My Coupe written off :(

Many guys on here will not know this. But about 1.5 years (Maybe 2,maybe less? I can't really remember) ago I bought a 20V N/A for my Dad as a surprise present. It was a low owner, 53,000 mile example, that just needed a touch of looking after and cleaning up.

Immediately after buying, I asked Joe to change the cam belt, give it a full service and do lots of other bits and bobs. Probably another grand on the buying price ... Actually loads of bots and bobs. I put in an as new condition original dash, cleaned it all up (it was pretty grotty - but very solid and as I said only had 53,000 miles!)

Dropped it off at my parents house and said "this is yours Dad". Anyway, to cut a long story short, my father had issues getting insured in it and my step son needed some new wheels - So I sold it to him for a very, very cheap price.

Today, at 61,000 miles, it got side swiped whilst he was in traffic. The van, then proceeded to disappear into the distance! [cloud9] ass hole.

James is okay, but the car ....... is done!

After buying


After a quick patch fettling .... I was in a rush to return back to Az



Delivered to Liverpool (from Worcester, so a little dirty)


and as of today...



Good night little 20V N/A.

We'll see what the insurance company decides it is worth now.....

Fer fekk sake!! Sorry to see that. Glad he is OK.

Rear quarter looks the worst bit, but the cost of paint and straightening will take it out of the repairable league as you say.

One of the reasons I have a dashcam now. Not a failsafe, but might just help in some circumstances.

Yeah, it had some lacquer peel on the roof also, so the spray costs would mount up along with repairing the panels. But, we'll see what the insurance say.

When I sold it cheap to James I told him that he could never sell it and if he did, he could only sell it to me ..... Oh well

Another good example disappears!! Our coupes are dropping like flies!

Repairable!perect time for roof repair aswell.

There are easier ways to remove the side indicator

Yes, somehow the route my cars take, always ends up being the most expensive route .....

Gutted for you Phil

I'm more gutted for the car Simon. So few left like this one these days. Crying shame!!

When things like this happen to myself and my mates, we always look on the positive side by saying "it should T-cut out". Anyway hope you manage to keep it on the road.

Sorry to see that Phil

When the other halfs N/A was written off some years ago, (similar damage to yours) we got a £1400 payout and bought it back off the insurance company for less than £100.

Don't think all companies do this but LV did at the time. Worth asking?

The question is ready to be asked. I really don't want this scrapped. See what occurs.....

Yes agree, all repairable Phil so reclaim salvage and save her.

Bugger, that sucks. Hope you can save it and give it a few more years on the road.

Sorry to hear this Phil, glad everyone is okay though!

Cheers guys. The really sad thing is that James, my step son (who has been around coupes for many many years obviously) had just properly caught the bug for them. He absolutely loved it!

Really sad to see this Phil

It'll be interesting to see what the Insurance offer.

C'mon, Phil - you *know* how much you like polishing those little paintwork imperfections out

Would be interesting to see just how much you could mop out from that lot Neil! Probably a lot!

Surely a little blue pill will sort it out Phil.

If it saves money Pete...... What a lot of advert for a few seconds seeing the car!!

It's not good, but the sills and pillars seem ok.
So it should be repairable, just maybe not economic to do so. Depends on how you look at these things.
Can't believe that someone would do that and not stop though.
Hope it all works out for the best.

What a bummer.

Looks like a nice NA to me. Personally, I would use the damage as a reason to get the other paintwork issues done... but as you say it's all money.

Hope the insurance comes up trumps.

You'd have thought it difficult to disguise all that paint (and damage) on the van in question. No details I suppose.....

That’s a crappy piece of luck, sorry to hear it Patch.

To be honest though, mine looks nearly as bad after being sideswiped while parked up outside my house. No idea who did it, or when it happened (only noticed the next time I used the car). I know I can’t afford the body repairs. I’ve just left it like that. I’m not precious about the car and it still drives beautifully.

Apparently, hit James, then drove off, James gave chase once he had recovered from what had just happened I suppose, but never caught up....



I understand what you are saying poprock, but I simply cannot drive around in a car like this. I find it hard driving them when I know there is some bird poop on it .... hahahaha You can imagine the rest

Sorry to hear this Patch but there is a lesson in this story.... If it was a turbo version he would have caught the van!

Surely it just gives you reason to buy another one.... How many have passed through your possession now?

Hahahaha! Yes indeed!!

