Utter A*se!!

[barrymate]

i wouldnt of let any recovery truck take my car unless it was going to my house
then i would of phoned the insurance company up and made sure the surveyor checks if it is a write off at my home address i done it before i wouldnt let them take my landrover away i got paid out more than its worth and kept my car which only needed a front wing and few other bits its now back on the road thats what you pay insurance for its easiar for them to just write your car off than go down the road of fixing it

[EVIR]

Sorry to hear of your accident. I'm sure the resources on here will quickly get that back on the road.
It was a day of active driving, very greasy in places with all the crap on the roads just now and could have happened to anyone.
All the best.

[NovemberSun]

Good luck with getting your beast back together, don't give up! If your going to attempt a rebuild I have a black kidney grill free of charge to you if your interested, just PM me

[e30topless]

bollox, damn shame it was a minter

although it probably looks worse in the pics ? get it out of the salvage yard and back on your drive asap

[BadDave]

I didn't believe it, when I got the call to lets us know that Col and Ronan would be a little late due to your unfortunate and unlucky incident.
Main thing is that your OK.

I see the offers of parts etc are already coming in and Lee's dished out his legal expertise,so hopefully you'll get this sorted out in a reasonably quick timeframe.

[spook]

Unlucky dude, i think i have some wiper motors, send me a pm and i will send em free

[georgen]

Have some headlights here fella. They're not mint but not in a bad way either. Just pay the postage and they're yours..

Here's hoping you'll be back on the road soon.

[fuzzy]

how come it ended up in the recovery yard? i thought you were having it taken home?
ive seen many a car crash at that spot and seen another e30 on its roof there a few years ago.its not a bad bend but theres definately something funny about that stretch of road as you come off the roundabout and uphill on a long sweeping left hand curve.

[DHFiS]

I bought mine back after a cat C write off and today was the day it had the VIC certificate issued and I was able to send all the documents back to the insurers to get it back on the agreed value policy.

I got all the parts I needed through the zone.

Its a good feeling when you put it all back together.

Good luck.

[magpie]

I bought mine back after a cat C write off and today was the day it had the VIC certificate issued and I was able to send all the documents back to the insurers to get it back on the agreed value policy.

I got all the parts I needed through the zone.

Its a good feeling when you put it all back together.

Good luck.

see,
lets hope it's not unfixable.

i wrote a mkv corkey off this way once,but it went backwards after
the font hit and done the arse end across the road before stopping.


fecking waterbed

[fuzzy]

i had similar type damage to my cosworth touring less than 24 hours after the conversion. i believe it was oil on the road. or perhaps i was swerving to miss a dog i cant remember.
anyway, although not quite as bad, my chassis leg was bent a bit , i fixed it myself for about £200.

[magpie]

i bet you cried

[Tedswagon]

how come it ended up in the recovery yard? i thought you were having it taken home?
ive seen many a car crash at that spot and seen another e30 on its roof there a few years ago.its not a bad bend but theres definately something funny about that stretch of road as you come off the roundabout and uphill on a long sweeping left hand curve.

The recovery lorry driver said, yeah, no worries I'll bring it where ever you want, I'll just have to check it's ok with the insurance company first. He made a call and then he was saying - sorry - have to take it to the yard.

[magpie]

so will they release it with docs shown etc or only on the insurers say so after the mod check

[hennabm]

i wouldnt of let any recovery truck take my car unless it was going to my house
then i would of phoned the insurance company up and made sure the surveyor checks if it is a write off at my home address i done it before i wouldnt let them take my landrover away i got paid out more than its worth and kept my car which only needed a front wing and few other bits its now back on the road thats what you pay insurance for its easiar for them to just write your car off than go down the road of fixing it

I would echo these words.

Remember the car is still legally yours until the insurance company pay out for it. herefore you dictate where it goes etc.

[magpie]

get in the captain seat and get the car back.







tell them you want an open funeral and hopefully with the car back in your possesion a quick fix!

[Sanchez]

Al, ive got some front end parts when you get the car back, valance, grills, lights, indicators etc.

