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Total Loss
Well have had my rear passenger door reversed into by a lady driving a 53 plate Volvo XC90. This has resulted in a total loss insurance payout. I have bought the car back for £1300. Our sponsors have a door in the correct colour so should be an easy fix.
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2006 D3 A8 4.2 TDI. SPORT. Nite Blue. |
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Result!
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!). |
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Goodness me, a total loss on a dented door? The insurance companies really don't want to know about fixing cars these days. I'm glad you are able to sort it though.
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Cars... '93 Audi Coupe 2.0 Alpine White (sold) '99 Audi S4 Merlin Purple - K04 upgrade to 412hp (sold) '00 Audi S8 Agate Grey (Sold ) '11 Audi Q7 4.2tdi Unknown Red (Classic Red Pearl Effect - thanks MJ) |
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I was gob smacked when they said total loss. Refused the first offer and spoke to the engineer for 50 mins until he increased the offer by £700! Sponsors door is £70 plus postage
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2006 D3 A8 4.2 TDI. SPORT. Nite Blue. |
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yep, in some cases it takes lees than that. New door from Audi, strip down rebuild, paint..... cha ching
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1996 A8 4.2 QS. Bose, Solar roof, um...um... rally sport towbar. Now gone to a new home as the Traders 8. Bright yellow bus o love. |
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I would go and collect the door of it was me. I dint trust couriers with anything like that
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just to note it's always worth asking on here too if anyone is close or passing by, as I went past fairly close yesterday. I did think about popping in just to see if there was anything left of T8
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1996 A8 4.2 QS. Bose, Solar roof, um...um... rally sport towbar. Now gone to a new home as the Traders 8. Bright yellow bus o love. |
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The door is most likely no longer available, so the insurance will have no choice except to declare a total loss. If it was the cost will most likely exceed the value of the whole car.
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Manny 2004 A4 1.8T Sport Cabriolet, 89K Miles Past 2004 D3 A8 3.7 Quattro, Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Solar Sunroof, TV, ACC, phone and almost every option. 168K miles rising slowly with retrofit AMI and DVB-T in place of Analogue 2003 Volvo S60 D5 SE Manual, 197K miles. 2001 D2 A8 3.7 QS, Bi-Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Electric Everything, retrofitted RNS-D, 191K Miles |
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I checked with TPS and no door in UK but in stock in Germany. Cost was £1200. Total quote to repair was £4700. Settled on £5500. Door opens and closes but soft close not working. Electric blind not working either. No other damage. Cheap motoring for £1300
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2006 D3 A8 4.2 TDI. SPORT. Nite Blue. |
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