Why was this Bentley written off, then?
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Probably less than one year old.
£200k car.
Apparently light bodywork damage.
Parts availability?
Damage worse than it appeared?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202405169...
Louis Balfour said:
Probably less than one year old.
£200k car.
Apparently light bodywork damage.
Parts availability?
Damage worse than it appeared?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202405169...
Some insurances on high value cars have a clause of new for old on any claim.£200k car.
Apparently light bodywork damage.
Parts availability?
Damage worse than it appeared?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202405169...
The salvage values are very high as people can fix and export unrecorded (according to someone with a licence to salvage) So, if the claim was say £40k to fix using expensive parts and the ins co thinks they can get a great salvage price they right it off....you only have to read about some of the claims management figures for hire cars...I guess a Bentley courtesy car might be charged at £1000 per day...work that out if it takes 2 months to fix waiting for delayed parts?
Googling for the VIN you can see original damage looks a bit more 'realistic'.
![](https://forums-images.pistonheads.com/34610/202405174249746?resize=720)
This is probably nothing to worry about![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
![](https://forums-images.pistonheads.com/34610/202405174265576?resize=720)
ETA The Copart link is dead, but this Polish site has the same content. I'd probably ignore the 'current offer 48000£" bit .. https://ucars.pro/pl/lot/248543405-2023-bentley-co...
This is probably nothing to worry about
![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
ETA The Copart link is dead, but this Polish site has the same content. I'd probably ignore the 'current offer 48000£" bit .. https://ucars.pro/pl/lot/248543405-2023-bentley-co...
Edited by bigandclever on Friday 17th May 11:54
bigandclever said:
Googling for the VIN you can see original damage looks a bit more 'realistic'.
![](https://forums-images.pistonheads.com/34610/202405174249746?resize=720)
This is probably nothing to worry about![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
![](https://forums-images.pistonheads.com/34610/202405174265576?resize=720)
ETA The Copart link is dead, but this Polish site has the same content. I'd probably ignore the 'current offer 48000£" bit .. https://ucars.pro/pl/lot/248543405-2023-bentley-co...
Is that oil drips we are looking at there?This is probably nothing to worry about
![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
ETA The Copart link is dead, but this Polish site has the same content. I'd probably ignore the 'current offer 48000£" bit .. https://ucars.pro/pl/lot/248543405-2023-bentley-co...
Edited by bigandclever on Friday 17th May 11:54
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