Thanks for the reply.
Absolutely do NOT let anyone take the car away. It will "vanish" and then the only "discussion" shall be about money.
Sounds like Admiral have decided that it's definitely a 3rd party 100% liability so are not interested in putting any time or effort into it. This is probably a great result for you.
Be prepared to have an "interesting" discussion with Hastings or whoever they have appointed about the "value" of the car. Get as much info as you can (Reebs pulled an ace out of the pack for the history of mine
) look at actual sale prices etc. etc and I sure you've got a shed load of history/invoices etc. to back up your value.
All the best with it.
Andy.