Firebucket wrote:also had it inspected at VOSA (which you have to do to put a write off back on the road)
AIUI, VOSA run an identity check to make sure that the car's not a ringer, rather than check the condition of the vehicle.
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Firebucket wrote:also had it inspected at VOSA (which you have to do to put a write off back on the road)
stuartb wrote:Firebucket wrote:also had it inspected at VOSA (which you have to do to put a write off back on the road)
AIUI, VOSA run an identity check to make sure that the car's not a ringer, rather than check the condition of the vehicle.
stuartb wrote:Firebucket wrote:also had it inspected at VOSA (which you have to do to put a write off back on the road)
AIUI, VOSA run an identity check to make sure that the car's not a ringer, rather than check the condition of the vehicle.
Vindi (Russell) wrote:stuartb wrote:Firebucket wrote:also had it inspected at VOSA (which you have to do to put a write off back on the road)
AIUI, VOSA run an identity check to make sure that the car's not a ringer, rather than check the condition of the vehicle.
Not true, they do check more than that. They don't check the quality of the repairs (and they only check a percentage of cars) but they do check the car has been repaired.
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Firebucket wrote:stuartb wrote:Firebucket wrote:also had it inspected at VOSA (which you have to do to put a write off back on the road)
AIUI, VOSA run an identity check to make sure that the car's not a ringer, rather than check the condition of the vehicle.
Of course, it is the engineers report that comments on the quality of repair. The point was that Nick D was saying that after being written off a car will never attain its full value in an insurance claim. What I was saying was that if a car is repaired properly (and that includes the inspections and paperwork) then insurers do recognise that.
Since then. Nick has offered a counter about it being because of classic car status. I am not in a position of knowledge to agree/disagree with that as I only opted for classic car insurance because it was cheaper than normal insurance and I got a guaranteed value . On an ordinary policy market value would apply to any claim but I can't see why that would be reduced by its previous status given the repair documents.
NickD wrote:It's the same with newer cars, you 4 year old Mondeo is going to have a trade value around £3k Do a wing and a door, a suspension strut and a wheel, a proper insurance job is going to be close to that to repair. It's written off, and they pay out £3k, but you can get the job done using pattern and second hand parts for £500, the insurance company is not going to say that car is now worth £3k again. You would get the same car crashed again and again by the scammers.
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