cars a wright off or is it?

[the_stig 6,614]

price all the bits up your self first my lad smased his astra up cost a fortune -- even with second hand bits then the bonnet and wing did`nt sit right head lights are a twat to line up ..it might look like light damage and an easy fix but thats not always the case --- the repaints aint cheap either bonnet and wing 400 notes upwards ... give it some thought first can turn out to be money pits ..

[christian71 3,187]

my mrs had a crash in a 03 ford focus they wrote it off gave us £1900 for it bought it back for £250

Fixed it for £100 happy days

[the_stig 6,614]

my mrs had a crash in a 03 ford focus they wrote it off gave us £1900 for it bought it back for £250

Fixed it for £100 happy days

50 quid of that was on cable ties and filler the other 50 was on wikes undercoat and gloss ....

[hillbilly boy 109]

if they right it of you can buy it back of the insurance company cheap and repair it

[neil82 1,080]

if they right it of you can buy it back of the insurance company cheap and repair it

not allways, depends on what it is, some `cat`s ` have to be crushed, also remember they WILL register it as seriously damaged, only way around that is to get it inspected and passed, even then, if its in another bump you wont get the same payout, easier if its a cosmetic write-off but take into account that re-sprays are bloody expensive to do, modern water based paints are not forgiving when it comes to prep, so even if you do that bit yourself the paint shop will probably have to do some finishing off before painting

[lanesra 3,994]

My mrs had a fire in the Boot (lighter ignightered fireman said) insurance company wrote it off , We bought it back , can't actually remember the deal she done with them but it was a V.Good deal , valleted it and gave the car to my Daughter who needed a car so it can be bought back if its worth it too you .

[albert64 1,882]

i take it your fully comp, you can ask them to do a contract repair using second hand parts

or buy it back off them, they'll give you money and let you keep the car then get someone you know to

repair it using second hand parts, i've repaired loads like that (not a shit driver used to own a body shop)

not all cars have to go for vosa checks when they've been repaired

[Chid 6,537]

cat d write of dont need to be checked out cat c do if i can remember rightly

[Malt 379]

i take it your fully comp, you can ask them to do a contract repair using second hand parts

or buy it back off them, they'll give you money and let you keep the car then get someone you know to

repair it using second hand parts, i've repaired loads like that (not a shit driver used to own a body shop)

not all cars have to go for vosa checks when they've been repaired

Thats right, it's only if theirs anything that will make the car mechanically unsound/dangerous that it has to tested is it not? If its been written off and there's only cosmetic damage I dont think it needs it.. (Ex trainee panel beater!)

[WILF 46,832]

If its only £200 sovs and you can do it yourself, don't claim and do it yourself ?

[albert64 1,882]

If its only £200 sovs and you can do it yourself, don't claim and do it yourself ?

 

 

but that means he has to pay for a brand new motor to be repaired aswell

oh and dont forget the whiplash

[albert64 1,882]

i take it your fully comp, you can ask them to do a contract repair using second hand parts

or buy it back off them, they'll give you money and let you keep the car then get someone you know to

repair it using second hand parts, i've repaired loads like that (not a shit driver used to own a body shop)

not all cars have to go for vosa checks when they've been repaired

Thats right, it's only if theirs anything that will make the car mechanically unsound/dangerous that it has to tested is it not? If its been written off and there's only cosmetic damage I dont think it needs it.. (Ex trainee panel beater!)

 

yeah but they also check for stolen parts that may have been used to repair it

they dont just go over the damaged area they go throught it like a dose of salts

[chris k 205]

You guys have been a MASSIVE help. im gonna ask for second hand parts to be used (didnt know i could do that) and start a war if they refuse. The thing is its a 02 vauxhall zafira (that hasnt been owned by taliban) and ive just spent 1600 on her. As anyone who ever owned one of these cars will know there an excellent little moter. bullet proof engine and loads of room for the lurchers. If it wasnt for these facts it would be straight down the scrappers

[04fox8 168]

VIC Check by VOSA doesn't have anything to do with the standard of repair.

The paperwork clearly states that.

It is merely a check to confirm the vehicle is the same one that was smashed. Just so you don't go and pinch one and swap No. plates and the like.

Cat C need a VIC check, as do some Cat D.

 

In the same position as you myself just now, hoping I can buy vehicle back. Some of the quotes to repair are criminal.

 

Someone has said modern water based paints are expensive......Very much so, and they are a bitch to apply, not impossible without a booth, but nothing like good old 2 pack.

 

As you have recently spent all that coin on the vehicle, and you are obviously happy with the motor, you do your best to get it back.

It is worth much more to you.

Even if it is a CAT C (which end up with a 'note' on the V5 Document,) you will still have yourself a decent motor at the end of it.

That old a car, I wouldn't worry about it atall. After all, it's not like you're out to make a killing on it. (Maybe the BM Driver will)

 

All that said, hopefully it is not a bigger job than you 1st thought......

[albert64 1,882]

VIC Check by VOSA doesn't have anything to do with the standard of repair.

The paperwork clearly states that.

It is merely a check to confirm the vehicle is the same one that was smashed. Just so you don't go and pinch one and swap No. plates and the like.

Cat C need a VIC check, as do some Cat D.

 

In the same position as you myself just now, hoping I can buy vehicle back. Some of the quotes to repair are criminal.

 

Someone has said modern water based paints are expensive......Very much so, and they are a bitch to apply, not impossible without a booth, but nothing like good old 2 pack.

 

As you have recently spent all that coin on the vehicle, and you are obviously happy with the motor, you do your best to get it back.

It is worth much more to you.

Even if it is a CAT C (which end up with a 'note' on the V5 Document,) you will still have yourself a decent motor at the end of it.

That old a car, I wouldn't worry about it atall. After all, it's not like you're out to make a killing on it. (Maybe the BM Driver will)

 

All that said, hopefully it is not a bigger job than you 1st thought......

 

vosa will check the standard of repair there is no way they would let a bad repair on the roads

you can just imagine how much shit would hit the fan if you had a crash after leaving a vosa check and you car falls in half

they go through them like i've already said, i used to buy Q reg's years ago and do them up

i've been for more vosa checks than dental checks

but when i went in they new the job had been done properly