Mk5 r32 write off advice

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TomEP

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154 months

Saturday 13th September 2014
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One of guys at work has a 07 plate r32 with only 46k on clock, dsg, bucket seats. Got hit from behind by a disco last week, impact was quite high on boot rather than on rear bumper. Car still runs.

Insurance company want to write it off and have offered £9.5k. He can buy it for £2.5k from them - they say repair bill is £9k which sounds bloody high. It's his wives car and she is quite attached to it. On basis the buckets and engine alone will be worth more than £2.5k he is thinking of buying it.

Does anyone know a decent repairer around Oxford way who could take a look at it? He knows it will be cat d but this doesn't really bother him as he'll run it into ground