Sonnet Auto Insurance Reviews

So I just got sonnet shift to lower my insurance as I was paying $160 a month for basically no insurance (all premiums are at the lowest they can be) and I only drive about twice a week and take the bus the rest of the time. Shift calculates the bus rides unless I go on the app and say I wasn't driving and furthermore, you CANNOT get a perfect score why the app wants you to drive is impractical and unsafe like slow acceleration and not follow the flow of traffic. They also dock you if you use anything Bluetooth related (using Spotify, receiving phone calls and using the GPS). I have also found that no matter the time of day it's deemed as “high traffic” time, and you have to really know your way around the city to not be in a “high risk” area. So with that you will never get 35% off your insurance which I find ridiculous because I know people who live in the same area as myself who pay half of what I pay, and I only have 1 speeding ticket for 10 over on my record that's about to be dropped in the next few months.

I’m insured with Sonnet Shift (they track your driving with their App).
They are advertising if you’re driving safely they will give you a discount on your Premium.
I’m a 50 years old man, I just use my vehicle to commute 16 km each way a day.
I drive no more than 10.000 km a year.
As soon as I started being tracked by the Sonnet App I completely changed the way I was driving to see if it was possible to get the maximum discount (they say max can be -35%).
In the my first 3 month I got an Overall Driving Score from the App of 83 on 100.
This means I will receive a discount on my Premium from the next 3 months of -19%.
It’s impossible to get a better score than this one.
To calculate your Overall Score they use these data:
1. Smooth Driving
2. Mobile Use
3. Speed
4. Fatigue
5. Time of the Day
6. Road Risk
Their algorithm is made in a way that doesn’t allow you to get better scores.
Smooth Driving - The only time I got a score over 80 on 100 was always related to small trips with heavy traffic bumper to bumper, the normal score was always around 70 to 75 on 100 when I was just commuting driving like a turtle always on the right lane only touching 50km/h or 60 km/h where it was possible and never going above the limit or your Speed Score will go down fast.
If you accelerate or break in a manner that from the App is deemed unsafe your Smooth Driving Score will go down fast, it doesn’t matter if you’re driving for 100 km one bad break and the score goes down.
Mobile Use is just a joke, I received on my phone a phone call and I didn’t reply, I got a low score even if I didn’t touch the phone and the App was reporting zero minutes conversation.
Another time I was using my car Bluetooth and I called my wife because I was in heavy traffic, the App didn’t care I was using a hand free device and thanks a super low rating on my mobile use, my Overall Score for the trip was something around 50 on 100.
My wife was listening music from Spotify through the car Bluetooth and she got a low score in Mobile Use even if she wasn’t even touching the phone at all.
Fatigue, Time of the Day and Road Risk are just based on statistics, there isn’t any way you can improve those scores.
Overall I do not recommend Sonnet Shift at all, It was appealing at the beginning but after the first 3 month I realized they don’t want you to get the famous -35% on your Premium and if you want to get at least -19% on your Premium like me you have to drive like you are more than 100 years old.
I hope this can help someone else to don’t get caught in their scams.