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Sun 17 Oct 2004 23:33
insurance jobby - Brad
Wife was hit by another driver. He admitted liability. She gets £900 payout for a L reg 106 which was really only worth £500. Problem is to replace the car with something similar is a waste of time. We knew everything that was wrong with our 106, If we buy another for £900 we're just buying trouble. It would have gone on for another 5 years but now we find we have to spend £3K or 4K for a newer vehicle. Basically our crash (none of our fault) has meant we have lost the services of a trusty old banger and are now obliged to ewnter the market to spend more money which we weren't planning on doing.

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Sun 17 Oct 2004 23:41
insurance jobby - Robin Reliant
My sympathies, Brad. It's always the owners of cars at the cheap end of their life who are put to the most expence after a write off, for the very reasons you describe.

Not to mention the inconvenience, the phone calls, the paperwork, time it takes etc. You never win after a write off accident, unless you were driving something with an expensive engine that was on it's last legs anyway.
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Mon 18 Oct 2004 09:02
insurance jobby - Peter D
Go to your local Pug dealer and talk to the sales manager. Try to buty a trade in, no warrantee cash and you can pick up a R/S plate 106 60k on the clock full history for £1500. If you don't buy it it only goes to auction. Regards Peter
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Mon 18 Oct 2004 09:49
insurance jobby - blue_haddock
thats a good idea - we've just had a P plate 106 GTI with full leather and FSH come in as a PX - we paid £1500.

Most dealers pay to have cars disposed of at auction and would be grateful to get rid of something as a trade sale
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