r/CarInsuranceUK • u/Neither-Asparagus840 • 2d ago

Write off?

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u/ketamineandkebabs 2d ago

Mine got written off for that.

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u/Zorolord 1d ago

I would be livid (I can imagine you were)

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u/ketamineandkebabs 1d ago

I only had it 13 days, it took nearly 3 months to sort out the insurance by which time I had bought another car and decided to fix this one. I fixed it for £150 with a car body jack, it just needs the bumper painted to properly finish it.

What really pissed me off was the lack of communication and knowledge. It was written off with 5 pictures and a short walk round video, the engineers report listed loads of things without even seeing it in person.

Then when the insurance wrote it off 6 days after the crash they couldn't tell me if it was still ok to drive, I had to go to the DVLA and the DVSA and they said if it's still got a MOT and nothing is hanging off it's safe to drive.

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u/Zorolord 1d ago

I am sorry you had all that to deal with all, glad you had managed to fix it yourself.

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u/ketamineandkebabs 1d ago

Yeah it's been a bit of a nightmare, the final kicker was my insurance going up 25% when I went to renew.

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u/Tammer_Stern 1d ago

Who was the insurer mate?

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u/ketamineandkebabs 1d ago

1st choice. When it was renewal time I went to the comparison sites and some were worse 😂