Danohosko Posted August 28, 2014 Author Posted August 28, 2014 Dan it's your Zed and how you drive it is down to you ~ won't be getting a lecture about how you drive from me. Been there & crashed a few cars myself. As GM said everyone crashes it's just part of life, could have been a whole lot worse. http://www.350z-uk.c...e-with-re050as/ 500 for them is fantastic, if i had money i would take them. Yeah i guess so, didn't think it would ever happen to me though! i think that was probably my downfall ;P i did see them, i agree bargain price and really nice Quote
Hell presidente Posted August 28, 2014 Posted August 28, 2014 At least you made it to 22 before a crash, I wrote my first car off 6 months after passing my test haha. 1 Quote
Danohosko Posted August 28, 2014 Author Posted August 28, 2014 Haha i guess i got lucky although i fell off my moped 7 times before i had my car Quote
Hell presidente Posted August 28, 2014 Posted August 28, 2014 Let me guess, most of they crashes started with you saying "watch this" 1 Quote
Danohosko Posted August 29, 2014 Author Posted August 29, 2014 Haha "watch this" shortly followed by "oh s**t!" Bailed doing a wheelie once, that was embarassing 1 Quote
Danohosko Posted August 29, 2014 Author Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Update Got my local Body Shop to have a look, he's also been my mechanic since i started driving. Basically he said that most of the parts that the Honda place quoted for are ok, they are just being over cautious as they have to give a 5 year warranty after the work. So we brought parts list down to: Bumper Bumper fixing kit Headlight Headlight washer Washer bottle Left wheel & tyre So my £4k parts quote as come down to under £1k, I shoulda taken it to him straight away, woulda saved yesterdays stress and last nights no sleep haha Edited August 29, 2014 by Danohosko 2 Quote
Hell presidente Posted August 29, 2014 Posted August 29, 2014 Aye man that's a truck load better. 1 Quote
Danohosko Posted August 30, 2014 Author Posted August 30, 2014 Relieved would be an understatement He'll do a good job, a car he sprayed 8 years ago was in Fastcar this year haha Quote
glrnet Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 Good luck fella, hope you get your pride and joy back on the road soon 1 Quote
WhackyWill Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 Good Luck Dan, lot better than your original quote, will be back on the road soon how has it panned out with the insurance payout, I sold a set of GT wheels for £51 recently. 1 Quote
Danohosko Posted August 30, 2014 Author Posted August 30, 2014 (edited) Not sure yet gotta send them his estimate and they should pay it then Gonna be about 1600 including his labour (mates rates) Worked out ok as i wanted a new bumper haha Edited August 31, 2014 by Danohosko Quote
jonw246 Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 (edited) Shouldn't affect your insurance too bad dude, my last car was written off for a similar bump but that was only due to bending the chassis leg into the engine pulleys. Think losing all my no claims and writing the car off increased my premium by about 10% which I can live with considering im still 21 til next month. Glad it's all getting sorted anyway! Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk Edited August 30, 2014 by jonw246 1 Quote
Danohosko Posted August 31, 2014 Author Posted August 31, 2014 Thats crazy sounds like a good deal on your insurance man! I hit another car is my biggest problem i think, but i protected my no claims, which is gonna be 7 years in november Quote
ZMANALEX Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 and gonna add on 700 to the quote to cover my excess so wont cost me a penny Is that not fraud ? Kinda crazy putting statements like that on an open forum. Quote
Danohosko Posted August 31, 2014 Author Posted August 31, 2014 and gonna add on 700 to the quote to cover my excess so wont cost me a penny Is that not fraud ? Kinda crazy putting statements like that on an open forum. Ahh good point, statement edited Quote
Danohosko Posted August 31, 2014 Author Posted August 31, 2014 Just a little Q, anyone know roughly at what £££ is a write off for a Z? I know its dependant on other things, but is it the Trade or Private or Dealer value they would use? For an 05 Average trade looks like £3.6k-£5.2k Average retail looks like £5.5-£8k Looked on Glass and Parkers and confused. Mines an 05 Gt FSH 62k miles so would like to think at the higher end of the scale for an 05... Quote
ZMANALEX Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 It is not that straight forward as It works on a percentage of the cost of the repair against the value of the car. In your case any repair over the value of £3200.00 would probably result in an uneconomical repair in the eyes of the insurance company. Alex. 1 Quote
Danohosko Posted August 31, 2014 Author Posted August 31, 2014 Yeah i heard its either 50% or 70% of the value, not sure which tho, repairs will be well below 3.2k Cant wait to have her back on the road! Dads peugeot 205 diesel is not cool :/ Quote
Danohosko Posted September 13, 2014 Author Posted September 13, 2014 Just an update, car is all sorted now Got the Nismo V2 bumper on and i also managed to pick up a set of Rays with legal tyres for £265! eBay! You can close this thread now please 1 Quote
GMballistic Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 Just an update, car is all sorted now Got the Nismo V2 bumper on and i also managed to pick up a set of Rays with legal tyres for £265! eBay! Excellent news ~ hope you're back enjoying your Zed again now. 1 Quote
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