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General => General discussion => Topic started by: mix on 15 July 2006, 11:51
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Well, as you know i finally entered the world of GTi's about a month ago before the start of my placement year (you can see my project page for all the work i did...).
I payed 500 for her as the bodywork was ratty, but the enngine and chassis were solid as f**k. So I payed for a new door and did the rest of the rust myself (Joe can vouch what it looked like). Also fixed some bits on the engine so i didn't leak oil all over the place.
Last friday (7th july) I went to pick my car up from the car park that it had been in over night (put it there as the car park at my dads was under construction and it was a 'safe' place to park it :laugh: ). Well, when i got to the car, i saw that the door handle was no where to be seen and the interior looked like someone had great fun throwing everything everywhere.
Ther basically had tried to steal her or a joy ride. (see pics in project page)
Needless to say i was pissed, but walked round to the police station and reported it and within a few hours she had been dusted down for prints. I also got onto my insurance comapny to get someone to pick it up and quote how much it would cost to have it repaired.
This was my mistake, but at the time i wa eager to get up to my new house in Crawley and getting it somewhere safe was my main priority. She was picked up late in the evening and taken off to the 'approved repairer' (read that as expensive).
On tuesday i had an email from Elephant saying that it was uneconomical to repair :sad:
Wednesday they have taken the car to their salvage yard (for storage until they got all the documents and approval off of me, and i had got the money off the insurance company) but no one made it clear to me why it was there and i shouted at a few people down the phone.
They also valued the car at £460, i know i got here for £500, but that was because of the ratty bodywork.
So i am going to contest this. I have looked on autotrader/future classics for mk2 of the same age(ish) and there are alot that are £600+ i even found a c-reg, totally standard (same solour aswell :laugh) with 116000 on the clock for £1000
I will keep you posted, but D705 FAD is going to car heaven even though she sisn't need to be put down.
Oh, and if i keep the car myself and decide to do all the repairs, i get f**k all money off the insurance, so it is easier to buy a new car :huh:
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im sure we can get her running again pretty easily and cheaply if you buy it back, i think you are gonna loose a bt of money here either way :cry:
for some reason i canmod your post :grin:
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im sure we can get her running again pretty easily and cheaply if you buy it back, i think you are gonna loose a bt of money here either way :cry:
for some reason i canmod your post :grin:
We could, but for me to buy her back i willget f**k all money for her and i am totally skint at the moment so it is easier for me to take the money. And being in Crawley it makes fixing it at my dads difficult...
I am going to argue for more money though, look at this, its my car just a year older...
http://www.futureclassiccars.com/stocklist/item.php?id_item=272
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I say get the money and leave it.
When you get the car back it will be missing more parts anyway :evil:
andi can mod your post to :laugh:
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thats the plan blue, get the money, and get another one...
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you can get a nicer one with the placement wages too :cool:
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but you MUST get the headlight washers off it before it gets crushed :wink:
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you can get a nicer one with the placement wages too :cool:
I could, but i'm beaing boring and saving loads of money....and then flying to Australia :laugh:
We're gonna try and get them, but the car is up in bedfordshire now....
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Ive just fitted some washers that i nicked off this green C plate that was at the local impound. It had a broken door handle
ohh and im in Bedford too :smiley:
:laugh:
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btw your cars at 'Auto crash' :wink:
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Go and buy it off the scrappers direct once you've settled with the insurers I think you can do that!!!
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Ive just fitted some washers that i nicked off this green C plate that was at the local impound. It had a broken door handle
ohh and im in Bedford too :smiley:
:laugh:
:P
it was a d-reg :laugh:
and it is at Universal Salvage...
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they are tw@s arent they insurers when it comes to paying out, they are happy enough to charge u a silly premium but when it comes to do what they are there for they run for the hills. Stand you ground with the payout thing.
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Im going to...have about 10 ads to send to them...and im finding more
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you should be fine then, how much are u after?
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dunno....decent ones are about 650-800....so anywhere around there...
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:angry:
thats if the cr stays at the yard it was taken too... when i bought mine from scrappy it was written off in birmingham, and ended up in a scrappy n york, and owner lived in manchester!!!
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get ya money's worth mix!!
dont they realise how long its taken u to get a car?! just print out the pages of abuse off here, they'll soon understand.. :grin:
Dinx :kiss:
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by the way.. i think he just prefers not having a car... least he made a token gesture!
:kiss: love you really darl!
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:P
Did take me ages :sad:
But when i get another one, im gonna keep it in the garage at the place in Crawley and keep getting the bus to work as i live right next to the stop, and work is at the other end right next to a stop :huh:
And use it at weekends to go and see people
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:smiley:
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after same sort of thing again? try and get a valver :wink:
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g60......
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touche! :laugh:
he must be a serious haggler if he can persuade the insurers to pay out that much for a car worth £700 quid! respect :cool:
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ok maybe a non running g60 thats been written off with no charger :grin:
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forgot to mention the crims gave him whiplash......
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:laugh:
i wish i had claimed for whiplash when I had my accident in November! could of had the valver back by now!
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I may have found a new one....and it is pretty much identical, just a year older :huh: