Thought it was too good to be true!!!!

[Fieldsy]

Interesting pics, I beat any car without a chassis would be totalled with that amount of damage.

Another score for the Surf! rebuildable after a shunt.

Best wishes.

sorry TonyN, i thought the same m8...............or so the pound engineer told me



The battered surf has now been taken to the panel shop for a proper assessment. I spoke to the engineer, and he reckons its totalled, he told me, the chassis is bent, subframe is bent and suspension is bent, also taking into consideration the cost of panels and parts they will kick it in to touch.


So its time to look for another one........................alr eady been to see one .................but not ice blue over silver, sorry essex boys


Anybody any ideas how much on book price I am likely to get from insurance

cheers

Fieldsy

[pops]

sorry TonyN, i thought the same m8...............or so the pound engineer told me



The battered surf has now been taken to the panel shop for a proper assessment. I spoke to the engineer, and he reckons its totalled, he told me, the chassis is bent, subframe is bent and suspension is bent, also taking into consideration the cost of panels and parts they will kick it in to touch.


So its time to look for another one........................alr eady been to see one .................but not ice blue over silver, sorry essex boys


Anybody any ideas how much on book price I am likely to get from insurance

cheers


Fieldsy

hey F you want to ask them if it totalled. can you keep it for spares!! worth a try

[Fieldsy]

they said I can go down and take some bits off, but not the batteries for some reason. Stereo is gonna come out, and lucky I kept the old one as its gonna go back in

[pops]

they said I can go down and take some bits off, but not the batteries for some reason. Stereo is gonna come out, and lucky I kept the old one as its gonna go back in

just noticed in mechanical section jeffers after door lock

[Fieldsy]

I think there will be a limit to what I can take , as it will be the insurers vehicle not mine

[TonyN]

If you got the space, buy it back from the insurance Co. I'm sure you'll easy get your money back parting it out.

They should'nt let you take anything but personal stuff from the car, cos it's the insurance Co.s car now. but if you buy it back, make sure they haven't helped themselves first.

Least you'll get a new one.

[slydog]

if u do

if you do buy it back il have the rear spoiler m8 and u cant let the side down go BLUEEEEE

[pops]

If you got the space, buy it back from the insurance Co. I'm sure you'll easy get your money back parting it out.

They should'nt let you take anything but personal stuff from the car, cos it's the insurance Co.s car now. but if you buy it back, make sure they haven't helped themselves first.

Least you'll get a new one.

****** insurance co. got us all by short & curlie's

[TonyN]

****** insurance co. got us all by short & curlie's

every time mate, every time..............

[slydog]

Insurance

ive had cars smashed before and insurance company didnt even want it left it sitting there when i asked them to take it away they told me we dont want it so sold it to a bloke for a kit car hope the mrs and little one is ok now m8 mark

[JimL]

they said I can go down and take some bits off, but not the batteries for some reason. Stereo is gonna come out, and lucky I kept the old one as its gonna go back in

Dont understand this, they are panel beaters, what have they got to do with the insurance company. Go down pay the bill for the 'engineer's report', keep the receipt and claim it back from the insurance company. Say thanks very much and take the wreck away and like slydog says - hope they dont want it either. Its still your property at the minute.

[Fieldsy]

this company are the designated repair shop from the insurance company. I've already made the claim, they have estimated the cost of repairs(which I haven't seen yet) and will submit it to the insurance. If they decide its too much, or its irrepairable then its write off time.

[Koi]

My last two vehicles that got hit were write offs, well beyond economical repair. So I said how much you gonna give me oh and I want the vehicle back. Paid out book price and I kept the vehicles. Got both back on the road, repaired by a proper place got engineers report to say the vehicle was road worthy (for the insurance) all done for a third of the money they paid me out. Vehicle repaired back on the road and cash in me pocket.

[slydog]

ure car

yep same here nigel ive done that a couple of times uve gotta sort it out because sometime the garage that has the car in there pound end up with it for nothing and we dont want that do we

[Healewis]

I ran a body shop and to be honest, You can make more money on the storage charges that used to be £12.50 per day when I was in the trade.
and when a shop has to lay out a considerable ammount for parts, materials, labour and overheads etc. to repair your vehicle, then wait for the insurance company to sort everything out, (even using suppliers on account to get 30 days credit) the job just aint worth doing for the body shop so they try to encourage a write off. then whilst it is going through the process @ £12.50 per day storage (could be more) the body shop can do the small quick turn over jobs that don't need a lot of cash to sort out thus keep the turnover up and pay the wages. That's not just my opinion, that's survival....