a Passat right now. In article he wrote, Aaron stated, “The 2012 Passat TDI was one of the most fun-to-drive, cost-efficient, and roomy midsized sedans I've driven. It has all of the Volkswagen "fun factor" in driving, is extremely responsive, sat all of us comfortably, has a roomy trunk, and gets 43 mpg or better on the highway.” 

It seems that many people agree on the 2012 VW Passat being one of the best, most affordable sedans on the market right now. The next step? Making sure the car is insured! (shameless self promotion).