Too many Steve; in fact, so many, this happened > CLICK

Yep. The blue one is nice but to be fair you have made them all your coupes nice! I think you machine polished mine once when it was at Joes years ago.

Sorry to hear - really bad luck.
Hopefully can be saved.

Sorry to hear this Phil, hope the insurance coughs up so you can save her!

Yeah probably, I polished loads at Joes. I think I dod a few panels on yours just before you came to pick her up on one occasion.





Cheers guys, we'll see what occurs

Keep physical possession of the car until you have agreed a deal with the insurers.

Unless you have salvage rights agreed as part of your policy you may find the insurers reluctant to allow you to get access to your own car if they, or a repairer, have custody of it.

Parts can also mysteriously go missing at the same time.

So sorry to hear this, what a bastard to drive off. I do hope you will be able to save it.

When mine was rear ended it was put on Cat D.
I had no intention of letting them have the car, they let me keep at no charge.
Turns out they charge £120 to take the car away.
Also got £1200 for the car being written off.
Did a load of mechanical work and bought a plus interior with the money.
Needs a boot lid, rear bumper and in dire need of a respray.
Anyway it's tucked away in my garage for now, comes out to blow the cobwebs away from time to time.

Cheers Pete, will relay that to my son ... I'm in Az.



What goes around comes around



Well done Richard. Sounds like you came off for the better there!

patch cctv?

Out on the road JKD, he was sat in traffic!!!! and out in the sticks near Preston

Hey Phil, I lived in Preston for 4 years. Walton Le Dale / Higher Walton and Bamber Bridge were my stomping ground. I used to work around Blackpool and Lancaster.

Hope things pan out ok.

Yeah, I lived there for about 9 years. Was a lecturer at Mysercough College for 5, lived in Bilsborrow and then Thornton Cleveleys. We have recently moved back to Thornton Cleveleys I like it up there! Originally from Londinium

The Mrs and me moved up there for work when we first got "proper" jobs. She worked in Burnley, then Blackburn. I eventually got a job in Preston for the Environment Agency working in pollution control on the rivers. Loved it. My patch was the River Wyre and Lune. So from Blackpool all the way up to Tebay on the M6 and into the Yorkshire Dales national park !

Thornton Cleveleys was in my patch, and I used to visit the old Hillhouse ICI plant and the big landfill site.

Good times. Back in Wales now. Good times, but different.

I must say, I've always liked the people in Lancashire. They're a friendly bunch.

They are indeed - apart from some white van drivers - obviously hahahahaha

Nice part of the country As is Wales. I lived there when I was very young for a short while too Caerphilly (Bedwas).

Ha !! I know Bedwas well. It is not far from me. About 15 mins in the Coupe.

2 hours in normal cars

Hahaha!

I went to Myerscough College for a work course once. What did you lecture in?

Sorry, going off topic.

Sports Turf and Golf Course Management. I went on to write and get ratified the degree they still teach there now Before that the highest achievable was a HND.

Good effort. Nice to have a legacy.

It's nicer to have a coupe though

if you want a 20v in inky black to drop that engine in , let me know . It will be cheap .

Wow, great, can you send me some pics to phil.sharples@hotmail.co.uk please Glann.....

email sent mate

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Really sorry to hear this, especially for another
Ink Black. I'd be doing as the advice is on here, it's not rear ended

Gutted, but fix it. It's not so bad, you should see the state on mine.

So, to conclude this matter...

Offered £900 or £450 if we keep the car. (James had 300 excess). He had a discussion with them about this offer after I sent him a message telling him what to say; but they would no budge - apart from saying £500 if we keep the car.

Interestingly, in his insurance, it is written that the insurer must keep the car.

James (being the young man his is) has now decided that he wants to start a little business and wants to put the £900.00 into that. He has other transport. And he wants to sell his rare racing FZR motorbike also.

I am not prepared to lose out as I would saving the car,it's more effective to look in the sale threads and wait for a decent 20V to appear. So the £900.00 will be taken, James will take the 20VT wheels off the car and put back the 15" 20V wheels and I will have the 20VT wheels.

Another one, bites the dust.

Not what I had hoped, but this is how it is.

Hold out don't accept till you get the third offer

The insurance will make you wait but they want the risk cleared from the books

Get adverts of eBay show the money you have spent and ask the
Insurance company to replace a like for like car.

A little patience is all that's required

Thanks Makka, will speak to James

Patch

The first paragraph here says it all

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-1620392/Beware-insurer-tricks-on-car-write-offs.html

It sure does!