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Help please.... How much would my coupe be worth
#12740
22/12/2005 20:55
22/12/2005 20:55
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As most of you know i was involved in a bad accident and finally things have started moving. My solicetor has asked me to write to them with how much my car is worth so they can put a report together and send it to the garage that did the work on my car. Right heres the details: 1997 Sprint Blue 20v turbo 1114k Full leather interior Manifold replaced few months back New rad Full set of breaks replaced, New set of toyos only a thousand miles wear. LE Skirts, Chipped This car had been looked after and was a very good example of a coupe, as commented on numberous occasions. I dont know if I have left anything off, but it has full reciepts of all the work that the car has had and see pic below. http://www.fiatforum.com/gallery/data/500/medium/2376DSC00403.JPGI need the cost on how much it would be to replace the car. Thank you guys
Last edited by sammiboo; 22/12/2005 20:56.
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be worth
#12743
22/12/2005 21:11
22/12/2005 21:11
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i know the mileage is high... i bought it at 96k i am looking at top end price. It will be the garage that will be footing the bill (hopefully)
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be worth
#12744
22/12/2005 21:14
22/12/2005 21:14
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H said eventhough my car had the mileage piled on it felt more solid than his car which has about 78k on it
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be worth
#12747
22/12/2005 21:33
22/12/2005 21:33
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It just concerns me that the coupes at the lower end prices are going to be sheds, there are some people that buy the car and run it as cheap as possible.. I will be looking at the cars that have been looked after and has history. Hopefully i will be able to buy another one next year
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be worth
#12748
22/12/2005 22:20
22/12/2005 22:20
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Cars for sale in here is probably your best bet for a fair comparison. At the moment you've got Bezzer's coupé, he's the third forum owner so its been well looked after and it appears all the major work has been done recently. Has a few mods too, but by his own admonishment, the body isn't A1 That's up @ £4400 99 T 73k JayD's has leather and air and all the major stuff also seems to be done and he says the body is excellent. I reckon its underpriced at £4500 98 R 68k With your mileage I reckon you would be looking at 4K tops if your lucky
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be worth
#12749
22/12/2005 22:29
22/12/2005 22:29
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I think what they are trying to get at Sammi is that 1114k miles is 1,114,000 miles.
I would assume you meant 114k, but you know how pedantic this lot are.
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be worth
#12750
22/12/2005 22:50
22/12/2005 22:50
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yes - sorry i meant 114k - the extra 1 was a typo I'll have a route about and find the paperwork of the work that has been done. Its a shame though cos I wouldnt have even thought about selling it for many years
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be worth
#12753
23/12/2005 03:38
23/12/2005 03:38
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cheers for your help guys
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be worth
#12754
26/12/2005 19:49
26/12/2005 19:49
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cheers for your help guys
The fact your car has a new manifold or radiator etc is irrelevant to an insurance company. It has high miles and is old (97), id say you'd get book value of about 2.5K for it.
Your best bet is to sue the garage if their negligence caused the accident, dont expect too much from an insurance company.
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be worth
#12756
01/01/2006 02:56
01/01/2006 02:56
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Did you tell your insurance company about the modifacations to your car(skirts and chip)when you did them? If you did not tell them about these, your insurance will not be valid as its now a modified car. If this is the case then you do not want to tell them about the extra you spent on these mods or you could be in the s**t.
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be worth
#12757
01/01/2006 05:20
01/01/2006 05:20
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Sammi just to give you an insite to what the insurance company will be seeing in terms of value in accordance to Glasses - I have access to the traders Glasses book. Only use these figures to give you an insight to what they will probably try to pay out - the following value is with the 114k miles - as mentioned before the add ons are not taken into account: 'Excellent Condition' (what the trader will try to pay you for it) - £2240 'Retail Value' Trader will try to sell at - £3920 with 3/6 months warrenty and finance etc. So there's the values - up to you how to play it but £3k to £3.5k would be reasonable. The following are what the values are based on: Quote:
Excellent condition: Ready for retail sale; mechanically perfect, paintwork unblemished for a vehicle under two years old, but may have slight stone damage on a vehicle over two years old or with high mileage. Interior should be immaculate. A full service history must be provided. All equipment fitted should be fully operational. Tyres should be new or nearly new, wheels and trims clean and undamaged. If appropriate, the MOT Certificate must be for a minimum of nine months.
Retail Value: The 'dealer asking price' or 'windscreen price'. It is not necessarily the price a consumer would actually pay, as it may be the subject of negotiation, discount or an extra allowance on the value of your own car. It will also vary depending on any special offers applicable at the time, condition, length of warranty and any options and extras that may be fitted.
Last edited by Hanny; 01/01/2006 05:24.
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be worth
#12759
03/01/2006 02:27
03/01/2006 02:27
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Thanks again Just to point out..... the claim isnt going through the insurance. The only time the insurance have been involved is to confirm that the car was insured at the time of the accident. Yes this is what this is all about.... sueing the garage that misfitted the bearing. I am looking into the prices myself - i had to do this when i wrote off my bravo a few years ago. I want to come back with the best examples i can.
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be worth
#12761
03/01/2006 02:57
03/01/2006 02:57
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I remember seeing pictures of the crash and the wheel bearing Sammi but what was the engineers report into why the bearing failed ?
The report confirmed it was caused by the way the bearing was fitted. I have the report and asked the engineer to email me a copy so i could keep a copy on the PC and email out.
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be worth
#12763
03/01/2006 20:07
03/01/2006 20:07
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h said he woul;d reply to this cos he has a better idea from what the report said.
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be wor
#12764
07/01/2006 03:53
07/01/2006 03:53
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I would be interested in the answer as I changed mine yesterday, took 45 minutes & I cannot see how it could be done incorrectly, unless as stated they either didn't tighten it enough or overtighten'd & damaged the bearing.
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be wor
#12765
07/01/2006 21:24
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Right, don't quote me on this, as I don't have the report to hand, but the jist of the report was that there was no indication of weakness of the bearing component - e.g. it hadn't run out of lubricant. A chamfering of the brake pads on that side of the car indicated that there had been some prior movement. (The rear brake pads had been changed on both sides of the car at the same time as the bearing was done). There was no chamfering of the brake pads on the other side of the car. Investigations as to the required size and placement of washers either side of the bearing had been inconclusive. That's pretty much the jist of the report. H
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be wor
#12766
11/01/2006 10:20
11/01/2006 10:20
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Mate ask for what price you want for your car, be it reasonable but inflate it so its accurate, don't take second best, if its not going through insurance you want the price it would cost you to get a replacement in the same condition. To some extent ignore the mileage its the cost to replace with an identical specimen. Hammer the [***] out of em. Otherwise your left out of pocket and fat buisness man has another drink on you at the golf course!
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be wor
#12767
15/01/2006 05:34
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just curious, what garage did you go to ?
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Re: Help please.... How much would my coupe be wor
#12768
25/01/2006 09:15
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Sorry, not prepared to reveal that at this point in order not to unfairly prejudice any action which may follow. However, I would think that any specialist recommended on this forum can be trusted. H
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