Bye bye GTi

[Colinspence]

My Astra vxr got witten off it was a cat b so I got £6k pay out plus bought it back for £250 and striped it for parts and got around £3k back

Wow buy back for peanuts....how do they come to that figure? Seems ridiculously cheap when a minute ago they'd charge x amount to fix it?? Doesn't make sense.

Iv no idea how I got back so cheap was £13k of damage done too when it was written off , I never argued just paid it and got the car delivered back to me that night lol

[Colinspence]

Ask to buy it back ?
Will be cheap to repair or sell it for parts
My Astra vxr got witten off it was a cat b so I got £6k pay out plus bought it back for £250 and striped it for parts and got around £3k back
Selling the interior , engine , and body parts and brakes etc...
Worth it if you got the time and patience to strip it or put it back on the road ?

how did you buy it back for 250 when the buy back is 1 thire of the pay out or value of the vehicle?.

First I was told by the people dealing with the value of the car that I could not buy it back as I did not have a licence to scrap/dispose of cars ,
Then my insurance company said "course you can have it back , will cost you £250 that comes out of the money I'm getting paid for the car "
So said yes please!! And 2 hours later it was back on the drive ?
I'm sure someone made a mistake but I was not arguing

[r5gtt]

Ask to buy it back ?
Will be cheap to repair or sell it for parts
My Astra vxr got witten off it was a cat b so I got £6k pay out plus bought it back for £250 and striped it for parts and got around £3k back
Selling the interior , engine , and body parts and brakes etc...
Worth it if you got the time and patience to strip it or put it back on the road ?

how did you buy it back for 250 when the buy back is 1 thire of the pay out or value of the vehicle?.

First I was told by the people dealing with the value of the car that I could not buy it back as I did not have a licence to scrap/dispose of cars ,
Then my insurance company said "course you can have it back , will cost you £250 that comes out of the money I'm getting paid for the car "
So said yes please!! And 2 hours later it was back on the drive ?
I'm sure someone made a mistake but I was not arguing

That's a mega huge mistake and you're one lucky guy  I'd buy two of them.for that price 

[ducman77]

my insurance company said "course you can have it back , will cost you £250 that comes out of the money I'm getting paid for the car "
So said yes please!! And 2 hours later it was back on the drive ?
I'm sure someone made a mistake but I was not arguing

Pleased to hear this.

And so pleased no injury to your baby, partner or self!!

Hopefully something good will come out of all of this. If you get a decent pay out your can hopefully repair the car and add some tasty mods....
K04
Big brakes
Turbo back exhaust!!

[lukemk5gti]

Do you have a dash cam?

If a warning to others, BUY A DASH CAM as they save you a lot of hassle should the worst happen. 

I've always had mine installed, newest one is direct wired to fuse box so I don't even have to remember to turn it on but I was advised recently by a guy in the motor industry that dash cams are inadmissible in court as the footage can be altered.

[dajonic]

Any recommendations for dash cams? What do you guys use?

[lukemk5gti]

Any recommendations for dash cams? What do you guys use?

Mini 0801. Faultless and discreet over 2 years of use with no hassle.

[eddie pk]

i have a wedge style dash cam - a118 style. about a month old now around 40 quid. (there is a newer style for about 80 i think).hard to see from outside and no problems with it so far. only downside it sticks onto the windscreen with a sticky pad so cannot be removed and re attatched easily, so i leave it in all the time..it looks neat and tidy and comes with plastic trunking to hide cables. would be even more hidden if behind a rear view mirror and i would hard wire it if fitted in my car..

[slix]

Any recommendations for dash cams? What do you guys use?

Avoid one with gps as this COULD go against you... eg you were driving a tad over the limit etc.

But I have the Transcend 200 and love it. Nice wide field of view too.