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Out this morning and came back to the car park to find this:
The guy that did it waited around for me and we exchanged insurance details.
My old Cerb is rare, it's a factory red rose and the only one ever made in Jamaica Blue.
Would Repainting it, for whatever reason, devalue it?
And if so, is it beyond reason to argue this point with his insurance company?
Best wishes
Aide
The guy that did it waited around for me and we exchanged insurance details.
My old Cerb is rare, it's a factory red rose and the only one ever made in Jamaica Blue.
Would Repainting it, for whatever reason, devalue it?
And if so, is it beyond reason to argue this point with his insurance company?
Best wishes
Aide
Whatever you do, do NOT listen to the insurance company when they say you HAVE to take your car to a repairer on their approved list. They always try this to keep the cost down. Can you imagine it going to the Car Clinic?
As said above, find the absolute best repairer in fibreglass and let him deal with the insurance company.
As said above, find the absolute best repairer in fibreglass and let him deal with the insurance company.
N7GTX said:
Whatever you do, do NOT listen to the insurance company when they say you HAVE to take your car to a repairer on their approved list. They always try this to keep the cost down. Can you imagine it going to the Car Clinic?
As said above, find the absolute best repairer in fibreglass and let him deal with the insurance company.
Absolutely this; here speaks the voice of a bad experience.As said above, find the absolute best repairer in fibreglass and let him deal with the insurance company.
Good on the guy to hang around, most wouldn't unfortunately.
N7GTX said:
Whatever you do, do NOT listen to the insurance company when they say you HAVE to take your car to a repairer on their approved list. They always try this to keep the cost down. Can you imagine it going to the Car Clinic?
As said above, find the absolute best repairer in fibreglass and let him deal with the insurance company.
Exactly what just came to mind..As said above, find the absolute best repairer in fibreglass and let him deal with the insurance company.
Tell the insurance company where it is going and choose the best TVR bodyshop!
Kind words and sound advice, thanks everyone.
The guy had just joined our gun club and it was his first day so I guess it was a bit of a bad day out for him too. A nice guy and fair play for owning up, we sat down and had a cup of tea, he said he didn't know any other members so I said he could join us one Saturday as we meet once a month.
A front end respray, not sure about blending the lights though
The guy had just joined our gun club and it was his first day so I guess it was a bit of a bad day out for him too. A nice guy and fair play for owning up, we sat down and had a cup of tea, he said he didn't know any other members so I said he could join us one Saturday as we meet once a month.
A front end respray, not sure about blending the lights though
aide said:
Kind words and sound advice, thanks everyone.
The guy had just joined our gun club and it was his first day so I guess it was a bit of a bad day out for him too. A nice guy and fair play for owning up, we sat down and had a cup of tea, he said he didn't know any other members so I said he could join us one Saturday as we meet once a month.
A front end respray, not sure about blending the lights though
It's a matter of personal taste, and I own one of the smaller, convertible, RV8 Cerberas with the big round headlights, so what does my opinion matter? The guy had just joined our gun club and it was his first day so I guess it was a bit of a bad day out for him too. A nice guy and fair play for owning up, we sat down and had a cup of tea, he said he didn't know any other members so I said he could join us one Saturday as we meet once a month.
A front end respray, not sure about blending the lights though
Nowt!
But when mine goes in for its front end respray in November, it is having the blended in speed 6 lights to bring it both up to date and workable after sunset. Personally, I think the "afterthought" pods look
I quite like the lights as they are...well, were. I can't comment on their effectiveness though.
Good luck on getting it repaired. If it gets done properly, it wouldn't put me off buying at all (keep the paperwork & photos though to show you aren't hiding anything). Also, as others have said, fair play on the other party. At least if he's joined your gun club, owning-up is hopefully an indicator that he can be trusted.
Good luck on getting it repaired. If it gets done properly, it wouldn't put me off buying at all (keep the paperwork & photos though to show you aren't hiding anything). Also, as others have said, fair play on the other party. At least if he's joined your gun club, owning-up is hopefully an indicator that he can be trusted.
Aide don't worry about having it repainted and affecting the value .. some tvrs were painted by the supplying dealers because the factory paint was so poor, my PDI sheets used to have so much ink on them circling blemishes, not enough paint, bits in the paint etc etc that you could hardly see the white paper itself sometimes. The first owner thought he/she was getting a factory finish job but in fact the car had been blown in or fully repainted before the first owner even got their hands on it.
I suspect there are now very very few tvrs around with full factory paint !
Get it repaired by a known bodyshop , job jobbed
I suspect there are now very very few tvrs around with full factory paint !
Get it repaired by a known bodyshop , job jobbed
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