NOT SO....Heartbroken...............UPDATE 19/10

[goosiegander]

any news yet dude?

[REEDY]

any news yet dude?

Not yet mate, still waitin for my fu*kin insurers to go assess it!!!

[goosiegander]

dude thats piss poor its been at least a month -right?

I hate red tape...

[mikeyboy]

hi Mate,

this happened to me two years ago in croydon, i hope all is well yourself and the car!

in my accident i was over taken even though i was in the outside lane and they hit an oncoming car, 2 fatalities, the guy driving the tin can 205 gti and also a passenger (R.I.P) silly kids!

i just escaped it luckily my roof collapsed but survived .

but again i hope your all right fella!

[BreadBin]

Do you have legal cover on your insurance??

If so push for compo due to stress fromt he crash, bad back etc etc. Milk this fecker. Also the value of a crash repaired M3 against the value before the crash, ie minty minty needs compensating for.

I have no argument against claiming what you are rightly entitled to but people should realise that by claiming for whiplash when you are perfectly fine is a good way to drive up the cost of everyones insurance.

[Nelly]

Premiums will go up regardless - it's inevitable, grab what you can - while you can

[320Touring]

Premiums will go up regardless - it's inevitable, grab what you can - while you can

esp from a man who was too cucking funted to control a fiesta...

[Kos]

just seen this, gutted for you mate

its taking too long for the insurers to asses it, i've had claims delt with and paid out with 4 weeks, even arguing over what i'll accept

as for the damage, i recon that they will put down as beyond economical repair and it will be a cat B by the looks of it.

[fuzzy]

dude thats **** poor its been at least a month -right?

I hate red tape...

i waited 15 months for a claim to be sorted out ,a month is nothing when legalities kick in and the lawyers start squabbling

[georgen]

Man, that's bad crack. I hope you are well and not feeling too down. I'm looking forward to seeing the beast rebuilt.

[chicken]

dude thats **** poor its been at least a month -right?

I hate red tape...

i waited 15 months for a claim to be sorted out ,a month is nothing when legalities kick in and the lawyers start squabbling

mines been going since november even tho the guy had admitted goin into the back off my car when i was stationary!

[E30Mark]

I took E30Adam 15 months to sort out his claim, even though someone also drove into the back of him. The driver at fault might admit to be at blame, but his insurer will try to hang onto there money for as long as possible!

I can't see why it's taken 4 weeks and the assessor hasn't even been out yet!

[Big_M]

jesus christ! did you drag the prick out and set a hideing into him? i shed a tear for you.

Those were the first thoughts that came into my mind !!!!

Hope you manage to sort it all out dude, one nice looking M3.

Matt.

[Rich_W]

Premiums will go up regardless - it's inevitable, grab what you can - while you can

You reckon? Mine have gone steadily down.

Dont get me wrong. Im not thinking Insurers are Angels. But taking that attitude is pretty much the problem with the UK these days. "Fuck everyone else what am i getting out of it?"

Its like Voting. If you choose not to. You cant complain that you dont like the Government. So if you claim when you arent really needing it. You cant complain if your Ins goes up in the future.

NB: Reedy seems to be GENUINELY shaken by this incident (with good reason) and clearly his cars been written off so of course he should claim.

[keggy]

the insurers kept meesin me abotu wen sum1 wrote my car off. took ages to assess n all. kick up a fuss n make them give u a hire car and storage of the car until they sort it. idid that for my 306 d turbo n it cost them as extra 1500 on storage n hire car

[BreadBin]

Premiums will go up regardless - it's inevitable, grab what you can - while you can

You reckon? Mine have gone steadily down.

Dont get me wrong. Im not thinking Insurers are Angels. But taking that attitude is pretty much the problem with the UK these days. "**** everyone else what am i getting out of it?"

Its like Voting. If you choose not to. You cant complain that you dont like the Government. So if you claim when you arent really needing it. You cant complain if your Ins goes up in the future.

NB: Reedy seems to be GENUINELY shaken by this incident (with good reason) and clearly his cars been written off so of course he should claim.

I'm glad you saw my point - as I said I have no argument with genuine claims.

[Rosc0PColtrane]

Reedy, do you have a courtesy car out of it? If not, get one, make sure it's an equivalent car. They cost loads and will be factored into a claim. At that rate of haemorage, financially, they'll pull their fingers out of their arses. Money is the language they understand. Make sure you talk it too!

[AC-SCHNITZER]

goddamned, f***** drunk drivers

[JungleGus]

that sucks! why cant you m3 owners just leave them in the garage where they belong! haha

[maxfield]

that sucks! why cant you m3 owners just leave them in the garage where they belong! haha

NO!!!!!!!!

They belong on a track!

[Kos]

any news ??

[Greeny]

NOT GOOD

That's a real shitter! The damage looks real bad, my fingers are crossed for you that it's repairable.

Murder is too good for drink drivers!

[josh-hocking]

[REEDY]

Cheers for your comments people!!!!

Finally gettin somewhere with the insurance, they`re puttin it down to a Total loss! beond economical repair!

So there in the process of gettin me a settlement figure! also i`m keepin the car and work will get under way very soon!!!!

Cheers again!

[Taylor325i]

Glad to hear it Reedy.

Chin up mate - it's a chance to make the car even more mint than it was.

Keep us all posted.



Taylor.

[Gortour]

Glad its working out for you, at long last.
Hope the pains and the sleeping are getting easier too.
All the best with the birth of the new beast.

[REEDY]

Cheers!

CHECK THIS JOKE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!

They`ve offered me £3125 pay out, before buyin the car back and excess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can probably guess what i said!!!

[Dr Firefly]

That's absolutely ridiculous! What was the mileage anyway? I'm guessing you'll be looking for £6-7k at the least? Looked like it was in decent nick...

[REEDY]

Had only done 70,000 miles!

I`d be happy with 7k includin excess and buyin back!

yeh i was in good condition, recently had her re-sprayed!

[maxfield]

Do they know it's a cecotto edition and there were only 480 made!

[dazleeds]

that offers the biggest piss take ever mate

i got 3k before buy back and excess on the the tech1

your not with more than are ya?

[oakey]

That is a complete pi55 take. For my 'accident' I got a pay out of £1600 without mention of a write off for my poverty spec tech1!

[Jon_Bmw]

Total arseholes. I have always maintained that insurance is daylight robbery. What planet(or most probably country) are these turds on!

[REEDY]

Na, with `Hyperformance` they`re brokers for Sabre insurance!

I`ve already told them that i`m not accepting that!

Just gettin some evidence together to prove its worth at least double of what they offered me!!!!!

[Ajay325]

yes reedy you will be best off searching every internet site for M3's similar to yours, with prices etc. print them all off at least 2/3 if not more, and send them off with a nice, initmidating letter. That should do the job... worked for me a year back, I was in a similar situation to yourself. I wish you luck with this...

Ajay