Hail! Friggin Mess...

[cav33r]

Will need to be repaired and blue slipped to get off written off register I believe??

I had a car written off and paid out 3500 but only cost 400 to buy it back... Might be worth it depending on repair costs.

first quote was 7600 reason why im so concerned about this is because ive just put about 7k into the motor

[GTR-N1]

Understand

[Anfanee]

ninja engine swap

[r32-25t]

This^^

[cav33r]

ninja engine swap

have considered this.

[Anfanee]

legit.

[cav33r]

One i hear the results from the next quote the decison will be made

[Daleo]

What do you reckon they will say dale? I still have to get one more quote an see what happens. Has anyone ever fought a insurance company in regards to writing a car off due to hail? Because by the look ofthe first quote im going to be right on the boarder line of being written off.

I'm betting that they'll write it off; it's only insured for $4k, and this is the last year we were going to fully comp insure it.

Because it's with Shannon's; I'm hoping that they'll pay it out, let me retain the "wreck" and then simply restrict us to 3rd party property insurance in future.

Could always buy it back? Not sure on how that process works though

With Shannon's I have first refusal for the wreck; but my repairer reckons that they'll probably just let me have it with a slightly reduced payout, to account for the buy back value.

[GTR-N1]

Adrian, Is there anything on your PDS about salvage rights?

[cav33r]

Im not sure i should probably read up on it. Would it be on their website

[Daleo]

Im not sure i should probably read up on it. Would it be on their website

Yes, it definitely will.

[cav33r]

Just read through it. Yeah i can buy the car back for salvage and have first pick. Still dont know what % of value they work off though

[GTofuS-T]

Just read through it. Yeah i can buy the car back for salvage and have first pick. Still dont know what % of value they work off though

They'll have it valued for auction, when I bought mine the valuer told me what he was going to tell the insurance company it was worth (sneakily) and they offered the same price to me.. ie no mark up

[GTR-N1]

Mazda2 - $9000 including roof replacement, painting as well as PDR. I wonder if it would have been less for leaving it as a soft top convertible

[GTofuS-T]

Mazda2 - $9000 including roof replacement, painting as well as PDR. I wonder if it would have been less for leaving it as a soft top convertible

Wow!

[GTR-N1]

Yes, it's insured (as a Genki) for $17,400, so the damage doesn't come into the 80 percentile whereby it could become a write-off.

Volvo XC T6 - $3,400 for PDR only.

* Note that after the panels are all smooth again...

a) all dented mouldings are mandatory replacement items so that no water can enter any crevices

* But...

b) any scratches created by the hail are not covered and thus; no polishing is included in a hail claim

* After I get the cars back, we'll have to see about that! I shall need proper lighting to reflect and refract any scratches, because unless the paint is in its former condition, I believe that according to the PDS, I have a case for complaint.

[cav33r]

In the waiting room for the next repairer see how i go. Fingers crossed

[GTR-N1]

All the best Adrian

[cav33r]

Acutally good news this repairer has given me a rough qoute of no more then 5k. The other one quoted me 7600???

[Daleo]

I'm not surprised by the damage to the Mazda Terry; it's comparable to the last time Shell's car was damaged by similar sized hail.

Interesting how much less pdr is required on the XC60; clearly a lot more high tensile steel panelwork on it.

I agree regarding scratches from hail; the car MUST be returned to it's pre-hail damaged condition, for the repairs to be considered complete.

If the roof required replacement; they couldn't just hand it back in guide coat.

Hope you have a good outcome Adrian!

Still waiting for am answer on ours, Shannon's rang yesterday to ask when the car was going to be presented for assessment; it's already been viewed and photographed, our repairer had obviously neglected to submit his quote.

I'm wondering whether he is the right man for the job...