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 Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:11 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 7045
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Location: In the garage
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Writing off a car is often down to financial reasons rather than the condition of the parts on the car.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:16 am |
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Joined: Jun 04, 2010
Posts: 1691
Trade Rating: +3
Location: northallerton
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the condition of parts was my reason to split as it Will cost as much as a new 2nd hand car would
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:11 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 2505
Trade Rating: +19
Location: West mids
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Will they let you buy it back if it's wrote off?
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:54 pm |
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Joined: Jun 04, 2010
Posts: 1691
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Location: northallerton
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assume so its not finished with liability yet but betting it Will be
this unfortunately Will be the end of my car as the costs ain't worth it when i can get a newer bigger car massive shame as i wanted to tb it
can't afford to track it which has crossed my mind
Will have to buy it back as its my only car so it Will be around but no more money in to it moding unless i come in to some money
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:56 pm |
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Joined: Jun 04, 2010
Posts: 1691
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Location: northallerton
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| spike_202 wrote: |
| Correct me if I'm wrong mate but if it's 'wrote off' don't it have to be crushed? As no parts are safe for resale? |
it Will be un economical repair i think
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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:06 pm |
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Joined: Feb 24, 2010
Posts: 2596
Trade Rating: +17
Location: North West Wales
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| spike_202 wrote: |
| Correct me if I'm wrong mate but if it's 'wrote off' don't it have to be crushed? As no parts are safe for resale? |
You have a few different catergories
CAT A - Crush only no parts can be salvaged (most commonly when a fatality has occurred in the car) absolutely nothing can be sold on from the car, not even a bolt
CAT B- Salvage only - The car itself can never return to the road but any salvageable parts can be sold on
CAT C - Uneconomical repair - Cant remember the exact figure think it's 50% but if the parts & labour for the repair exceed that percentage of the car's value then it is deemed uneconomical.
CAT D - similar to cat c, but more of a get out clause for the insurance company. Say now someone hits your wing, and you go through insurance to repair, they may choose to cat d write off the car as they do not want to authorize the work and then get the car into a body shop where they remove the wing and find more structural damage underneath which could push the cost into a cat c.
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 3:12 pm |
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Joined: Jun 04, 2010
Posts: 1691
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Location: northallerton
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bit of an update
the insurance have said it looks like it will go in my favour and the third part has changed their story twice so should work out well
also 3 months ago i started a new job working as a courier so full time and more pay so the car will be staying and if all works out well a track car which will get used regular hopefully , i just need to work out what can tow it on a trailer as its so confusing about what you can tow etc any tips would be appreciated
think the next mod will be some new wheels as the ones i have now are past their best by a long shot and smaller wheels will work much better on the track, then maybe a new exhaust
just an idea but has anyone made their own a rolll cage??
