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After 2 months of waiting for a decently priced one to come up i finally found one in excellent condition!
 
Janesy B said:
Insurance approved crash repair centres won't even use OEM parts most of the time. Rest assured your car will be rushed through as quickly as possible using as little material as possible in line with insurance standards.
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Where else would they get a Audi A1's front drivers side wing. Its obvious that its beyond repair and needs replacing. Surely they would just order the part from audi/correct paint?

I don't know, it just seems odd if the approved repairer would try and track down a 'copy' part for model which is like two years old.
 
Yeah you might get lucky and they will source a genuine Audi part because of the age of the car. The paint they will mix themselves but the insurance companies go as far as dictating the amount of paint that can be used on a job. Emphasis on turn around time and cost and customer satisfaction is somewhere down the bottom.
 
Janesy B said:
Yeah you might get lucky and they will source a genuine Audi part because of the age of the car. The paint they will mix themselves but the insurance companies go as far as dictating the amount of paint that can be used on a job. Emphasis on turn around time and cost and customer satisfaction is somewhere down the bottom.
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Maybe I was just lucky when I crashed the mini years ago and the insurance approved repair centre (...wasn't with admiral tho) did an amazing job. You could honestly not see the difference with the naked eye. Then again the cost of repair was £2300, thought the insurance company would write it off but no. Its all relative I guess. :o
 
Blackhawk47 said:
Driving this till my car is sorted out. I would be tempted to charge up the Mini battery and get it back on the road but my dad's car is blocking the garage and he's on holiday anyway. It is by far the worst car I have ever been in/driven. :(

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON :p
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Aren't they rebadged Aygo's? The Aygo's are a hoot to drive.
 
Howard said:
How much did that cost?
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£200

The steering wheels with the paddles cost far more than the ones without for some stupid reason and most are £350-£400 which was unacceptable, but i set up eBay email alerts for anything with "e90 e92 steering paddle" in the name and just waited.

Luckily the 335i SE comes with the "Sport" steering wheel which means that it has the same airbag as the M-Sport wheel which kept costs down.

Really happy with it. It was a bit of a gamble as it was cheap and the picture on the eBay was ****, but this seems to be one of those rare eBay "Great success!" moments as it arrived in near perfect condition!
 
Howard said:
So what do you gain, other than the removal of some chrome? :p
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It's much thicker and nicer to hold, much softer leather, perforated grips and it looks nicer.

Oh and the stupid chrome strips are gone.

I was considering getting my steering wheel retrimmed (£135) and getting a plain black cover for it without the chrome strips (£35) but for another £30 i managed to get the real deal and no need for the faffing. :p

EDIT: Oh and when i sell my old wheel, i'm expecting to get around £100 for it bringing the entire cost of upgrading to the M-Sport wheel £105 :)
 
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