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15th Dec 08 at 10:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just a quick question, I had a minor crash on Friday and I have just spoken to the garage my insurance company sent my car to and they have said the cost of repairing the damage will be £4000 from checking Parkers my car is valued at £6000.

Basically does that mean the car will be written off or not? I do quite a lot of miles and from driving the Corsa to work today I want a new car asap if my car won't be getting fixed. Cheers
AndyKent
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If it is going to be written off they will tell you pretty quickly.

Mine was written off but bit of an odd situation. Parkers value was £5000, repair damage was £4000, they paid out £6500

Don't know how you work that one out but I'm not complaining. They'd told it would be written off within 3 working days of my accident.
Matt L
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think its 70% of car value anything above will be written off. dont really know though


but minor + 4k damage dont really go together
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt L
think its 70% of car value anything above will be written off. dont really know though


but minor + 4k damage dont really go together


Yeh, I know. The reason its so expensive is because the airbag went off. According to the garage that means a new dash which is £2500 It really was minor, I never even made it off the road
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15th Dec 08 at 15:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Like Matt, I thought it was 70% of cars' value and above would be written off. So it may not be a write aff!
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt L

but minor + 4k damage dont really go together




LMAO
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15th Dec 08 at 15:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i thought it was 60%
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quote:
Originally posted by aPk
If it is going to be written off they will tell you pretty quickly.


Mines been 2 weeks tomorrow and they still dont know for certain whether it is a w/o or not.

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15th Dec 08 at 15:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Haimsey
quote:
Originally posted by aPk
If it is going to be written off they will tell you pretty quickly.


Mines been 2 weeks tomorrow and they still dont know for certain whether it is a w/o or not.


Don't see what the hold up can be - they either authorise a repair or don't - not rocket science.

I'd be going mental at them TBH.
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Probably stripping all the good parts off it

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15th Dec 08 at 15:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
when i took mine in the guy told me there and then it will most likely be writen off and the insurance phoned me 2 days later
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Originally posted by aPk
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Originally posted by Haimsey
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Originally posted by aPk
If it is going to be written off they will tell you pretty quickly.


Mines been 2 weeks tomorrow and they still dont know for certain whether it is a w/o or not.


Don't see what the hold up can be - they either authorise a repair or don't - not rocket science.

I'd be going mental at them TBH.


I work in Commercial Motor Trade Insurance and sometimes the hold up can be sending an engineer out to inspect the vehicle - he does, its his call whether its an economic repair and if it isnt he also provides us with the salvage category.
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15th Dec 08 at 16:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I know, but two weeks?

Thats a long time for the customer to be without a car (assuming they don't have a courtesy car)

 
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