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You are suffering as a result of some fuckwits inability to concentrate on driving.
Don't feel guilty!
If I was you I'd be declining the offers until you establish what damage has been done to your body. If you take £2000 but have to spend the next 20 years in pain, you'll regret it big time.
You need to get the car up high (trolley jack at max) and get a big metal bar through the wishbone and under the subframe and then lean on it with all your weight.
Don't bother undoing the tre/ ball joint.
The car's got two computers that could stop it from starting.
Then there's the key which could have failed.
Or there's no compression.
Or a piece of wiring loom could have been damaged when he hit the Kerb.
Or there's burger stuck in the air vents.
Or the engine is seized
Or the...
Your buying this car because you want the engine.
The engine that's got no oil in it and you e no idea how long it's been run for with no oil. And you've no idea how many times he's tried to start it and cranked it over. With no oil in it.
Just read that back to yourself.
My old black 182 would throw the light on every time I put cheap fuel in it.
Every other Clio I've had has run on either but this one seemed very fuel sensitive.
Most of the time it is a misfire.
Check/change your plugs, leads coil pack and injectors.
If it's only ever so slight and it drives ok, it's just a lumpy car. A lot are.