Do you think my car wil be a write off?? (picture heavy)

[Birk]

That's what I wanted it for, the goodies lol I can put a nice interior in my jetta then haha

If it needs paint on both sides, you are still talking £800-1000 in paint to have it done properly.

[Leigh200sx]

Somebody has hit the side of mine too.....insurance estimates are around £2000 t. Repair it.I then went to my local painter who I have used in the passed And he's said a max of £500.... Just go's to show you the difference in costs for insurance.

[Wooosh]

I'm sure insurance companies just make up there own estimates.

[STV4R]

Now then, A little update.
Just got a email from the company who is dealing with the repairs and what not. They are writing the car off as a Cat D
I am not very happy about this and the fact that my insurance used a third party company to deal with repairs. Which will have bumped
the price of repair up quite a bit, But what is done ,is done.
They have sent a valuation of my car for £6760 which imho is quite good and nearly the amount i paid for it 3month ago.
I have told them i want my car back and i will repair it myself. So they said i can have it back and check for £5070
What you think?

[mac456]

I wouldn't bother tbh taking it back. Its going to cost you a huge amount to sort out. You may as well buy another which isn't cat registered. It will be easier to move on.

At the end of the day its only a car and there are 100's of them out there. Plus you got a good first offer. What year is it?

[STV4R]

Its a 55 Plate
And i've just been for a couple of quotes for repair where i live one was around £1700 and thats with new door skin and new side panel. Huge difference to their final estimation of £6.2k
So i get my car back plus £5k, pay max £2k to get it repaired, then i have my car back like new and £3k in my pocket

[brookesb32]

That is a lot of car for £1700! If you kept it then decided it wasn't worth repairing you would easily make more as parts, then scrap it - or sell as track car as others have said

[alackofspeed]

I'd buy that for £1700. 

[xjay1337]

Yes mate absolutely take the £5k cheque and the car.
You can then either strip it yourself and make a lot of extra money or sell the car for another £2500 or £3k or so - It could be repaired to be honest.

[Birk]

Yea, that's easy worth it, get it repaired for 1k, 4k in the pocket.

Or I'll buy it for 2k, then use the 5k to get a minty Gti.

[SkyJawa]

Defo have it back and 5k!!!!

And it's not difficult at all to sell on a cat d registered car, you just have to amend the price accordingly and any pics and documentation of the damage and the fix will set future buyers minds at rest.....