Bootneck

Hi I had my TD5 written off recently due to the Storms of Jan, two windows
broke and it was exposed to salt water spray for 12 odd Hours. I have tried
to buy it back as I live on a Scottish island and it would come in useful
for allsorts of things. However my Insurance company have stated it is a
class A write off, now I thought that was burnt out or chassis damage. I
drove my vehicle to the ferry and had been using it for 3 months or so with
no problems. Any comments on why its a class A the engineers just says it
because of the salt water but that could be repaired

Many thanks

Bootneck

--
Failure is not falling down, it is not getting up again.

SimonJ

> Hi I had my TD5 written off recently due to the Storms of Jan, two windows
> broke and it was exposed to salt water spray for 12 odd Hours. I have
tried
> to buy it back as I live on a Scottish island and it would come in useful
> for allsorts of things. However my Insurance company have stated it is a
> class A write off, now I thought that was burnt out or chassis damage. I
> drove my vehicle to the ferry and had been using it for 3 months or so
with
> no problems. Any comments on why its a class A the engineers just says it
> because of the salt water but that could be repaired
>
Salt water damage is automatically a category A write off, because of unseen
affects within the wiring loom etc.

Bootneck

Thanks for that,, I take it there is no way for anyone to buy a class A,,
its just I have a feeling the engineer had sold the vehicle on before I had
even been made an offer as it disappeared from the garage forecourt at 9am
on the Monday morning after I had asked to buy iy on the Friday.. or maybe I
being paranoid.

Many thanks

Bootneck

SimonJ

> Thanks for that,, I take it there is no way for anyone to buy a class A,,
>
Not unless you have a scrap disposal licence!

> its just I have a feeling the engineer had sold the vehicle on before I
had
> even been made an offer as it disappeared from the garage forecourt at 9am
> on the Monday morning after I had asked to buy iy on the Friday.. or maybe
I
> being paranoid.
>
Once they have decided that its a Cat A, it will get disposed of
immediately, so they don't have to continue paying storage charges at the
garage.

Lee_D

"SimonJ" <me@mine.net> wrote in message
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> Once they have decided that its a Cat A, it will get disposed of
> immediately, so they don't have to continue paying storage charges at the
> garage.

H'mmmm,

Exactly how much salt water is required to get it written off?

;0)

Lee D

Derry Argue

"Lee_D" <newsgroupNOSPAM@NOSPAMlrproject.com> wrote in
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> "SimonJ" <me@mine.net> wrote in message
> news:d9mhhb$6sg$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>> Once they have decided that its a Cat A, it will get disposed of
>> immediately, so they don't have to continue paying storage charges at
>> the garage.
>
> H'mmmm,
>
> Exactly how much salt water is required to get it written off?
>
> ;0)
>
> Lee D
>
>
>

Rather my sentiments. If the insured hadn't agreed a settlement and hadn't
taken money, how has the insurance company suddenly acquired ownership of
the damaged vehicle? From my days in college, I seem to recall there needs
to be something called "offer, acceptance, and consideration".

What if the insured decided he would like to dispute the valuation and get
in a private assessor? How is that to be achieved when the "evidence" has
been spirited away?

Maybe this is in the small print of the insurance policy and I am just
being paranoid....

But the company involved wasn't based in Inverness by any chance, was it??

Derry

Badger

"Bootneck" <bootneck81@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi I had my TD5 written off recently due to the Storms of Jan, two windows
> broke and it was exposed to salt water spray for 12 odd Hours. I have
> tried to buy it back as I live on a Scottish island and it would come in
> useful for allsorts of things. However my Insurance company have stated it
> is a class A write off, now I thought that was burnt out or chassis
> damage. I drove my vehicle to the ferry and had been using it for 3 months
> or so with no problems. Any comments on why its a class A the engineers
> just says it because of the salt water but that could be repaired
>

I don't know all the ins and outs of the different write-off classes, BUT
until you accept an offer from the insurer it is still legally your
property. The way forward is to inform them that you do not accept their
offer due to the minimal damage and to inform them that you are unhappy with
the Cat A assessment and insist that they re-assess it. Remind them of your
legal rights to good title of the vehicle and that the longer they delay
they are costing themselves excess storage fees. BTW, rule 1, do not allow
the vehicle out of your posession until you accept a settlement offer!
Badger.

Larry

Tell that the owners of old Fergies who use them for beaching boats.

Tell that the owners of boats for that matter, for whom salt water is little
hazard.

The more I lern about insurance companies, the less I want to bother with
them,


--
þT

L'autisme c'est moi

"Space folds, and folded space bends, and bent folded space contracts and
expands unevenly in every way unconcievable except to someone who does not
believe in the laws of mathematics"


"SimonJ" <me@mine.net> wrote in message
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> Salt water damage is automatically a category A write off, because of
unseen
> affects within the wiring loom etc.
>
>

SimonJ

>
> Tell that the owners of boats for that matter, for whom salt water is
little
> hazard.
>
So let me try and understand this concept.........

A boat, which is designed to be immersed in salt water, will not be damaged
by salt water.
A car interior, which is designed not to get wet, will be damaged by salt
water.

Chalk=Cheese.

Larry

What all that vinyl ???? and what about the Fergie tractors slowly rotting
back to a natural state yet still working ?

It is about time the goverment acted on this environmentally damaging policy
of writing of vehicles as if they were used condoms.


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes






"SimonJ" <me@mine.net> wrote in message
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> So let me try and understand this concept.........
>
> A boat, which is designed to be immersed in salt water, will not be
damaged
> by salt water.
> A car interior, which is designed not to get wet, will be damaged by salt
> water.
>
> Chalk=Cheese.
>
>