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Take the Insignia and £25 a day. Sounds like a total bonus - it'll propel you around in the same way as the E Class will which for a temporary car will be just fine.]

I would estimate this being a 2-3 week repair - at 3 weeks you are looking at 500 quid!

You'll get your beloved manual too :D
 
This may be a daft question, but would taking a downgraded car which costs the insurers less per day perhaps reduce the chances of the car being written off on the grounds of overall costs?
 
So long as you get a decent spec level of insignia you should be ok. Think SRi or better has most of the toys. I had an estate one for 3-4 weeks over the summer and it was fine.
 
opstrat said:
just spitballing but if you take no car and the £50 a day then hire something cheap like a fiesta on your own.
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I doubt he could hire a Fiesta at zero notice with an open ended return date for under £25 a day. And it'd need to be quite a bit under £25 a day to be worth the bother.
 
Howard said:
This may be a daft question, but would taking a downgraded car which costs the insurers less per day perhaps reduce the chances of the car being written off on the grounds of overall costs?
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Hmm that's an interesting question, but it's a no brainer to go the £25 option either way. As Fox has said, I can just then go to swap the car over, and pick the highest spec one in their lot as they will all be under the same class group anyway :cool:

The Admiral guy will call me back tomorrow lunchtime so will take that option then, and swap over on the way home.
 
mrk said:
he said they'd be prioritising my case. How much this matters I have no idea.
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That's what they all say, it's typical sales speak :rolleyes:
Last time I heard it, it took 8 months to get a replacement iPhone after being hit whilst cycling.
 
[TW]Fox;28913114 said:
I doubt he could hire a Fiesta at zero notice with an open ended return date for under £25 a day. And it'd need to be quite a bit under £25 a day to be worth the bother.
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can pick up a ford focus tommorow till the 30th for £347. roughly £16 per day.
 
SDK^ said:
That's what they all say, it's typical sales speak :rolleyes:
Last time I heard it, it took 8 months to get a replacement iPhone after being hit whilst cycling.
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Imagine £25 a day for 8 months :o
 
opstrat said:
can pick up a ford focus tommorow till the 30th for £347. roughly £16 per day.
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Without fully inclusive zero excess insurance. And no refund for early return. He's got no idea when his car is ready, it just isn't worth the bother for a whole 9 quid a day, and that's if he is lucky.
 
[TW]Fox;28913228 said:
Without fully inclusive zero excess insurance. And no refund for early return. He's got no idea when his car is ready, it just isn't worth the bother for a whole 9 quid a day, and that's if he is lucky.
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true about the excess. im sure he could shop about, that was me just going to thrifty. he would be earning £34 per day.
 
No, he'd be 'earning' £9 a day because they've already offered a better car than a Focus sourced himself, fully insured, with no hassle or faff and £25 a day.

So why would you say no and then faff about renting your own Focus to save at most £9 a day, probably less when you factory in excess insurance etc?
 
You cant ignore the offer of a fully insured Insignia at an effective benefit of £25 a day though when considering the other options. If the Insignia wasn't there I'd agree with you, but it is.
 
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