I cant believe the trouble your having with that car.

Glad you ok and if you need anything let me know, you've got my number.

[Alyman]

Sorry to read this mate. I think I still have an unused passenger wing up in the loft of my old flat - never fitted/painted. I actually got it off fuzzy for nowt many moons ago, with a view to using it on my calypso 318i but I never got round to painting it before the car expired. You're welcome to it.

[oomz1975]

Glad your ok, gutted for the car, but looks like you will be sorted for parts & good luck with the insurance co.

[Speedtouch]

i wouldnt of let any recovery truck take my car unless it was going to my house

Sometimes you have no choice in the matter; if the car's causing an obstruction on the highway and the police attend, they will insist it is recovered asap and call their own recovery agent who will take it to their chosen yard.

I tried to get the AA to recover mine last Saturday evening (I have 'Roadside Recovery'), but apparently they won't do it after 5:00pm! So I had no choice but to let the police recovery agent take it

[Tedswagon]

The police were there and they would not let the car be driven away due to the sharp edges. The recovery man wasn't going to go against his instruction. Wasn't anything Al could have done.

Any update on the situation with the insurance?

[ChemicalAl]

Hi Ronan,
The car has now been taken to another garage in Sighthill Industrial Estate to be surveyed and to then get the Elephant chap to come and have a look at it - I've contacted Elephant and let them know (in no uncertain terms) that I want to keep the car and that I expect a decent payout. They have assured me that they will come back to me on Thursday to advise where things are at.
Currently spending time scanning all the cars history/reciepts etc onto email ready to send off to back up my demands for more money - I've also got about 15 ads that prove that E30's in excellent condition currently command a decent amount. This combined with the bill of sale and original advert should be a decent amount of ammo to start with. I'm hoping that I can wangle about £1500-2000 (clear of the £250 excess) and the car. This would allow a full resto or the ability to get another E30 (probably cabriolet) and use my tasty bits to get it up to spec (Mtec stuff and refurbed BBS's etc). I'll then consider where I go from there.
Pain in the ass, but I suppose if I get a car back on the road and in great condition by the NY I'll be happy (I could even have a wee bit of money left in my sky-rocket, you never know).
I could be on cloud cuckoo land, but I suppose you've got to start high.
I'll keep you all updated.
Al
p.s. thanks again to all for the kind words and offers - I'll come back to you all once I know where I stand!!!

[Topblag]

Good luck with the insurers Al, looks like you're doing your homework - good stuff.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for a good outcome.

[ChemicalAl]

Just compiling the history from the BMW booklet, and realised that this is really the first time that i've looked into in depth - Pretty impressive:

17/03/1989 Pre-Delivery Check BMW Cooper West (Park Lane, London) 0 miles

10/05/1989 Running-in Inspection BMW Cooper West (Park Lane, London) 2,170 miles

11/01/1990 BMW Oil Service & BMW Annual Check BMW Cooper West (Park Lane, London) 6,640 miles

11/02/1991 BMW Annual Check BMW Cheyne (Winslow, London) 10,454 miles

14/08/1991 BMW Inspection 1 BMW Cheyne (Winslow, London) 13,530 miles

28/07/1992 BMW Annual Check BMW Cheyne (Winslow, London) 16,358 miles

05/03/1993 BMW Oil Service & Cambelt BMW Cheyne (Winslow, London) 20,100 miles

30/07/1993 BMW Annual Check BMW Cheyne (Winslow, London) 21,640 miles

07/07/1994 BMW Annual Check BMW Cheyne (Winslow, London) 24,728 miles

09/12/1994 BMW Inspection 2 BMW Cheyne (Winslow, London) 26,582 miles

19/06/1995 BMW Annual Check BMW Cheyne (Winslow, London) 28,852 miles

28/12/1995 BMW Oil Service BMW Cheyne (Winslow, London) 32,076 miles

21/07/1996 BMW Annual Check BMW Cheyne (Winslow, London) 35,632 miles

18/04/1997 BMW Inspection 1 IGA BMW Specialist (Northchapel, Sussex) 38,984 miles

