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Similar thing happened to my mum's Seicento about 2 years ago, hit in the nearside rear quarter whilst parked up. That was written off due to bent/snapped rear axle and all the cosmetic damage.
There is no contest of liability in these cases, it's an open and closed case.
It's the ANPR system that cannot read them whether they're legible or not. The ANPR is only designed to read the correct format and if your plate is incorrectly spaced then it cannot be read automatically.
Think of your numberplate as more like a barcode.
You can buy them from Renault yes, I believe they're about £60 each, plus fitting.
Or you can source them from a Motor factors, I believe they are the same as any 172 Mk 2, just the springs were different on the Cup.
If you got a price from Renault, could you not get the part numbers also? I don't know of anyone having access to the Mk3 catalogue, yet.
Mike@Rentech may be able to help.
Erm...I think they'll have needed to 'take it to bits' to replace the water pump, which was the original job.
Glad it's all getting sorted under warranty though.
No, you can't be the registered owner/keeper of the second car.
The 182 would have to be owned by someone else and cover is limited to third party ONLY not even fire and theft.
Also it is only insured whilst the driver is sat in it, park it on a public road and expect it to get...
They have no real way of checking, it's just to provide a proportionate risk assessment for the policy. ie someone doing 5000 miles/pa is less likely to crash than someone doing 50000 miles/pa.