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Peter.R said:
Out of interest what were your thoughts regarding the engine and seats?
Seats so I can get them retrimmed in alcantara with green stitching to match what I'm doing with the steering wheel and eventually what I'm doing with the whole interior. Would be nice if it was possible to fit a heating element in them at the same time. Engine and gearbox... well, it would be nice to have a spare. Possibly so that really serious power and torque gains could be investigated without risking my original engine.
I can only imagine Alpine Winchester's original quote is only ever going to increase when work starts on it! What's the plan Max, are you getting another or moving on to something else?
Max13 said:
This was my car. The accident happened in August.
At the time Alpine Winchester quoted £20,000 plus labour to repair, so it was written off.
The back wheel wasn't that straight last time I saw it...
Written off at 20k when the market value must have been over 30k? that doesnt make any sense. Im not saying its not true of course but usually cars have to reach at least 60% of value in repair costs before they even consider writing them off. I heavily crashed a Cayman S in 2014 and caused 25k of damage to the car and a bit to the fence it went through. Its market value was probably 35k at the time and they rebuilt it with no markers or anything and it was never written off.At the time Alpine Winchester quoted £20,000 plus labour to repair, so it was written off.
The back wheel wasn't that straight last time I saw it...
Out of interest what was the accident? glad you're OK BTW thats the most important part
craigjm said:
Max13 said:
This was my car. The accident happened in August.
At the time Alpine Winchester quoted £20,000 plus labour to repair, so it was written off.
The back wheel wasn't that straight last time I saw it...
Written off at 20k when the market value must have been over 30k? that doesnt make any sense. Im not saying its not true of course but usually cars have to reach at least 60% of value in repair costs before they even consider writing them off. I heavily crashed a Cayman S in 2014 and caused 25k of damage to the car and a bit to the fence it went through. Its market value was probably 35k at the time and they rebuilt it with no markers or anything and it was never written off.At the time Alpine Winchester quoted £20,000 plus labour to repair, so it was written off.
The back wheel wasn't that straight last time I saw it...
Out of interest what was the accident? glad you're OK BTW thats the most important part
It'll be a lot of labour to fix that car.
It is common that damaged cars appear for sale with a lot of the original damage partially repaired. The back still won't be running straight.
Yes £20k plus labour, plus VAT.
They also couldn't give a timeframe due to parts availability, at which point they decided to write it off.
Someone coming from the opposite direction veered in to my lane and hit the car. I managed to avoid a head on, but they hit the offside front corner and essentially scraped down the side of the car. When they connected with the back wheel it spun the car around. It was relatively low speed thankfully, no airbags deployed, all drivers and passengers ok. The insurers paid out without issue, though I had to argue the figure as prices had risen since I bought it.
They also couldn't give a timeframe due to parts availability, at which point they decided to write it off.
Someone coming from the opposite direction veered in to my lane and hit the car. I managed to avoid a head on, but they hit the offside front corner and essentially scraped down the side of the car. When they connected with the back wheel it spun the car around. It was relatively low speed thankfully, no airbags deployed, all drivers and passengers ok. The insurers paid out without issue, though I had to argue the figure as prices had risen since I bought it.
Edited by Max13 on Friday 10th December 14:09
Max13 said:
Yes £20k plus labour, plus VAT.
They also couldn't give a timeframe due to parts availability, at which point they decided to write it off.
Someone coming from the opposite direction veered in to my lane and hit the car. I managed to avoid a head on, but they hit the offside front corner and essentially scraped down the side of the car. When they connected with the back wheel it spun the car around. It was relatively low speed thankfully, no airbags deployed, all drivers and passengers ok. The insurers paid out without issue, though I had to argue the figure as prices had risen since I bought it.
Good to hear you were ok. I guess it was the parts availability that killed it then They also couldn't give a timeframe due to parts availability, at which point they decided to write it off.
Someone coming from the opposite direction veered in to my lane and hit the car. I managed to avoid a head on, but they hit the offside front corner and essentially scraped down the side of the car. When they connected with the back wheel it spun the car around. It was relatively low speed thankfully, no airbags deployed, all drivers and passengers ok. The insurers paid out without issue, though I had to argue the figure as prices had risen since I bought it.
Edited by Max13 on Friday 10th December 14:09
leglessAlex said:
I see this has gone... Any idea where it's gone, anyone?
I can't help with this, but are you still wanting heated seats? If so, give Trimt Technick a shout - they do (better than) OEM quality interiors and do a heated seat option https://trimtechnik.net/interior-accessories/heate...Gassing Station | Alpine | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff