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From: David R on 16 Feb 2007 10:36
"Soggy matches" <wont(a)light.com> wrote in message
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>> 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.

It's possible it's not actually safe though, damage to safety features in
the slightest way can mean they need replaced, and this may not have been
done. Remember, you can't visibly see most of that type of damage.

Hopefuly it'll be fine though, Cat C doesn't usually mean too many issues.


From: David R on 16 Feb 2007 10:38
"Tony Brett" <tony.brett(a)oucs.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> 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

At least it's not 'Soggy Biscuit'. I found out what that rather weird game
you English created means recently. Christ, really bored were we?


From: Tony Brett on 16 Feb 2007 10:47
David R wrote:

> At least it's not 'Soggy Biscuit'. I found out what that rather weird game
> you English created means recently. Christ, really bored were we?

I prefer to dip mine in my tea (the biscuit!).

Tony

From: David Taylor on 16 Feb 2007 10:41
On 2007-02-16, Soggy matches <wont(a)light.com> wrote:
> 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.

You have to tell your insurers or you probably won't be insured...

--
David Taylor
From: shazzbat on 16 Feb 2007 11:12

"David Taylor" <davidt-news(a)yadt.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 2007-02-16, Soggy matches <wont(a)light.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> You have to tell your insurers or you probably won't be insured...
>

If you bought it last year, and insured it, it's the insurance Co's problem,
they have a database of such things, they should have checked.

If they ask you for an engineers report, tell them that they can have their
engineer inspect it, but you're not paying for the inspection as it would be
cheaper to change your insurance.

Steve


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