Is this repairable?
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Dog Biscuit said:
Glasgowrob said:
Repairable - yes
Will your insurance company want to repair ? Debatable
When you factor in the value of the salvage
Potential hidden damage any hire car costs it may be more economically viable to just settle with you and pop the car off to salvage
100% agreeWill your insurance company want to repair ? Debatable
When you factor in the value of the salvage
Potential hidden damage any hire car costs it may be more economically viable to just settle with you and pop the car off to salvage
Maybe possible chassis / suspension damage there, depending on the angle of the impact.
Would I buy it from copart, pull that dent out and stick a bumper on it? Yes.
Will your insurance write it off rather than repair it? Probably.
Have you got your eye on another car? If it were me I'd buy it back from the insurance and drive it around like that until I found something else that I wanted.
Will your insurance write it off rather than repair it? Probably.
Have you got your eye on another car? If it were me I'd buy it back from the insurance and drive it around like that until I found something else that I wanted.
Regarding the neck, get it looked at. I was t-boned on my bike resulting in a decent side impact to the ground. Paramedics (and myself) dismissed my pain as whiplash. A week later a CT scan confirmed multiple vertebrae and skull fractures.
The human body is amazingly robust, until it isn't.
The human body is amazingly robust, until it isn't.
Did the front half of the car end up on the pavement as part of the crash? If so, the more significant damage could be at that end if the front wheels went up a kerb at speed or while sliding, even if there is no bodywork damage there.
Ultimately though, as others have said it's probably repairable. The insurance company may choose to write it off instead and give you a below market value payout as that can be cheaper/quicker/easier from their perspective.
Ultimately though, as others have said it's probably repairable. The insurance company may choose to write it off instead and give you a below market value payout as that can be cheaper/quicker/easier from their perspective.
Mr Tidy said:
Insurers don't seem interested in repairs any more. Cat N or Cat S, they don't discriminate!
If you want to keep it anyway don't let it out of your possession because if Copart, etc. get hold of it you won't get it back.
It depends if it’s economic to repair, as it always was.If you want to keep it anyway don't let it out of your possession because if Copart, etc. get hold of it you won't get it back.
Wife’s car just repaired, £8.5k damage (car worth £22k).
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