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[TW]Fox;23483822 said:Why did you ignore all the questions about your Rover in the other thread![]()
Eh? Which one? Lemme go find, had a mad few days.
[TW]Fox;23483822 said:Why did you ignore all the questions about your Rover in the other thread![]()
Eh? Which one? Lemme go find, had a mad few days.
[TW]Fox;23484971 said:Yes, the silly high BMW labour rate. £29 an hour. How extortionate and silly high.
£29 per hr?
Afaik,That's cheaper than my local dealer, Knights.
[TW]Fox;23485297 said:Well ok not actually 'how bad it looks' but Category A is for fire damaged/gutted vehicles that are to be crushed. Cat B is for vehicles damaged beyond economical repair or with very bad structural damage. Cat C is for vehicles which are deemed unecomomical to repair by an insurer, but could be repaired. Cat D is for vehicles which can be economically repaired but for whatever reason the insurer has elected to write it off instead (ie hire car charges, or parts shortages, or its pinched and found after they've paid out).
So only some of the categories are specifically related to the cars value. The rest are related to the condition of the car.
I've just got home and got a copy of the estimate, which I've included below.
If anyone can let me know whether it looks like it's worth repairing and if there looks to be any damage other than the tyres, alloys and airbags I'd be really grateful.
I see that it mentions the 'R/F door trim' on page 2, which I think relates to the door card Fox mentioned, but at £364.76 + VAT surely it can't be? It also mentions that the headlining needs to be replaced, which I'm a bit confused about as the headlining looked fine except for the curtain airbag sticking out - I assumed this could just be folded back over the new airbag.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/damageestimatepage1.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/damageestimatepage2.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/651/damageestimatepage3.jpg/
Does anyone have any advice on the potential settlement and buy-back values? Thanks again guys, I really appreciate the advice I've received.
How do I get labour rates that low?![]()
[TW]Fox;23486572 said:Go to a bodyshop? Thats generally how much you'll pay - perhaps a bit more but certainly not hugely more.
That pot hole is nothing.After I was driving around in the Latvian country side for a while I started
I was clearly joking, hence the use of a '[TW]Fox;23487403 said:It clearly isn't nothing given the damage it did to his car.
I don't know at what point you decided I was criticising the OP
My posts are about exactly what you thought they were about: objects in the road, trees, etc, not potholes which are hard enough to notice in time in the daylight let alone at night.
My comments are relating to a couple of numpties who seem to think that it is idiotic to drive round corners slow enough that you can stop if there is an obstruction ahead.
As you were quoting MilanoChris who was referring to the OP, I thought you were criticising him for hitting a pothole. Apologies if not the case.
Just received the first offer from the insurance company - £2,000. This seems very low to me, as similar cars are up for £3.5k or more
Just received the first offer from the insurance company - £2,000. This seems very low to me, as similar cars are up for £3.5k or more, so I've asked them to reconsider and send me an increased valuation. Anyone have any experience of trying to get insurance companies to increase their settlement value?
The buy-back value of the car has been set at £180, so not too bad.
Get a list of currently advertised cars (that are similar to yours) off eBay, Autotrader, etc and email them to your insurer. That should do it.