What Should I Do - Urgent !!

[BRUN]

right, my cars finally gone into the bodyshop, yesterday mornin

i get a call this mornin from them, an he said loads of my arch has been rotten and its all been sorted out with fibreglass so he has nowhere to weld to, needs the whole wheel arch part, possibly another £300-£400 worth of work

now, it wouldnt be so bad if the insurance had sorted the blame out, but there draggin there arse, an he said if we told the insurance about the extra, then they would probably write my car off, so in other words hes giving me the option of paying it.....

what should i do, pay it ?....or ring the insurance an try an get them to pay it...

 

[STICKER TWONK]

Ring insurance and ask them about it, if they say theyd just write the car off then just tell em youll sort it and stump up the money

 

[BRUN]

rang em an they said they could send an engineer out to look at it, but the guy on the phone said its very likely they would write the car off

i remember the bodyshop guy saying that it was a close call with the engineer last time, because of the cost of the work....

im gonna go have a look at it in a bit (try an take some pics)....but its lookin like im gonna have to pay it...

 

[STICKER TWONK]

Lol, copy and paste again from RSC eh Brun!!! hehe

 

[BRUN]

rang insurance an i dont think im gonna bother sortin it through them, it would take ages an chances are they would write it off

went to the bodyshop an all it needs is a new arch, the underside part, actual arch, the rest of the panel is fine, but, as the arch comes with the whole panel, then there gonna have to buy that

could end up costin me £400

i went to Ren before an the panel is £220 +vat....

 

[Ad]

Arent you goona have the same problem with the other side??? £400 put of your own pocket is a lot. Can you not try and recover the costs yourself once blame has been accepted by the other party???? If you are certain that you arent to blame then Im sure you will be able to claim the costs back!!

 

[Si Griffiths]

can you not drive a written off car? I thought it meant they would just give u the market value of the car and that would be it?

 

[BRUN]

adtmits i think i can only claim it back if i go through the insurance for the whole thing, an that means they would be paying for it anywayz, if they do pay it, which i dont think they would to be honest

oh an the other side only has a tiny bit of rust, this bodyshop have had a quick look, and where i got my rust removed on this damaged side had a look too when that was done

you can drive a written off car as long as its been repaired and inspected

 

[coolspot007007]

cant you cut and shut one off a scrapped one?