Alfa 4C written off (leased car help needed)
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MechMovement said:
Admiral.
Car has just been declared a total loss (written off).
Do i now just get the settlement figure, pass it on to the insurance and that's that?
Images here:
Any and all help appreciated.
I can offer no help at all on the technicalities here but, as a fellow Alfa driver, the sight of that car is awful. Car has just been declared a total loss (written off).
Do i now just get the settlement figure, pass it on to the insurance and that's that?
Images here:
Any and all help appreciated.
You have my sympathy. Here's hoping for a fair resolution.
Cold said:
MechMovement said:
Sorry i should clarify apart from the body damage, gearbox, chassis and tub were all finito.
Strange it's been written off as the damage is all bolt-on parts. I guess they've done their sums though.If something as relatively minor as that wrecks the structure, I predict these disappearing in short order.
Cold said:
Strange it's been written off as the damage is all bolt-on parts. I guess they've done their sums though.
I'd be astonished if the suspension mount points on the rear subframe are straight after that sort of collision and the half-shaft has been ripped out of the diff which will have caused some damage to the gearbox casing... but even a new rear subframe and gearbox shouldn't write it off unless Alfa are charging absurb amounts for parts. I'd have guess at £15-20k to fix that and surely the car is worth about twice that?I think he meant the CF tub is knackered, which certainly would write it off.
ETA: Shame, it's a lovely colour.
Edited by kambites on Monday 8th January 10:59
Cold said:
MechMovement said:
Sorry i should clarify apart from the body damage, gearbox, chassis and tub were all finito.
Strange it's been written off as the damage is all bolt-on parts. I guess they've done their sums though.it looks very easy to damage the tub where the rear is mounted to it in the opps accident
Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Monday 8th January 10:56
Dave Hedgehog said:
do these not have a carbon tub? on a cheap car like this i would expect any damage to a carbon tub = automatic write off
it looks very easy to damage the tub where the rear is mounted to it in the opps accident
This - imagine both sides of the tub would have been damaged based on the angle of both rear wheels. it looks very easy to damage the tub where the rear is mounted to it in the opps accident
Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Monday 8th January 10:56
It's a combination of a whole lot of things and also the fact that not many places have the experience to put a car like this back together again.
To be fair to Admiral they had the car assessed on 3 separate occasions and pushed hard (as did i) for a repair.
I believe the passenger side of the tub has been compromised as has pretty much the whole of the back end of the vehicle. Long wait times for parts was also a factor, along with the large body panels of the 4C.
Really upset knowing i'll not get to drive it again, best car i have ever driven by a country mile.
To be fair to Admiral they had the car assessed on 3 separate occasions and pushed hard (as did i) for a repair.
I believe the passenger side of the tub has been compromised as has pretty much the whole of the back end of the vehicle. Long wait times for parts was also a factor, along with the large body panels of the 4C.
Really upset knowing i'll not get to drive it again, best car i have ever driven by a country mile.
Herbs said:
Cold said:
Herbs said:
This - imagine both sides of the tub would have been damaged based on the angle of both rear wheels.
Which bit are you calling the tub?
It's difficult from the pictures to say how hard the impact to the subframe will have been - it looks like the other car hit the offside wheel and pushed the nearside wheel into the kerb so there's no reason to believe the subframe is bent across the width of the car. I could easily imagine that the offside subframe-to-tub mount is cracked though and I doubt it's repairable.
kambites said:
It's difficult from the pictures to say how hard the impact to the subframe will have been - it looks like the other car hit the offside wheel and pushed the nearside wheel into the kerb so there's no reason to believe the subframe is bent across the width of the car. I could easily imagine that the offside subframe-to-tub mount is cracked though and I doubt it's repairable.
If you look at the pic of the rear suspension at full resolution, the ball joint is still attached to the arm, and there's a bracket attached to the ball joint...
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