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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:25 pm
by david burton
will try to do it
main mods were declared - wheels and lowered
insurance assessment place has the car - so can't change anything for obvious reasons. If she gets the full money back for her mods then it's fine, but if not then we will have to ask if we can change them back to the vw standard lights, stereo, mirrors (and gearknob). see what they say (probably "no"!). i hope we can do it, but i am clueless with regards to what they usually do.
has anyone else had this experience?
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 12:08 am
by Geezer
contact the salvage yard and say u wanna pick up ur personal belongings from the car and take things like mats etc then, if they write it off they will let u swap standard bits back
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 1:07 pm
by david burton
will they charge you to change the bits? I think they might do...
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 5:04 pm
by Geezer
na-i did it on my escort and on me birds car when they got wrote off
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:11 pm
by david burton
excellent
it was 2500 worth of damage, and the car is worth 3k, maybe 3500 with the wheels on. It's borderline, will hear next week.
Will try to get the bits back if it's a write off. Will let u know...
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:32 pm
by KarlM
\/\/inner!
At least she had a proper crash, not one of these pathetic little ones women normally do
glad shes ok though!
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:55 pm
by david burton
every cloud has a silver lining...
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 1:44 am
by Geezer
2.5K?! instant write off! get the parts asap, and start sourcing a new car
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 10:49 pm
by david burton
It's worth 3k plus the wheels, and we were told that about 70% of the insured price is the borderline write off figure.... so it's close if you include the wheels. she should know early this week. we were looking at Autotrader this weekend and I was trying to convince her to go for a late 1.4 16v mkiv. I was pushing for KarlM's motor too, but I think she reckons it's too old compared to the ones she's looking at (although it offers a lot more bang for your buck!)
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 5:56 pm
by Geezer
reckon its a write off wit 2.5k damage, they wont include/care about the wheels
get a 16v-theyre good laugh!
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 9:55 pm
by david burton
what's the deal with the wheels then? if they're insured then they should give what they're worth too, unless we take em?
they still haven't bloody decided - taking their time. apparently it was between 2 and 2.5k, so it looks like they haven't reached a decision yet.
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 12:07 pm
by david burton
The Black MkIV lives another day!
they have decided to fix it!
