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Old 20th July 2017, 09:24   #1
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Last Thursday, a silly women reversed into my rear door whilst I was parked up.. LV are now saying my 75 is a total loss and offered my £1000 for a fully loaded 04 Contemporary Se.. or £850 and keep car as Cat C.. 😡.

Anyone had any luck in overturning this.



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Old 20th July 2017, 09:33   #2
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It's a Rover unfortunately they're always gonna write it off as they don't repair them due to being a defunct manufacturer. You can appeal it but they'll still not want to repair it. Tell then you're happy for a repair to be done using good quality second hand parts.
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Old 20th July 2017, 09:37   #3
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Damn, it looks a very nice example. Sorry to hear about the accident. I do hope you save your lovely car.
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Old 20th July 2017, 10:22   #4
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It's a Rover unfortunately they're always gonna write it off as they don't repair them due to being a defunct manufacturer. You can appeal it but they'll still not want to repair it. Tell then you're happy for a repair to be done using good quality second hand parts.

I tried the repaired with good quality second hand Parts, they wouldn't agree.. daft thing is the body shop use a PDR anyway paint work isn't damaged and no creases in steel..


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Damn, it looks a very nice example. Sorry to hear about the accident. I do hope you save your lovely car.

Cheers mate it's not over yet


Bet she's just looked at a few manual petrols..

This is what I've sent them as they only go by autotrader apparently





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Old 20th July 2017, 10:29   #5
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Gutted for you Nigel,

Having seen how stunning your car is I wouldn't accept their offer whatsoever.

Fight your corner Sir. It wasn't your fault that it was damaged so I would be giving the insurance company what for !
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Old 20th July 2017, 11:04   #6
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Cheers Jeff, 😁 it doesn't help I have a lot on at moment and am really stuck without it 😥


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Old 20th July 2017, 11:29   #7
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Try telling them you will accept a cash sum in lieu of repairs , and will then repair the car yourself . No Cat C classification then
I was trying this route recently with the wife's ZR , which had been similarly damaged in similar circumstances , and they suddenly made us an offer we couldn't refuse so it went . It was collected by Copart and sold at their next auction as a Cat C for £125 . All it needed for a quick fix was a rear door .
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Old 20th July 2017, 12:22   #8
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following, my disco has just been NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD- ended, engineers been so just waiting on the decision.

hope you get a good result mate it looks like a cracking car
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Old 20th July 2017, 14:51   #9
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Are LV your insurers or the other persons? - if they are yours then try dealing direct with the other party insurers, i am sure they will be more than happy to do you a cash in lieu.

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Old 20th July 2017, 16:19   #10
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Good luck with your claim Nigel looks a stunning example, with that reg I thought I was looking at my saloon at first! My saloon is a pearl black ZT with my reg ending LGF (next but one from yours) bought from a guy in Reading about 8 years ago!
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