Total loss due to unavailability of parts?

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Sheepshanks said:

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The amount of repair has meant that Volvo dealers will touch it. I had three explicit declines "due to the repairs carried out" and two more who simply didn't respond. That included the dealer that I said above had made an offer, that offer was withdrawn once the buyer I was speaking to discussed the detail of the repairs with his manager. One of those who declined to buy it would reluctantly take it as a trade but would devalue it "significantly" as they would not be able to sell it under Volvo's Selekt scheme.

In the end, I had it for exactly a week before trading it to an Audi dealer (with full disclosure on it being repaired) and they did not devalue it. They aren't interested in retailing it so it was valued for auction regardless.

It's a moot point now, but you could have claimed diminution of value against the 3rd party.

I could and, had I not been able to trade it at a sensible price, I would have. Glad to be able to avoid the effort and draw a line under the whole thing. Audi paid £400 less that WBAC offered (which was surprisingly generous) but by the time WBAC take off their fees and mark it down for something, probably got the same or possibly slightly more. Was enough to settle the outstanding finance and provide a deposit for the replacement which is all it needed to do.