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 3:26 am |
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Joined: Jun 04, 2010
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Location: northallerton
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insurance has still not come to a good end my insurance had told the third party to settle 50/50 for the 3rd time without my consent so its having to drag on more, went and got a renault megane the 1.5 dci (pic once cleaned) which will save me on 1k a year in running costs so more to spend on the 206
plans for the 206 are to wait for insurance to come through then buy it back get a new colour coded door and pop the dent out then i need wheels, discs pads, and exhaust then it will be ready for track use, also a little diet for the car so all interior will be up for grabs,
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:27 am |
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Joined: Jun 04, 2010
Posts: 1691
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Location: northallerton
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insurance threw it out so once i have finished building the new podeum for the car as i have a van to take home and cant fit it on the drive as well, interior wil start coming out and battery in the boot, and other quick and easy mods for now
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Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 11:02 am |
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Joined: Jun 04, 2010
Posts: 1691
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Location: northallerton
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 the new work area is not finished
view from my kitchen window (ideal for cups of coffee to be passed through :))
its not too bad for costing me the breeze blocks and slabs at the end, yes i ran out of block paving lol
things have been moving slow atm with needing to finish the kitchen decoration off and work but on the plus side ill be set 5 days a week working now with my own van from next week, i have sold a few bits from the interior and got the cable for the battery re-location with new clamps etc
im also weighing things i remove to see how much can be removed just out of curiosity, im hoping to have the interior stripped in a week or so and battery in the boot
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Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 4:12 pm |
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Joined: Jun 04, 2010
Posts: 1691
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Location: northallerton
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bit of an update, the interior should be gone tomorow so cracked on and removed more stuff heres what it looks like at the moment still loads to do
i decided to be a little OCD and weigh what i removed and weigh what im putting back in, the interior (seats and door cards) weigh about 65kg
head unit heater fan car mats weighing 5kg
with bolts and other bits of trim still to go not to mention all the amp wires and board of mdf i put in the boot to keep the exhaust managable
dredding the sound proofing removal
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 4:27 pm |
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Joined: Jun 04, 2010
Posts: 1691
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Location: northallerton
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Another small update
Managed to get seat belts out fully removed boot mdf and majority of the sound proofing which came up surprisingly easy just had to pull
Total weight remove is 93kg without speaker cables yet
Bucket seats purchased harnesses to go then battery on the boot matrix out and other things then seats in
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 2:43 am |
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Joined: Mar 22, 2012
Posts: 235
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Location: ireland
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goin well usher,if I remember correctly I think I knocked 150kgs off the weight of my car,I was the same weighed everything  a nice weight reduction improvement is a fibreglass bonnet,I think mine weighed about 9kgs less than the original bonnet.aircon is also quite heavy was about 10kg in total I think.also got smaller lighter wheels (every 1kg reduction in unsprung weight is equivalant to 10kg sprung weight) which made a really nice difference.also the sound deadning the stuff is on like tar under the front seats,you need a heat gun to get it up,weighs 5-6kg 
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2000 gti 138,tein superstreet coilovers front,tein adjustable shocks rear,22mm rear arb,carbon fibre strut brace, 6 point omp cage,fibre glass bonnet,polycarb windows,406 v6 brembo 4 pots,carbon Lorraine rc6 pads,brembo 307hdi front discs,406 v6 master cylinder,braided hoses all round,306 gti-6 brake reservoir,abs removed,4.9 cwp with 3j driveline plated lsd,compbrake quickshift,k&n filter with cold air feed pipe,4 branch mani,decat,sportex straight thru race system,mocal oil cooler,group n engine mounts,omp bucket seats,omp steering wheel,battery relocated to boot,4 point harnesses,15'team dynamics pro race 1.2 on Michelin slicks | |
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 8:02 am |
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Joined: Apr 24, 2012
Posts: 189
Trade Rating: 0
Location: Holland
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my fiberglass bonnet weighs 2,5 kgs,original weighs like 15 kgs i reckon?
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 8:20 am |
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Joined: Mar 22, 2012
Posts: 235
Trade Rating: 0
Location: ireland
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| Lex206 wrote: |
| my fiberglass bonnet weighs 2,5 kgs,original weighs like 15 kgs i reckon? |
ya thats probably right i couldnt remember the exact weight difference
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2000 gti 138,tein superstreet coilovers front,tein adjustable shocks rear,22mm rear arb,carbon fibre strut brace, 6 point omp cage,fibre glass bonnet,polycarb windows,406 v6 brembo 4 pots,carbon Lorraine rc6 pads,brembo 307hdi front discs,406 v6 master cylinder,braided hoses all round,306 gti-6 brake reservoir,abs removed,4.9 cwp with 3j driveline plated lsd,compbrake quickshift,k&n filter with cold air feed pipe,4 branch mani,decat,sportex straight thru race system,mocal oil cooler,group n engine mounts,omp bucket seats,omp steering wheel,battery relocated to boot,4 point harnesses,15'team dynamics pro race 1.2 on Michelin slicks | |
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