VR6 WRITTEN OFF, ADVICE PLEASE

[jonnyedinburgh 0]

my 1993 vr6 has been written off. a lovely lady in a range rover sport rammed into my passenger side as she reversed out of a parking space. damage consists of gouge along front and rear passenger doors. costs more to fix than car value, according to insurer. salvage of vehicle will cost £300, i will recieve £1200 from insurer (total value £1500). SHould i salvage or let her go? not in mint condition, done 130k miles, advice please!

[VR6Rich 3]

Moved from For Sale section to the Dub Chat section.

So would you in effect only get £900 back from the insurer if you bought it back? What condition was it in before the smack? What mileage is on the engine? Anything else on the car worth selling on?

[dwa1974 0]

why don't you look for a shell with a knackered engine?

[mike 6]

Moved from For Sale section to the Dub Chat section.

So would you in effect only get £900 back from the insurer if you bought it back? What condition was it in before the smack? What mileage is on the engine? Anything else on the car worth selling on?

he says 130k, and i read it taht he is gettin 1200 from the insurer but the car is only worth 1500...if your thinking of upgrading this may be the time i reckon, maybe take trhat money and put another 500quid in and get a lower milage one?

[Jk* 0]

Id take the money and get a newer one, oh but see if you can get some of the valued bits off first! Lol.

[VR6Rich 3]

Moved from For Sale section to the Dub Chat section.

So would you in effect only get £900 back from the insurer if you bought it back? What condition was it in before the smack? What mileage is on the engine? Anything else on the car worth selling on?

he says 130k' date=' and i read it taht he is gettin 1200 from the insurer but the car is only worth 1500...if your thinking of upgrading this may be the time i reckon, maybe take trhat money and put another 500quid in and get a lower milage one?

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Bugger, missed that :-)

Yeah I agree may be better just to get another one, without the hassle of trying to break your old car.

[matth76 1]

I replied to your other (duplicate) post

http://www.vr6oc.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?175562

Here's what I wrote:

Being written off for just the two doors!? Bad news mate. Surely your car is worth a bit more than £1200. They should give you the value of what it is worth in good condition. That mileage is well below average for a 14 yr old car (avg is 12k miles a year and you're looking at 168k miles for a 14yr old - your's is well below this).

Blo*dy 4x4's. I know how you feel. Only two weeks ago my car's rear wheel arch got rammed by some idiot reversing his 4x4 pickup... reversing out of a driveway too! They should ban these vehicles unless they live on farms and actually use them for what they are. I'm glad they are raising the taxes on these vehicles. They should do the same for people carriers too... most only hold the same number of seats as a normal 5 seater car, and those that do have 7 seats have no boot. My hire car while my car is being fixed is one of these golf Plus (mini) people carriers but it actually has a smaller boot than my gf's polo ...has same number of seats as a normal car just gives huge headroom (good if you have giant kids), but you can't see a damn thing reversing or where the bonnet is.

Hope you get it sorted mate. If it is just the two doors I would get the insurance money and then salvage it or if you can, get it repaired with the ins. money as you will no doubt get it done cheaper than their "estimate". Real bad news mate.

[craggsy 91]

Try and get as much from insurance as you can......assuming that was the first offer

[Guest DHand]

mine has been declared written off today! insurance company offered my 400 - 500 pound!! really gutted!

[petervr6 0]

Try and get as much from insurance as you can......assuming that was the first offer

yes if its the first offer never take the first offer..

[SiGainey 1]

print off examples of similar cars from autotrader and send it to your insurers and they will give you a better offer