18/04/1998 BMW Annual; Service/Oil Service IGA BMW Specialist (Northchapel, Sussex) 45,790 miles

10/04/1999 BMW Inspection 2 & Cambelt IGA BMW Specialist (Northchapel, Sussex) 52,327 miles

01/04/2000 BMW Annual Service/Oil Service IGA BMW Specialist (Northchapel, Sussex) 58,810 miles

05/05/2001 BMW Inspection 1 IGA BMW Specialist (Northchapel, Sussex) 65,757 miles

30/05/2002 BMW Annual Service/Oil Service Boxer Motors BMW Specialist 70,656 miles

01/07/2004 BMW Inspection 2 & Cambelt R&S Motors BMW Specialist (Middlesex) 78,419 miles

11/09/2006 BMW Inspection 1 Lakeside Garage BMW Specialists (Middlesex) 83,586 miles

28/07/2009 BMW Inspection 2 B.M Motors BMW Specialists (Lanarkshire) 88,361 miles

18/09/2009 BMW Oil Service & Cambelt R.W Weavers BMW Specialist (Glasgow) 90,012 miles

As well as this, I have a ring binder which is about 1.5 inches thick of reciepts and reports since new. i also have every single MOT cert and Tax disc.
Makes me even more determined that this car is not going to the scrappy because of me!!

[fuzzy]

print off most of the cars for sale adds on here as theyll help your case for a decent value as theyre mainly well over priced .

[Sanchez]

Good luck with the payout Alisdair, if you get the car back, us locals have plenty parts to help you back on the road.

PS if you dont want it anymore ide be interested if the price is good.

[Topblag]

Good luck with the payout Alisdair, if you get the car back, us locals have plenty parts to help you back on the road.

PS if you dont want it anymore ide be interested if the price is good.

Local parts for local people.

[grantfk10]

Good luck with the payout Alisdair, if you get the car back, us locals have plenty parts to help you back on the road.

PS if you dont want it anymore ide be interested if the price is good.

Local parts for local people.

The vultures are circling

Nah, only joking. I hope all goes well and you do the right thing and get this touring back to the way it was, or even better.

[Topblag]

I was joking too - to break a car that nice would be criminal

[JokeTown]

RIP Tourer

[Topblag]

RIP Tourer

No - this one will defo go back on the road, it's a minter.

[ChemicalAl]

Does anyone know any good bodywork places in fife/lothians??
Chizfab??
Any reccommendations - would be good to have this sorted, as I'm going to have to start thinking about transporting it from its current place to where it will get fixed.

[Topblag]

Al, I got my Sport bodywork and painting done at a place called the Arches in Manderson Street, Leith. The guy in there (Mark) just sold a Tech II Sport that he rebuilt so he knows these cars pretty well. Reasonable prices too.

There's another guy on Gorgie Road I've had highly recommended to me, but he wasn't interested in working on the rear of my Sport.

Any word from the insurers ?

[Topblag]

Also, if you can't drive it, JBH and Gordon have a trailer and Gordon's got some time these days so you could ask them. I also know a guy in Fife who has a landrover and a large trailer, his prices are reasonable.

[ChemicalAl]

Cheers mate - These sound like great options! I saw mark's tech II on the zone and it looked very good - I'll contact him. What work did he do, and what did he charge?(if you don't mind me asking - as it would be good to get some sort of idea)
I'm not sure that i'll be able to drive it - definitely not road worthy ATM so i'd be looking to get it transported to Mark (or whoever) asap. I've got a PM from Gordon so i'll see if they can help me, once I know what's what.
Car is being assessed by Bennetts of Scotland, and then I'm assuming that Elephant will sent out one of their guys to check out this first assessment and provide their initial findings. I'm lead to believe that Bennetts are getting the car assessed today and I'm hoping that Elephant get their chap onsite tomorrow, so i can get some sort of response from the insurers by the end of the week. Pigs might fly, however!