Hamish
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Location: Ashtead, Surrey Drives: 100bhp Mint with Hole
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Following on form my other thread. Am i legally aloud to swap bits over and remove stuff out of my car before the insurence company comes and collects it to take it to the garage?
Currently it is sitting on my drive and so surely is still my property? 
Im just thinking of removing the sound system and swaping the rear bumper over?
Im sure some of you have been in this situation before 
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J100RSA
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Registered: 4th Mar 01
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do what you want its your car
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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defo take your sound sytem out, i had loads stolen from my car when i wrote it off and it went to their "secure compound", the insurance company did sod all about it btw
[Edited on 19-06-2007 by Kurt]
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Tas
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i think you can, alo take off air filter and other mods that aren't declared
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Hamish
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everything is declared. I just want to know if it is still my property to do what i want with.
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Adam_B
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i didnt take anything off mine.
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Ben G
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i've taken off the stuff i haven't declared but left tints+exhaust+alloys on as i can't get tints off easily, only got the one exhaust and someone took a pic with alloys on, but i will probably take alloys off after assessor comes to look at it so he knows why i changed them 
lots of thieves at salvage places 
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rotax47
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Yea, u get the option 2 keep the car. I did anyway. So all parts can be recovered. But as kurt says, you just cant trust some ppl. So id take of all easily removeable parts!
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Ian
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Its still yours until you're paid out. It would also ensure that you keep the bits.
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Kano
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I'd take anything off that you want and if they query it say you still have the parts but you didnt want them on the car when it went to be assesed in case they were damaged etc..
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Ste L
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i'd swap bumpers, not like that would know the difference, and defo take out the ice
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Hamish
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well i know that the car is getting towed to a garage to get assesed. Before i deciede to either buy it back off them or not
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Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
lots of thieves at salvage places
yet its ok to drive around without insurance. ace.
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Kurt
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i lost led side repeaters that were glued on! sparco gearnob! harness pads! tax holder with about 8 months i was going to claim back, silver metal look mats  (it was 2004 and i was 17) all my sideskirts were snapped that i was going to sell, some other little bits had gone too
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rotax47
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I got a cheque for what the car was worth and was also allowed to keep the car. Even after the cheque came
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Hamish
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so it looks like its stripping time 2morrow then 
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
lots of thieves at salvage places
yet its ok to drive around without insurance. ace.
wtf i have insurance you complete pleb? i even saw it come up in the police van you utter prick
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Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
lots of thieves at salvage places
yet its ok to drive around without insurance. ace.
wtf i have insurance you complete pleb? i even saw it come up in the police van you utter prick
you drove around with modifications you did not declare?
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Hamish
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now now. Back on topic please
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Ben G
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yes but that doesn't mean i didn't have insurance
i still paid out 1400 quid for a year ... doesn't matter anyway as the accident wasn't my fault
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Adam_B
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actually it does
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
actually it does
no really, it doesn't, my cars a write off, his insurance pays out.
wasn't allowed to declare the mods when i found out 3 months ago so changing to another company as of 21/06/2007 
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
actually it does
to police, it means i have insurance and i am driving LEGALLY
it even came up on the screen. don't you think if it came up as having no insurance then they would have arrested me?
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Hamish
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so to get off tomorrow is:
sound system
wheels
rear bumper
exhuast
what else thats easy?
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Adam_B
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i give up
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