written off :[

[Juz]

R.I.P.



crash happened a week last sunday but i was waiting with fingers crossed that they would repair it before i told anybody. but i received the phone call today and it\'s a cat b write off car was mint with 25k miles! what\'s worse is i had only just fitted the avs 5 limited edition wheels a week before and hadn\'t notified insurance about them because i was waiting until i had fitted new exhaust too and do them both in one phone call.
i also enquired about possibility of buying the car back as from what i could tell the damage was mainly cosmetic and to the chassis at the back. i would have thought the engine/interior/front&side panels would have been recoverable, but they say i\'d need a breakers license to buy it back so that\'s a no-go.

i hope to get another rex, but sense tells me that even if i could afford another rex now and would still have the insurance for another 8 months, after that i would have no chance of getting insurance renewed. i will be 21 by then but will have zero no-claims, 5 points and a big accident under my belt so i think it will be impossible.

[sdminus]

OH man..... Sorry too hear about this. Never even manged to meet up.
Have they paid out on the car. Surely there must be somebody on here that could assist in getting it back for you

Scott

[J.j.]

Sorry to hear that mate.......    
The main thing is that you are ok.
I\'d say just jump into another rex asap and enjoy the 8 months, then have a slow car after that(just think all the insurance and petrol you could be saving).
Who knows, after couple of years, you might come back and get an even better one.  They are getting cheaper and cheaper with ever growing import companies.....
Good luck with everything.   :wave

[goose]

Can you say to the insurance company that you won\'t claim - or is it too late for that now?

I\'d try and get the car back to either repair or sell the bits - you\'d make quite a bit I imagine.

[gmogle]

Sorry to hear that Matey,
Agree with Scott that it was a shame we never had the chance to meet up.
What happened if you dont mind me asking?
You could have a word with Andrew at Jimmys, he may be able to get it back for you. Did it happen in Norfolk or Barnsley?

Gareth

[Gerry M]

Sorry to hear that car looks good

[munkay]

sorry to hear about your car,

Cat B writes are deemed to be so broken that they are only useable for breaking.
IIIRC its illegal to repair one and put it back on the road
a quick guide to insurance write off cats....

Cat D: Defineatley repairable
Cat C: Can be repaired
Cat B: Breakable
Cat A: Absolute junk

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Motoring/Question122973.html

[robedwards99]

Bad news mate. Sorry.
Another one bites the dust.

[Jame5]

Gutted for you. I had my car written off (uk sunny gti-r) a three months ago. You may get lucky and they may forget to pick the car up. My sunny is still on my drive way three months on. Bit annoying because I need it out the way to get my new FD in the garage.

I was gutted when it happened, especially I had put loads of money into it weeks before getting ready to sell it, for some idiot trying to race an evo smashing into me. I\'m sure all will work out. Just try to look at the positives. If you can\'t afford to insure another FD, just enjoy the cheap running and low depreciation of a runaround. Give you chance to come back bigger and better in a year or so.

[gsb876]

If your cars still with you at the mo, take stuff off it NOW !!!

[the lemster]

Good idea strip it as much as you can... seats, dash... everything... wheels if they are still ok... all the bits in the bay, lights windows... could get a few grand for parts easy I would say... dont let the ckufers grind you down matey.

hope you get a new one soon

bets of luck...

what happened to cause the crash... come on tell all!!!

[Ada7]

Gutted to hear you news mate. I hope that your able to get some bits back of the car and then sell them off to make some of you money back.
As long as your ok thats all that matter
Adam

[Brett]

Do you know where the car is going to be taken to? If you can do that then you may be able to come to an arrangement with the yard owner.  Many years ago my dad crashed his merc on the M25 bridge. It was a right off, but while the abulance was seeing to all those involved in the pile up, a truck took them all to the local breakers yard!  However, a quick phone call the next day insured that all the toys could be removed FOC and collected.  So its well worth letting the yard know its YOUR car.

[GeckoGareth]

Gutted for you mate, similar situation to yours last year with a CatB write off. They wouldn\'t let me buy the salvage back although they could tell me where it was going. I didn\'t pursue it.

I managed to get the stereo and speakers out but had to leave everythign else. Was gutted as had really bits on it that could have been used on my new one.

Jump back in the saddle if you can bear it and make use of the rest of your policy, my accident did push premiums up a bit this year but still got it cheaper than I did last year by £900!

If you don\'t mind talking about it how did your accident happen?

Good luck mate,

regards

Gareth

[Sy.]

Sorry to hear that .....
My pulsar was written off and i would not let them take it away from the house. (as it did have some mods they didnt know about )
But it is still your car ... and i bought it back off them .... had to send them the V5 .. so i could not repair it and put it back on the road .. but sold it to a salvage company myself and got twice the money they what i bought it back for .
It is worth telling them you are keeping it and how much is the buy back .
Insurance companies are arseholes .... so sock it to them ... and DONT accept anything but top dollar for it , it took me 4 months of arguing to get what i paid for it .... and you should be able to put the standard wheels back on and take yours off if they are not insured (as this was an option by my company)