Stolen-Recovered Car

[Jazzer]

Hi!

My car was taken at knifepoint last week and my insurance claim has just been passed to the settlement team to be finalised.

However, I've just been informed that the car has been recovered by Police, but I don't know anything about its condition.

All documents, spare keys etc are in the hands of my insurers and the road tax is being refunded.

Do I have to now accept the car back, even if it's apparently undamaged??

I really want nothing more to do with it....God alone knows how it's been driven and abused....and it will now show up as "stolen/recovered" on HPI checks, thereby severely hindering any future resale and in all likelihood lowering the value of the car....I wouldn't touch such a car with a bargepole!

Any help and advice here would be much appreciated.

Thanks guys

[Jazzer]

Thanks for the replies guys.....I'm just so depressed with the events of the last week.....then this bombshell, just as I was coming to terms with what happened and beginning to plan my new car!

[Jazzer]

Golf R32.....yes another one!!

[Jazzer]

Hi!

My car appears to be unmarked, but will need a change of locks....looks to have been parked up for a week, but I'll wait to check the mileage.

The good news is that it would only have come up on HPI checks if it had been recovered after an insurance settlement....and that's not the case.

So selling it should be no harder than it would otherwise have been in the current climate.

However, some shocking news from the cops today....forensics can take up to two weeks, so the car may not be released to the insurance company for a while yet.....in many ways, what I'm experiencing now is worse than the original theft.....unbelievable amount of aggro, hanging by the phone etc

Thanks for the comments guys