Will they fix a mk2?

[Philpy]

Someone has gone into the back of my mk2 16v, only damage is a rear bumper, but its going through insurance!
Its an E reg wth 130k. The bloke from there garage is coming to look at it today! Whats the odds that they will fix it, or write it off?

When I told him it had done 130K he was like "ohh 130K"!!!! I said well it is 20 years old!
Its got big bumpers on instead of small as someone fitted them previously. A new one is £280 inc vat + Fitting and spraying!

[martinb]

Who are you with? Obviously if you are with a specialist company then you will probably have a much better chance of getting it fixed as they will have a better idea of the enthusiast values etc. Did you have an agreed valuation?

Unfortunatly most mainstream insurers just work off a "book price" which for older models can be very low, if they do offer a low value and say they are going to write it off i would find examples of similar age/mileage/spec cars for sale at enthusiast prices eg on here or in the magazines to show them and stick to your guns for a better offer!

Best of luck with it

Martin