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[paulrockliffe]

So my father in law managed to reverse into my car and smash it up - outer door skin, front wing, wing mirror, bumper and the small glass window. Rear door is to respray but not bent. Nothing bent underneath.

Just trying to get a handle on whether this is going to be a write-off. Can get another between £2-4k depending on how fussy about mileage and comparable spec, but not sure what it would cost to fix mine properly?

If it's a write-off can I choose to keep the car and how does that affect pay-out? Might make sense to grab a second hand door and leave the wing as it's already scruffy and was just being run into the ground anyway.

20180508_190525 by Paul Rockliffe, on Flickr

[b19rak]

Write off probably. My sister in law did something similar. Ended up selling the Focus for £500 rather then getting it repaired for £350.

[layercake]

just replace door and wing if u can get the same color job done, i wouldn't get rid im pretty sure they stopped making the FRV, and imo it's the best 6 seater out there for that size

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-2009-HONDA-FR-V-BR...

[trickywoo]

If it goes through insurance that will be a write off.

If you were happy sourcing secondhand parts and had a friendly bodyshop you could more than likely fix that for £1k or less. How bad is the bumper any problems with the headlight bracket?

[strath44]

layercake said:

just replace door and wing if u can get the same color job done, i wouldn't get rid im pretty sure they stopped making the FRV, and imo it's the best 6 seater out there for that size

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-2009-HONDA-FR-V-BR...

one of our friend loves their FRV I think it sits 3 up front?

If you like it a lot and want to keep & if its reliable then I would get a new door and wing and leave the back door as is.

I would be surprised if you paid more than £150 for a door and wing and paint would be about £300 or maybe less for a rough job, if you are lucky you could find the correct paint colour, I would leave the back door as is or touch up with a paint pen!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/Honda-Fr-v-2004-2009-Righ...

If you can fit the door and wing it would help keep cost down.

Very hard to tell if that is a right off I would have thought so especially with the rarity of that car and parts, I have been surprised recently as to what some insurers are not writing off. There was also word on a similar thread of some insurers allowing use of used parts, I don't know if that's true or not.

You might be surprised how much your (or your FILs) premium jumps even for a non fault - speak to your father in law and see if he just wants to pay!

Edited by strath44 on Wednesday 9th May 11:47

[layercake]

get a grand off the FIL and you will still be up a few quid once you have replaced the door and wing

[paulrockliffe]

layercake said:

just replace door and wing if u can get the same color job done, i wouldn't get rid im pretty sure they stopped making the FRV, and imo it's the best 6 seater out there for that size

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-2009-HONDA-FR-V-BR...

Yes they stopped making it, yes it is awesome. Can get 6 adults in comfy and still put my kids buggy in the boot still assembled. I suspect the issue is NCAP rating on what are very slim doors and an already wide car.

There's £2k of damage to the other car too, so it is going through insurance. My premiums jumped by about £50 when I did a comparison now, so not horrific.

What are my options for keeping it and what sort of reduction in the payout would I get? The wife isn't happy about driving around with a bent wing and a new one would solve the oil leak, so that's unlikely anyway.

[layercake]

at a guess depending on what year it is, they should pay out what the car is worth 2 - 4 grand and give you the option of buying it back for anything from 5 to a grand most likely will be less then just get it fixed replace the two panels and job done

[layercake]

i would get the oil leak checked before you price up any of the other repairs

on another note, is it a petrol or diesel? i was looking at getting her in doors one of these

[paulrockliffe]

I've had the leak looked at before, it's an engine out job so I've just left it.

We have the 2l petrol i-vtec, it's great, but probably better to get the diesel really, gets about 30-32mpg average, which is quite low for the level of performance. The VTEC is fun though.