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Parking car ripped my baby's headlight & front grill apart - gd garages Oxford?
teige:
So Admiral are a pain to deal with, but made a claim, found out their approved repairer - no space to bring it in to garage til sometime January. Called other bodyshops and they're the same.
I could fix it myself much sooner if I order the headlight, slam panel and a new bumper/grill.
Finally heard from the at-fault driver's insurer who are gonna sort me a hire car (phew!) and get someone to assess (sounded more like value) the damage. They've already calculated my car's low market value and are sure it'll be beyond economical repair. I think they're doing the mighty 140 GT TDI dirty of course. Car is perfect balance of reliable, good mpg, power, small and good at lugging stuff - can't be beat.
It's crazy to me how the car & insurance industry just pushes good cars with plenty of life to being scrapped over tiny damage.
I'll want to have whatever money they'll give me and repair it myself.
Plenty ppl here must have done that - what do I need to look out for?
Will my insurer end my policy and then want to charge more for a car that has been categorised N, say?
Any way to stop it being categorised or stop any insurance hikes?
Vecridorm:
My gt sport got written off, didn’t want to pay excess so they offered a third party called ax uk, they literally did everything they give you courtesy car arrange if it’s a total loss and you’ll either get a payout or your vehicle fixed at the price of giving courtesy car back with a full tank, all claimed through other insurance even paid for my physio for the aching and spasms ect that I still have, could be worth a look depending on the total situation hope it helped! :driver: :laugh:
terrier:
rebuild with gti front slam and grill :happy2:
GilesWoodward59:
We took a payout for a car that was deemed uneconomical to repair but after a year our insurers refused to renew the cover (because we hadn’t fixed it ourselves) and we ended up having to scrap it. Didn’t quite get that but worth checking how they would treat your car in this situation
teige:
--- Quote from: GilesWoodward59 on December 13, 2022, 08:45:18 pm ---We took a payout for a car that was deemed uneconomical to repair but after a year our insurers refused to renew the cover (because we hadn’t fixed it ourselves) and we ended up having to scrap it. Didn’t quite get that but worth checking how they would treat your car in this situation
--- End quote ---
Because you *had not* fixed it yourselves? :confused: Huh?
As in, you got a garage to fix it, and you insurer said they won't renew cover because you didn't DIY the repair? Uh I'm confused haha
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