Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: unlucky mark mv6 on 19 March 2010, 18:09:24
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is it correct that if you want to buy your car back after its been written off,you have to go to the auction? :-/
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You should get first refusal I thought :-/
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You should get first refusal I thought :-/
Thats the way i thought it worked,suppose its changed then. :-/
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All I know is that back in November last year, when my 2.5 was written off, my insurance company gave me the choice of a cheque for the full value of the car (which I accepted) or the car back with a cheque for 60% of its value.
No auction involved. ;) ;)
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i bought mine back from the insurance company last year when they wrote it off
just told the insurance company if the car is written off i want to buy it back
paid £50 to buy mine back
they paid out £700
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Until you've accepted a payout from your insurance company the car is still yours so you can do what you like with it. :y
Kevin
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Some helpful info there folks,just what i wanted to know. :y
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Until you've accepted a payout from your insurance company the car is still yours so you can do what you like with it. :y
Kevin
Having said that, if they have officially written it off there's a procedure to follow, depending on category, before you can legally put it back on the road.
Kevin
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Ye... Mine was a cat C and its got to go through a VOSA test now
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Cat D - No VIC required.
Cat C - VIC required, cam be put back on the road if repair satisfactory.
Cat B - Some parts maybe salvaged from the car, never to be put on the road again
Cat A - Everything is only fit for the crusher
:y
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I'm just going through this with my 03 plate omega and i was told i could keep the car by the guy who come to look at damage but when i called the insurance to say that i was keeping the car they said no and that it was all to do with getting older cars off the road but yes i could get it back if i was to go to the auction >:(
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I'm just going through this with my 03 plate omega and i was told i could keep the car by the guy who come to look at damage but when i called the insurance to say that i was keeping the car they said no and that it was all to do with getting older cars off the road but yes i could get it back if i was to go to the auction >:(
Totally illogical... if it's keeping older cars offf the road .. it would be scrapped .. if it's for sale at an auction .. it's back on the road.
Methinks someone is talking out of their backside. ... and I'd be telling them just that.
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I'm just going through this with my 03 plate omega and i was told i could keep the car by the guy who come to look at damage but when i called the insurance to say that i was keeping the car they said no and that it was all to do with getting older cars off the road but yes i could get it back if i was to go to the auction >:(
Totally illogical... if it's keeping older cars offf the road .. it would be scrapped .. if it's for sale at an auction .. it's back on the road.
Methinks someone is talking out of their backside. ... and I'd be telling them just that.
Got to agree there entwood. ;)
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I'm just going through this with my 03 plate omega and i was told i could keep the car by the guy who come to look at damage but when i called the insurance to say that i was keeping the car they said no and that it was all to do with getting older cars off the road but yes i could get it back if i was to go to the auction >:(
Totally illogical... if it's keeping older cars offf the road .. it would be scrapped .. if it's for sale at an auction .. it's back on the road.
Methinks someone is talking out of their backside. ... and I'd be telling them just that.
Got to agree there entwood. ;)
I know and i said that i was only going to use it for parts so i would send them the V5 but i was then told that i may be selling the parts which would only be keeping other cars on the road and it's the gov that have set out this guide line about not letting the owner keep there car, all i seem to be doing is banging my head >:(