5mph s8 writeoff!!!

[harrybosche]

New Year blues at the moment having been without my S8 for a month. You don't realise how much you miss something until you haven't got it and having had a month to reflect on whether there is anything else out there I'd like to have, after 2 years of ownership and nearly 50kmiles put on my d2 is still top of the list.
Week beforehand, Christmas 600 mile round trip SWales-LakeDistrct only a few miles from home coming up M4 slip road one car in front left hand lane feeding onto a dual carriageway, l made the cardinal sin of expecting somebody to do something that they didn't. They stopped I didn't and so my bumper was split and skewed and tthe bonnet dented and distorted to the side of the grill. Fairly cosmetic damage I thought, that was until I realised what the repair costs were. The insurance company wanted to write it off and give me only 3k! I spent that on it last year, and I think my 400 excess would come off that!
Trying to negotiate at present. When I insured the car they asked what the value is I said 5k+2k for the lpg conversion, l actually don't know why they bother to ask because it would appear these figures are completely irrelevant. In an attempt to bring the repair costs down we're looking at a contract repair price using second hand parts because a new bonnet is around £800.
So to that end if anyone knows of a sound bonnet and bumper for a FL D2S8 or compatible items I would be very grateful for details. I will be ringing a8parts tomorrow. I did see a bonnet on eBay for£65 from a 99 vehicle - if it is pre FL does anybody know of differences between the two?
Here's hoping they will agree to a revised estimate.