What to do with a drowned Range Rover?

[jdw1234]

Delete thread + petrol + burn + report stolen



Only joking.

Any chance of shortening the wheelbase and making some sort of interesting off road thingy a bit like a Bowler?

Edited by jdw1234 on Thursday 4th March 16:22

[10JH]

GSP said:

Holy crap, that's a bit of a fail.

On another note I saw a mini on the M6 with 10JH number plate so so long back, is that yours?

Yeah probably was. Finally got spotted!

[300bhp/ton]

10JH said:

Gun said:

Your best bet would be to strip it for parts, there are bound to be some bits that are still usable. What engine has it got?

3.0 TD6. We don't want the effort of selling each part individually. Reckon there will be anyone who will take it as a whole?

Cheers for the support, we're starting to see the funny side now, a lot of piss taking going on!

If you just want to get rid. Give me a shout I might be interested for the right money.

[Dave^]

Herbs said:

is there no way the Policy holder could claim and be compensated as i'm sure it would work out financially better?

I know someone who had her car nicked by her (no licensed) brother, who (pissed up) parked it into a wall...

Insurance wouldn't pay out because it was a family member who stole it... apparently...

[john_p]

10JH said:

it's market value is only about £10-12k.

What the hell!? Did I miss something?

[jeff666]

Go out and buy a rolled/ smashed one and use your parts to repair, then e-bay everything left over.

[10JH]

john_p said:

10JH said:

it's market value is only about £10-12k.

What the hell!? Did I miss something?

Look at the classifieds, 52, 110,000 miles. The garage told us that would be the market value.

[Gun]

Dave^ said:

Herbs said:

is there no way the Policy holder could claim and be compensated as i'm sure it would work out financially better?

I know someone who had her car nicked by her (no licensed) brother, who (pissed up) parked it into a wall...

Insurance wouldn't pay out because it was a family member who stole it... apparently...

Someone I knew at college did that, took his brothers car while he was serving a drink driving ban and crashed it into a bank!

[KenBlocksPants]

jeff666 said:

Go out and buy a rolled/ smashed one and use your parts to repair, then e-bay everything left over.

Thats what I would be doing if I had the spare time.

Nice little project.

Understand the long term reasons for not claiming. I imagine your brother at 17 will not be able to stump up 10k for it.

[mat205125]

10JH said:

Insurance is simply because he is only 17, and a named driver on the policy. It would mess up my Dads no claim bonus for the rest of his cars too. Plus make future insurance for my brother very very pricey.

Plus he was on the beach, if that is ever covered!

Plus the excess is £1000 and it's market value is only about £10-12k. An very very expensive lesson.

EFA

I'd be hacking together a little spreadsheet of the scenarios listed above, weighed up against the market value of the car less the excess and a salvage value.

Forget the cost of your brothers future policies (you make your bed, etc ......), and seriously consider whether losing £8k-£9k (ish) really adds up to anything like the change to the other cars policies (if any) over the next few years.

[10JH]

KenBlocksPants said:

jeff666 said:

Go out and buy a rolled/ smashed one and use your parts to repair, then e-bay everything left over.

Thats what I would be doing if I had the spare time.

Nice little project.

Understand the long term reasons for not claiming. I imagine your brother at 17 will not be able to stump up 10k for it.

Not a chance! Viewed in the long run though, we will be saving a fair bit of money. Insuring him on it cost a lot, it cost a lot to run and broke down constantly! My Dad is now just using his other car and my brother his Jazz, so we won't be replacing it soon.

[the_lone_wolf]

Gun said:

Dave^ said:

Herbs said:

is there no way the Policy holder could claim and be compensated as i'm sure it would work out financially better?

I know someone who had her car nicked by her (no licensed) brother, who (pissed up) parked it into a wall...

Insurance wouldn't pay out because it was a family member who stole it... apparently...

Someone I knew at college did that, took his brothers car while he was serving a drink driving ban and crashed it into a bank!

I guess you could say he was



"Brought to account"








YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH

[johno10]

Really sorry to read this, remember the engine tansmission ectc are pretty well sealed. electrics can be dried out, there are companies around who hire drying equipment (Chem-dry) are one. Cleaning it would be a major job but not immpossible one guy i know bought his flooded RR back from the insurer it took him around 3 months to fettle it but 4 years later he is still using it
best of luck
John10

[off_again]

loftylad said:

I would definately get a second (and third!) opinion as to the chances of getting it back to a workable (or saleable) car again.

Very unlikely. The risk is that the water has caused structural damage and the electrics will fail some time in the future. Yeah, it might be possible to fix up and put back on the road, but its going to be a whole world of trouble and a nightmare to fix (if can be 100% fixed anyway). Just not economic to do so and given its the sea, would you like to drive that around in a few years knowing that its been drowned out in salty sea water? Corroding from the inside out? Scary thoughts....

[ross-co]

Dont know what to say; although i bet your brother was dreading telling your old man, feel sorry for all involved an expensive lesson.

Ross

[Bill]

Barry at http://www.dakarcars.co.uk/ might be interested but realistically it's scrap.

[bazking69]

The very definition of oops. Eeek.

[GKP]

salt water damage chaps. It'll be rusting by the end of the week - and it's Friday tomorrow. Throw it away as only the plastic parts will be worth saving.

[jdw1234]

Looks like footage is already on YouTube.

10JH...is this your brother and dad at the start of this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBKcr1lM3rQ&NR=...

[Emeye]

I always thought you could just hose out a Land Rover..........