Help Urgent

[riber3]

Hello Everybody,

I am in need of serious help as on Christmas week 20th December 2005 to be precise there was a knock on my door and when I opened it there was a policeman there and by the look on his face I thought something serious had happened to a family member!!! but just as bad he asked me if I was the owner of the Mazda RX7 parked outside and when I said yes, he then told me it had been hit by a passing car and it was severely damaged.

NOW AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE SAY

1 I WAS IN BED WHEN THE POLICEMAN CALLED &

2 THE CAR WAS PARKED SQUARELY & SAFELY ON A 16FT WIDE ROAD &

3 NOBODY WAS IN IT!!!!

The driver of the other car a newish VW Passat tried to to do a runner but his car came to a grinding halt about half a mile away because a neighbour of mine heard the crash and thought he had hit another car chased him down and it was at this time the police were called.

Eventually he plucked up the courage to come to my door and said "Sorry mate I didn\'t see it!!!"

My car was taken to an approved repair centre later that day and I had to sign a waver to say that any damage incurred by them whilst in transit I cannot claim for??? which didn\'t please but what choice did I have???

And it wasn\'t until 11th January 2006 that the Assessor a man called Neville finally got around to checking over my car

As you can see from the damage the passat driver must have well over the 30mph speed limit to have caused so much damage and definitely not in control of his vehicle to do the amount of damage he has done BUT IT IS REPAIRABLE!!!.

The repair centre has estimated £3000 to repair it.  The car is Insured for £5000 on a classic car policy and the list of parts to repair it are offside front suspension anti roll bar steering arm etc and for some strange reason the assessor is asking for a new offside chassis rail???

I gave the assessor as much information as I could regarding suppliers and clubs etc and since that day to this I have had no call backs from the insurance company except for last Tuesday 17th January 2006 when I was given my hire car a Fiesta need I say more!!!

But as of today the 27th January 2006 after another week going by and them still not calling me I called them and was told the following.

They still haven\'t come to a final descision and it is likely that they will write the car off and offer me £2500 for it. Apart from choking and telling them where to stick it I was then told to provide them with as much information as possible by Monday Morning 30th January 2006 in regards to parts and valuations of other cars so that they can try and get the car repaired rather than write it off

Now I have to say at this point that although I am not happy with the speed of service I have got from this insurance company and I cannot understand why the assessor decided it was a good idea to lie to Matt of RX Motors and make out he was my mechanic in order to get prices for parts??? including the strange request for a chassis rail?? Please bear in my mind this gentleman is allegedly a classic car enthusiast who drives a P6 Rover (bless him)

SO THIS IS WHAT I NEED

A PRICE LIST FOR ALL OFFSIDE STEERING AND SUSPENSION PARTS FOR A 1985 SERIES 1 MARK 3 MAZDA RX7 INCLUDING AN OFFSIDE CHASSIS RAIL

A PRICELIST FOR BODYKITS

Any additional evidence of how much we value our cars

ALL ADVERTS OF CARS FOR SALE FOR £5000 or more doesn\'t matter how old the adverts are

Now I know my car is not everybodies cup of tea and but it has taken me 7 years to get it thus far and I was looking forward to attending many shows and doing some rallies/roadtrips etc this year and the stress is killing me knowing that this might be nothing more than a pipe dream. So Please please please any help from anyone out there would be most welcome

I can be contacted directly at paulribera@hotmail.com I have attached some piccy\'s of the damage

With regards to all

Paul

SORRY CANNOT GET PICTURES ON AS NOT GETTING AN OPTION TO DO THIS

[riber3]

SORRY I CANNOT GET PICTURES UP IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE A LOOK SEND ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND i WILL SEND THEM

[Martiny]

Paul, you need to be a member to post pics.

Sorry to hear about your dilemma  :-(

[MikeLMR]

send me the photos and i\'ll stick them up (photo upload is members only)

seems like a shame if it can\'t be repaired I don\'t think I\'ve seen any 1st gens selling for £5K in a long while though. I think you will struggle to find a new chassis rail as well

[riber3]

Thanks for the help I have been hanging on to start my full membership again from  April to April to tie with when I normally get my car out but I have posted pictures before that are still on one of my older posts that you can have a look at in the meantime I will send them via your email address

With regards

Paul

[MikeLMR]

membership runs jan-jan regardless

[riber3]

Hi Mike

I have just the pictures over so I hope you get them ok

With regards

Paul

[riber3]

Jan to jan oops sorry Mike I will resolve that asap

[MikeLMR]

hmm the damage doesn\'t look all that bad ? certainly not beyond repair within that sort of ££££

[banned advertiser]

very nice, is that the Marriah kit?

[riber3]

It is far worse underneath mainly the impact bent the main anti-roolbar that runs from the chassis mounting to the front suspension leg its bent like a banana and forrced a crack in the seam at the front of the floor.

Apart from the bent wheel (brand new!!!) the end steering arm is bent and apart from the repair to the bodywork thats it.

Even Rx Motors were surprised by the request for a new chassis rail!!! I do think that the assessor is being over zealous here and is just trying to find a way to write it off

[riber3]

Not quite a Mariah but a very close likeness the Kit is British.  I like you website very cool!!!

[mpk490p]

i know its not the way to do it but i have a 85 which im striping, if they write it off and let you keep it you could use second hand parts?
mark

[Don Pamponi]

I don\'t think I\'ve seen any 1st gens selling for £5K in a long while though. I think you will struggle to find a new chassis rail as well

I saw a nice standard 30k miler go for £4k on ebay, but we\'re not talking about a standard car here.

[Don Pamponi]

I\'m sorry I have no idea of parts prices Paul. My car was complete when I got it.