scoobyste1987

gutted for you mate, cars are only metal and can always be replaced, you cant

Gary C

I had my 53 plate Type UK STi stolen, April 2007 with 26k miles.

Got £13500 for it and that was older then than yours is now,though I have had two total loss claims (don't ask) with Direct Line, and they have come back with really good prices both times.

Whereas with Churchill (don't ask... again !), I had to reject their offer several times before I got somewhere near, and still was not really happy with it.

Keep at them.

ukmayhem

yeah if i want one with 50 - 60k on the clock. Minium is £11995 to buy mine again

rezaP1

all insurance companies are no doubt tightening their belts and stiching their pockets up! Good luck with getting the right price and get well soon mate.

lorrainecallison

Got paid 9700 on my 54 plate WRX with 21k on clock, was 3rd offer so definately worth it to keep trying - i was very polite throughout, dunno if that helped or not!

Look like similar damage - was not me driving, car was TWOC'd by car valeter - a long story But the year before had similar incident to you on a wet country road, was lucky in that only minor damage to car and none to myself (other than pride!)

But you will get over this and get another scooby - good luck

Bugeyed Bri

Glad you're ok.
I know what you mean about people not believing what you were doing.
I wrote my Sport off just following another car on a wet road that I use every day. The back end just snapped round and before I knew it I was backwards into a tree. Everyone at work just said "yeah, yeah, yeah". Scooby Impreza = Speeding nutter. I was takin it easy, dodgy tyres.

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

Why has it been written off, is the engine buggered? If not it just looks like a simple repair to me. Windscreen isn't cracked (good sign) new wings, bonnet, lights, slam panel, air bags, bit of paint, job done.

ukmayhem

Finally got a decent offer for the scooby today, £11,750 which i accepted apparrently my offer of £9250 was a mistake lol yeah ok.

ukmayhem

looking at around £3000 for both airbags alone

Spooky Mulder

That is a fantastic offer given the prices of Scoobs at the moment! Well done and fast recovery!

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

Yea and? the car is worth >10K

Gary C

Thats more like it, who were you with ?

As I said, Direct line have always been good to me, but things like this are not on our minds when buying insurance.

Gary C

For some strange reason, they tend to write it off if the repair is ~ 50% of the cost, so thats only another 2K for the body and its a gonner.

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

Yea I've nvr understood that. In this case they've paid out 11,750 and yet to repair it would be max 7-8K, if the engine is still a runner :s