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You'd have thought a new engine would be cheaper than a new car, wouldn't you? I'll never understand insurance companies. |
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lost_soul 9,372 posts
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Spin_Dr_Wolf 6,170 posts
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Registered 18 years agoThats pretty unlucky, are they paying out for a new one ? -
ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoNo idea yet. They have to work out the value based on Glass's guide and 'local prices' and then offer us an amount based on that. Bit wierd that they know the value enough to write off the car.
I have already looked at Glass's guide and it seems to match the price of the cars on autotrader.
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ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoNew car for the wife is on its way. Nice little 2002 Fiat Stilo Abarth. 2.5 litre v6 which shifts a bit .gif)
I'm sort of tempted to learn to drive now so I can have a go. -
ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoTalk about a shitty time with transport.
First the wife drowns the car and it gets written off.
Then 6 months later ish, ie today, my bike has just been written off because its uneconomical to repair - crashed just before christmas. -
Spin Dr Wolf wrote:
£1.90 and they can't sell returns before 10, how stupid is that.
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pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoHeh, sounds about right. I mean did you not KNOW that public transport is a priviledge not a right? This is the UK, and it's supposed to be run as a profit-making organisation - not to make your commute to work easier...!
Go figure this. For me to drive to work, and take a park and ride bus it costs me £38 a month.
To have a 40 minute walk to and from the bus to work, and to take a bus that stops short both ends it costs £40 a month.
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lost_soul 9,372 posts
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Registered 19 years agoBad luck, ssue.
I finally got rid of my broken down Clio last week. It'd been sat outside the house for the past 5 months because I assumed it'd take some effort and cost to get rid of.
40 minutes after ringing the council to find out what I should do about it, it was loaded on the back of a truck, about to be taken away. Didn't cost anything, either.
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Khanivor 44,800 posts
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Dont live in a house? -
Rankin 2,931 posts
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Registered 19 years agoDon't phone the council? -
ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agolost_soul wrote:
I'm sure there's a lesson to be learnt there.
Yes, ask the forum. There is an advert for someone who picks up any car and disposes of it for free in some of the local shops.
I just have to figure out whether it worth getting a new scooter as the valuation is not a lot and I need to get a new helmet and jacket as well. -
ssuellid wrote:
There is this weird regulation now where it costs over a hundred quid to get a car scrapped because they have to be recycled. Not sure when it comes into action, some time this year I think.
Yes, ask the forum. There is an advert for someone who picks up any car and disposes of it for free in some of the local shops. -
lost_soul 9,372 posts
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Registered 19 years agoActually, the lesson was to get this sort of thing sorted out early, rather than waiting until the road tax is about to expire. I could have got upto £50 back if I'd got rid of the car back in August. -
Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agoThat's really crappy news ssuellid, probably not what you wanted to start your year with having to get a new ride.
With Spin's recent unfortunate accident I hope it's not catching! -
lost_soul 9,372 posts
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Registered 19 years agoWhizzo wrote:
Eh? I didn't hear about that. What happened?
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Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agolost_soul wrote:
When I scrapped my ZX there was about three months of tax left, I dutifully removed the disc, got a form and then realised I'd lost the bloody thing in the intervening time. Bollocks.
Actually, the lesson was to get this sort of thing sorted out early, rather than waiting until the road tax is about to expire. I could have got upto £50 back if I'd got rid of the car back in August. -
Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agolost_soul wrote:
He lost the back end of the car and ended up in a ditch, he posted a thread with some photos of the SpinMobile's current state which I can't find now.
Whizzo wrote:
Eh? I didn't hear about that. What happened?
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoAh! That would explain his strange Messenger ID!
"Spin...off into a ditch"
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lost_soul 9,372 posts
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Registered 19 years agoWhizzo wrote:
Nasty. That must have pushed his insurance cost up a bit (and he was already paying a lot).
He lost the back end of the car and ended up in a ditch, he posted a thread with some photos of the SpinMobile's current state which I can't find now. -
Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agolost_soul wrote:Nasty. That must have pushed his insurance cost up a bit (and he was already paying a lot).
Not really, he's only got (or had if it doesn't get back on the road and the damage was pretty extensive) 3PFT so he can't make a claim as no-one else was involved.
Bloody annoying I can't find the thread, it happened around Christmas. -
Spin_Dr_Wolf 6,170 posts
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Registered 18 years agoYup spanked it good and proper. Been busy car shopping to replace it, as i twisted the front end. Looking at a nice Celica GT4 Carlos Saintz.
Lostie, just to be difficult you probably could have made money out of it, as there is a someone local who still pays for scrap cars. -
Spin_Dr_Wolf 6,170 posts
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Registered 18 years agoPhotos are here -
Interesting! Mike 'anti-VOIP-boy'Hunt is ginger too! -
Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoWowza! That's a real mess. What caused it? Bad weather? Speed? Stray Sheep?
How did you fair?
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoMadder Max wrote:
Interesting! Mike 'anti-VOIP-boy'Hunt is ginger too!
o_O
I'm not ginger, are you?
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Yeah. Looked like you were in the pic thats all.
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Nemesis 20,312 posts
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Registered 20 years agoWhoa, top Kylie pic.
/gets distracted.
Shit news about the car.
In the winds of last week, my daughter pushed open the car door and it slammed into the wall. Fucking NICE bend in the door right on the corner. Ta for that.
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Spin_Dr_Wolf 6,170 posts
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Registered 18 years agoHeh, not entirely sure what caused it, but i reckon it was a blend of things. I had uber grippy tyres on the front and only normals on the rear, but where its a FR, i didn't think that would be too much of a problem. It was also really wet and horrible as i did it Christmas Eve, so there was probably also some grit around.
I was coming around a medium length but tightening bend, on and tilt, and the back end of my car suddenly lost all grip, and slid out about half way around. Fairly unusual for a front wheel drive ! I wasn't going that fast either, i'd been around that bend at those speeds in the wet before. I had no hope of correcting it, and went straight off the road, over the embankment.
Luckliy unscathed, but the car didn land perched over a ditch with the front and back on either sides, so as soon as i opened the door, and got out the car i fell into the bloody ditch. -
Nemesis wrote:
Heh, thats nasty the door that is, not Kylie. Although i would much prefer to see Kylie being nasty.
Whoa, top Kylie pic.
/gets distracted.
Shit news about the car.
In the winds of last week, my daughter pushed open the car door and it slammed into the wall. Fucking NICE bend in the door right on the corner. Ta for that.
Edited by Nemesis at 14:41:11 12-01-2005
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