Car smash

[iallen1@btinter]

They didnt sound to sure when i mentioned it this will be the second car ive had in two months and my dad and sister have both had a brand new one within the last 3 months so they should look after me

[sam.bird3]

Glad this is sorting itself out and you are getting a lovely car in place of what was ruined!! I had exactly the same thing happen to me with my Mini. But unfortunately they repaired mine, I hated it after getting it back.

re-Gap insurance.

I had a 3 year old Motorbike about 10 years ago, i took out HP on it to buy it as i was only young and had no disposable Income. I declined the gap insurance, 4 months into owning it someone decided to pull out of a turning into my path luckily enough i walked away with minor cuts and bruises, The bike on the other hand wasn't so lucky. It got wrote off and the insurance company valued it at £3,000 less than what i owed on the Finance, I was left with a 3 grand bill that i was forced to pay back to the finance company for an accident that wasn't my fault so i would strongly recommend Gap insurance on anything that would leave you owing more than its worth if it is Stolen/Written off.


Also, regarding Fiat Cinquechento's not being very Strong, i beg to differ, a little Yellow one jumped a set of lights and hit my 3 week old Mini Cooper s, (Only 700 miles on the clock!!) Look at the damage it done!! (The little Yellow peril had hardly any damage)

[iallen1@btinter]

ouch

[CunniBlingus]

My civic wasn't the same after the accident I had a few years back. Always check the work that's been carried out afterwards, as I had an A4 sheet full of problems they hadn't sorted! It was disgusting that they actually called themselves a repair place!

[iallen1@btinter]

Engineer rang today car wrote off cheque coming next week ordered new car today result, only thing insurance say claim settled when ive got cheque so cannot have a hire car, not happy at all cant manage 8 weeks with no car

[Berisford]

Engineer rang today car wrote off cheque coming next week ordered new car today result, only thing insurance say claim settled when ive got cheque so cannot have a hire car, not happy at all cant manage 8 weeks with no car

That's the way it works with Insurance, they've completed their part of the contract. Any further inconvenience such as your 8 week gap is down to the girl that caused the problem, you could send her the bill?

[steve67]

Glad all is nearly sorted, what colour did you order in the end,

[Guest 2]

Hope you have better luck with your new one!

[iallen1@btinter]

Went for steel grey in the end

[vc-10]

Steel Grey looks fantastic on the Golf 6. Glad it's all sorted.

Re Sam.Bird's Mini- that doesn't look structural. All that plastic and panelling isn't that strong- it's basically there to look pretty and take light knocks. If you had a proper crash in a Cinquecento you'd not fare so well. If you had a smash like iallen's then you might not survive- take a look at the EuroNCAP tests for the 'improved' Seicento! http://www.euroncap.com/tests/fiat_s...o_2000/73.aspx