How much can be made breaking a ff182?? Help please

[Lil-slugger]

I cant believe you even entertained breaking!!!! Made me angry hahahahaa.
I had a woman write my mondeo off in 2009, cracked back bumper in two places, dented quater and smashed rear light.....
i put a new light on for £25 hammered back quater out, bought it back for £200 and got £900 back in my pocket and am still drivin it now ( well palmed off to the missus )

 

[Addicted]

buy it back for £300 and break it, or even just sell it for like £1500 - someone will still buy it and break it themselves!

Then you've got even more money than you had before!

 

[MikeoftheQuays]

£3420. it was £2840 but I showed them all te pictures I took after I detailed it and found a couple of adds for the same age with more miles so they met me Half way

That's not a massive amount considering earlier this week a dude off here got £3200 for his 172 from the insurers. I wanna know who you're both using! I'd be over the moon with anything over £3k if mine got written off.

As for what to do - I'd be buying it back, pocketing the cash and driving it. Even if you only keep it a few months then flog it for peanuts you'll still come out on top.

 

[Hixle]

I wanna know who you're both using!

Snap! I guess they were both pretty low milage?

Happy days though mate

 

[The Russian.]

Not gone through insurance anywhoo.

Excellaw, great company.

 

[Bluebeard]

Not gone through insurance anywhoo.

Excellaw, great company.

You've not gone through insurance?! I'm proper confused now.

 

[The Russian.]

I rang insurance up and told them,but they wanted Albany assistance to deal with it, so rang up my body shop and he told me excellaw, and that they get all the details and the womens details and go straight through her insurance so my insurance no nothing which is the best thing has the try and add money on.

Then a vehicle engineer inspector came out the day after 'martin' (great guy) values it goes back and sends all the detail to her insurers chasing the money.

 

[mitch1503]

IT won't unless it gets written off again, then obviously the payout will be a lot less second time around.

this happend to the missus's mother... her corsa was bought as damaged repaired not once did it show anywhere it was a write off.. her dad had a little bump in it.. long story short was wrote off again and her insurance wernt gonna pay out as they dont insure write off's but she got pay out in end after finding it had been a total loss twice before so her dads bump made it the 3rd time to be wrote off... should never have been back on the road

 

[mitch1503]

He can't post it. We were up til 1.30am talking about it this morning! lol.

aww well lol

 

[ScottyRS]

Excellent payout. You cannot just drive a write off. It needs an engineers report to say it's safe to drive on the road. You can then send off to DVLA etc. I would suggest buying it back if its cheap enough though. Fix it and drive or use as a track car. I would!

 

[Richyy182]

You've had a result

Treat the missus by banging her - double win

 

[Chris205]

Excellent payout. You cannot just drive a write off. It needs an engineers report to say it's safe to drive on the road. You can then send off to DVLA etc. I would suggest buying it back if its cheap enough though. Fix it and drive or use as a track car. I would!

Not always the case, depends how severe the damage is, what you're talking about is a vic check, more commonly needed on Cat C cars