Dezzy
Suspect all he's suggesting is that the sum of the parts required, plus labour, plus a fudge factor for what he's missed equates to over half the car's value.
Is it your insurer that's assessed it, or the other party's?
If the car is worth £4k or less, give or take, anything more than a wing or a bumper is going to get uneconomic very quickly. Had this happen to our old Xsara VTS which was repaired, but badly as they didn't stick it on a jig to check it was straight before putting new panels on, which then didn't fit right. It took 2 body repair shops to get the job even half way right and cost about £500 less than the market value of the car (about £4k at the time). It got sold on ebay shortly after we got it back as we'd ordered a Leon Cupra R new while it was in being repaired as we were sick of the sight of it!!
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13th August 2012, 07:44 PM
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