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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    Mr Insurance says, "Hey Mr Josh, your car is worth £3k - here's a cheque for £3k good luck finding an 03 car in the same condition"

    Mr Josh says, "Thanks, I'll offer you £2.5k for the car"

    Mr Insurance says, "OK, we'll see you soon"

    You get your car back, use the balance to fix it and off you pootle in your Micra. Or you take the £3k and find yourself another car.

    It's just another idea
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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    i see but my point is i have to use my own money to fix it. £500 to fix my car? doubt it otherwise they wouldn't have declared it a write off.
    i would still be spending over 1k to fix my own car.

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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    Quote Originally Posted by mycarsavw View Post
    Mr Insurance says, "Hey Mr Josh, your car is worth £3k - here's a cheque for £3k good luck finding an 03 car in the same condition"

    Mr Josh says, "Thanks, I'll offer you £2.5k for the car"

    Mr Insurance says, "OK, we'll see you soon"

    You get your car back, use the balance to fix it and off you pootle in your Micra. Or you take the £3k and find yourself another car.

    It's just another idea
    Presumably the difference in value would be greater than that as the car would, in the insurance company's eyes, be a scrapper.

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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    Quote Originally Posted by j.o.s.h.1408 View Post
    i see but my point is i have to use my own money to fix it. £500 to fix my car? doubt it otherwise they wouldn't have declared it a write off.
    i would still be spending over 1k to fix my own car.
    I'm not using real world figures, just batting ideas to you.

    Quote Originally Posted by schmunk View Post
    Presumably the difference in value would be greater than that as the car would, in the insurance company's eyes, be a scrapper.
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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    Quote Originally Posted by schmunk View Post
    Presumably the difference in value would be greater than that as the car would, in the insurance company's eyes, be a scrapper.
    in other words the insurer may think my car is worth a couple of hundred quid?

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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    Quote Originally Posted by j.o.s.h.1408 View Post
    in other words the insurer may think my car is worth a couple of hundred quid?
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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    being as though your finding this hard to understand.

    1, ask the garage how much to fix it.

    2, ask the garage how much the cars worth in its current state

    3, add the 2 figures together

    4, wait and see what the insurance offer to settle.

    if 4 is more than 3 then it may be worth you offering the insurance 25% less than 2 to buy it back, get it on the road again and you have your reliable car back and maybe some change to tint the windows so no one can see its you driving that car.

    if not then take the money and buy another car, end of

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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    Lists! I knew it, everyone understands a numbered list!

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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    Also will depend on who you are insured with as some insurers categorically DO NOT sell the car back if it's written off.
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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    Quote Originally Posted by GoNz0 View Post
    being as though your finding this hard to understand.

    1, ask the garage how much to fix it.

    2, ask the garage how much the cars worth in its current state

    3, add the 2 figures together

    4, wait and see what the insurance offer to settle.

    if 4 is more than 3 then it may be worth you offering the insurance 25% less than 2 to buy it back, get it on the road again and you have your reliable car back and maybe some change to tint the windows so no one can see its you driving that car.

    if not then take the money and buy another car, end of
    5, ????

    6, Profit!




    Edit: Also lolzors re the tints....

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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    there cant be much profit to be had out of a 6 year old micra m8

    more to do with him liking the car and not wanting another one, any profit may cover the tints

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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    just think what that car "could" become




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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    Quote Originally Posted by GoNz0 View Post
    just think what that car "could" become
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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    Quote Originally Posted by GoNz0 View Post
    just think what that car "could" become


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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    Quote Originally Posted by GoNz0 View Post
    being as though your finding this hard to understand.

    1, ask the garage how much to fix it.

    2, ask the garage how much the cars worth in its current state

    3, add the 2 figures together

    4, wait and see what the insurance offer to settle.

    if 4 is more than 3 then it may be worth you offering the insurance 25% less than 2 to buy it back, get it on the road again and you have your reliable car back and maybe some change to tint the windows so no one can see its you driving that car.

    if not then take the money and buy another car, end of
    spoke to someone who did a similar thing. diddnt say she bought her own car back though but what she did was agree and recieved a settlement cash for it. she diddnt buy her own car back or anything.

    when one of you guys mentioned of buying my own car back i was wondering why? its my own car, why would i want to buy it back?

    Originaly it wasnt clear what some of you guys was saying BUT now i understand it better.

    Hope i get a decent amount, maybe 2k plus my car back and i will check and see how much it costs over on a nissan garage to repair the damage.

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    Re: Look what an essex girl did to my car

    well for starters do not ask a main dealer the repair costs, its pointless, ask a local body shop what they would charge, main dealers and accident repair centers charge well over the odds, thats why its been wrote off.

    when the insurance settle, you hand them the log book to the car and its there property, thats the point in question. you can then buy it back if its part of there policy, others shove em on a transporter and they go to auction.

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