Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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well after 8 months of it being in storage to get repaired it's finally almost ready to be sold 
this is what happened last june after a van drove into the side of me (claim settled his fault and i received a £2200 payout for the car)
bought the car back from insurance for a bargain price of £50 
then got my uncles mate to spray up the passenger side and fix the dent in the rear quarter (wasn't a priority job so was sat in storage for 6 months)
me and my dad have had it in the garage for a while now gradually putting things back on and it's almost ready to go to VOSA or something to make sure it's roadworthy then just needs an mot and tax and it's ready to sell
so some pics for you if you're interested, i know it's just a standard corsa now but it's been a very long and hard fought process with the insurance and i'm just glad it's nearly done!
garage
reflections
beware of the dog
how much would it be worth when i come to sell it? any approx answers will be great. tried parker but not sure due to it being a cat d write off but fully repaired to a great standard.
1.2 16v sxi
1999 - v reg
64k miles
backbox + tints all round
headgasket and other things replaced at a cost of over £700 2 weeks before the accident, receipts to prove (done about 100 miles since it was replaced)
will have 12 months MOT
6 months tax
cat d write off
won't need anything doing to it either
sorry for the long winded thread by the way
[Edited on 04-03-2008 by Ben G]
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smcGSI16V
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Don't know about price but,
well done you! Looks like it never happened.
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
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Nice work, either way you should be up a fair bit. You did well getting £2200 out of the insurance. I'd put it up for about £1500-1700
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Ben G
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cheers mate, just got to add the last few things such as passenger headlight, rear wiper, vauxhall badge on boot lock, front bumper lower grille and a new tyre on drivers side front then should be mint enough to sell on.
don't want to sell it all tatty and shit you see, so i've spent 5 hours washing, claying, polishing and sealing the paintwork yesterday and today 
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Joe
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Is the paint job as good as it looks from the pics?
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RCoughtrie
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good as new and ready to go.. can remember you posting about it a while back
as joe6886 said £1500-1700... good effort on the 5hrs cleaning btw lol
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by joe6886
Is the paint job as good as it looks from the pics?
it has got a few light scratches (passenger wing, one about 4cm on the boot and a mark on the rear bumper) but will come out if someone has an electric polisher, can't remember what they are called 
i was going to put it up for about £1,000 anyway, which i feel is cheap enough for a decent car with a brand new headgasket + afm + thermostat + a few other bits i think.
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Ste L
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i'd say around a 1k or less, as it's been a write off, and they are never worth as much as if it didn't happen etc
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aron
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£900 imo - since it is a write off, although it looks tidy mate!!
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John
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It's only worth 1500 private in good condition so i'd say a k would be lucky, don't know where the 1500-1700 valuations are from 
Although might as well stick it up at that and see if somebody like one of the valuers here will buy it.
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Ben G
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cheers for the price guides tbh as long as it sells for more than £800 i'll be happy just need to get it out of the garage because it's taking up too much space
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Tommy L
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Im sure you posted this up a few months ago 
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_tomtom
Im sure you posted this up a few months ago
it's only just been repaired  i posted up about the accident though
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DaNnY_LaD
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Id try 1500-1700...
U can always lower the price never increase it...
Simple
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Ben G
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i suppose thats a good way to look at it mate, then the buyer can always haggle down, sounds good cheers for that
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swill_omnibus
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quote:
beware of the dog
Now if that isn't thatcham approved i won't know what is
Anyway well done fella, glad it all got sorted in the end, must have been a fairly good bump by look at those pictures?
Glad it's all sorted for ya mate
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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he's a right lazy sod but does love to bite people
it was about 30mph so yeah took a fair old whack, ex girlfriend had to have medical attention but i was fine
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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I always wondered why you were on CS with a Fiesta
Looks like a good job, you'd never it had happened.
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S@M
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maybe a grand 
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
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Glad its all finally fixed mate, i remember driving past you with pickford just after it had happened. Repair looks really good
You've never shown me the dog when ive come to say hi
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pow
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£900 would be fair. Brilliant first car for someone there
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Dan295
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give me your engine 
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