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From: Soggy matches on 16 Feb 2007 09:44
Conor wrote:

> Not really. A good repair is an unseen one.
>
>

Absolutely. But I normally find some trace however small of a repair
especially one that claims to have been so vast as to write a car off.

In this case I really cannot see anything at all. If it has been
repaired it has been done extremely well and I have no doubt whatsoever
the car is perfectly safe. In fact I thought that the makers might have
rebuilt it but they say no.

I'm not too worried about losing a few quid on the book price but I know
if I tell them that the insurance company will ask for proof of the
repair which I don't have which is where my problem lies.

From: Coyoteboy on 16 Feb 2007 09:52

"Phaeton" <phaeton(a)none.com> wrote in message
news:53lu07F1sr1ftU1(a)mid.individual.net...
That was a key input error, my registration was R86 *** & the
> vehicle that should have been written off was R88 *** it took an amazing
> long time to get it sorted.

You should have seen the arguments we had over clearing up what colour our
car was from new. "Its listed as X" yes i know but it has never been X, its
Y. "no, it must have been sprayed" ...no, not unless they bare-metal'd it
within 3 years of its birth...


From: Cicero on 16 Feb 2007 09:55
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:44:17 +0000, Soggy matches wrote:

> Conor wrote:
>
>> Not really. A good repair is an unseen one.
>>
>>
>>
> Absolutely. But I normally find some trace however small of a repair
> especially one that claims to have been so vast as to write a car off.
>
> In this case I really cannot see anything at all. If it has been repaired
> it has been done extremely well and I have no doubt whatsoever the car is
> perfectly safe. In fact I thought that the makers might have rebuilt it
> but they say no.
>
> I'm not too worried about losing a few quid on the book price but I know
> if I tell them that the insurance company will ask for proof of the repair
> which I don't have which is where my problem lies.

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It's possible that it was vandalised rather than accident damaged. It
might have had all the glass replaced although it would have to be very
expensive glass to write off a 4 year old car, I think.

Perhaps someone can confirm that a car can be a Cat C in these
circumstances?

Cic.

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From: Soggy matches on 16 Feb 2007 10:07
Phaeton wrote:

> I am intrigued as to why you cannot tell your insurance company & why it
> was not declared on their MIAFTA database (think that is the acronym).
> The other answer which I have experienced is where the actual vehicle
> was not written off by the insurance company but DVLA had it written
> off. That was a key input error, my registration was R86 *** & the
> vehicle that should have been written off was R88 *** it took an amazing
> long time to get it sorted.

Thanks that is the other idea that I am looking at that it is a DVLA
error. I'll try the MIAFTA database.

I can't tell my insurers as they will almost certainly want it in
writing that it has been repaired and by whom.
From: Tony Brett on 16 Feb 2007 10:32
Soggy matches wrote:

> I can't tell my insurers as they will almost certainly want it in
> writing that it has been repaired and by whom.

If I was an insurer I'd be reading this newsgroup...

But then I'd probably not insure anyone called Soggy matches anyway :-)

Tony
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