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I use ' Baycrazy' A site that brings up all the local ' pick up only stuff' Shhh... don't tell everyone about it. Had some awesome computer/tech kit using this. That's my day job so I usually know someone who'll pay decent money if I resell it. Be ready for some awkward moments when you go to pick up something worth a couple of hundred quid that you only paid a tenner for.
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I'm stuck about ten minutes along the road doing a family babysitting favour that's taking longer than we expected. Hope you're all still there at one.
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These look dead cool anyway, adding Cappo power will just make it all better. Some more shiny black bubble-ish inspiration:
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Oil consumption was 500ml every 2,500 miles; I always warmed it up properly and never used it for short/lazy drives. Urban myth or fact: Mazda dealers gave little paper cones to owners to avoid mess when topping up the oil? I know loads of people who have had these and most of them were the type who get a car when it's new and unusual and then move onto something else really quickly, I always thought that must be common and might account for the low prices. Never heard of anyone having a bad time with them. I love the noise these make when starting up. Sounds more like an aircraft than a car.
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About 12 years ago I had a freshly restored (and I DO mean clean) MK1 Golf GTi which got bent. Stupidly I didn't have agreed value at the time (I was just amazed to get it insured at a reasonable rate) and they initially offered me around £350 IIRC for total loss. After much argueing and research by me of similar cars for sale/sold I got the settlement tripled and kept the salvage! However I feel that was the exception to the rule, and strongly suspect insurance companies are a lot tougher nowadays I think you actually did the right thing, well at least the most sensible thing economically though you always ran the risk that the insurer would play hard and not up their offer. Letter writing and scrapping it out with a big insurance company isn't everyone's cup of tea so agreed valuation is the best avenue. If you have patience and a tenacious nature, I reckon you could get away with no agreed value and cheaper insurance but there's always the risk of getting scrap value. RE the upgrade to Glass's systems, I was told these valuations are real time for certain makes and models specifically to reduce the time spent arguing over "but they go for more than that on Autotrader". The terms in policies mean that they can't stop you arguing your case, they're just hoping that most people continue to say yes to the first offer and that these first offers are as low as they can get away with.
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This thread should be renamed, it's turned into a pretty handy buying guide.
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There's nothing embarrasing about a £300 motor with a fresh test and mileage like that. Good work.
Which colour do you fancy? Any plans for wheels or dropping?
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As a standard insurance companies will use glasses guide to value cars but most of our motors will be worth curse word all according to that. agreed valuation is the way to go for sure. Someone kindly drove into my parked 54 plate fiesta. when asking the chap at the insurance company about valuation etc he said get adverts for similar value, receipts for servicing etc and it will all help.with the valuation, in the end when it came time to get the final valuation they said the can't pay out more than glasses guide retail valuation. it was about £700 less than what the cars where going for locally which is a bit of a kicker. not all bad tho as the car was curse word and ecu lights had started to flash and the gearbox was on its way out! blessing in disguise ;D retro = agreed valuation any day Couldn't have said it better myself. I had an eye opening time working for an insurance business, only about 18 months so I'm not an expert, and the advice above about Glass's Guide and the insurance industry motto of pay out as little as possible is 100% accurate in my experience. The guys I dealt with at Glass's (or EurotaxGlass, to give them their proper name - Google them to see what a massive business they are) confirmed to me that there were only a couple of UK insurance underwriting businesses that don't use the hyper accurate Glass's valuation system so they pretty much own the valuation market. I did come across a couple of occasions in my time where people were able to make a case for a club valuation to be accepted as evidence of the market value but I saw loads of retro Fords and Vauxhalls where that wasn't accepted. Even where it was accepted, the final payout looked to be less than the club valuation but loads more than the starting point. I drive a couple of dull saloons at the moment, but they're new and popular enough for there not to be much dispute about the values but if I had something more unusual, and not a conventional classic, I'd get an agreed valuation. Maybe the fact that an insurer is prepared to accept a club valuation means that they're good chaps and will do the right thing should the worst happen?
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Wirthdrawn from eBay, must've been sold. Dead jealous of whoever bought it, hope to see more of this in show photos or the like.
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Yeah, I think the roof used to be a bucket. Maybe had the sides chopped off a bit to allow access?
There must've been drink involved in this. Lethal homebrew, probably.
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Some nice cars at the meet tonight. A 6R4, a GT40, a Stratos and three Deloreans! You, sir, are a master of understatement.
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Bumpity-bump.
See you all on Sunday?
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I love everything about it, especially the horn. Great find.
What's the light blue/silver motor in the background? To the left of the yellow one, looks like it has Fiesta rear lights but doesn't look like a Fiesta.
What's the yellow car, for that matter?
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Jul 31, 2012 22:10:33 GMT
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MOT'd until April next year so, MOT'd forever I suppose.
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Jul 31, 2012 12:54:46 GMT
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Shouldn't be either MOT or tax-free, given the modifications. Should be IVA'd and Q-plated. The nasty side of my personality is tempted to grass him up in the hope that it's price drops to within my budget when it's relisted as a Q plated motor. I couldn't give a hoot about the plate or the faked provenance, I totally want this! Edited to say: Just noticed the build photo on eBay. That would be about the most damning piece of evidence you could have for this. Edited again to say: Would an MOT be the only time someone might summon a car for a VIC and, thus, expose this as possibly not as exempt as it appears?
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Last Edit: Jul 31, 2012 13:36:36 GMT by Battles
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Jul 29, 2012 19:50:37 GMT
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The XR3 with no photos - did someone forget to post the pics or is it a horror?
The manual P6 looks really good, surprising given the state of the others.
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Jul 29, 2012 19:43:48 GMT
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I love the very honest note about it being a write off, I wonder if that's because someone HPI'd a £450 car and queried it with the seller or if it's just an overly-honest seller? Either way, who can moan at £450?
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Jul 29, 2012 19:35:57 GMT
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Thanks for looking No man, thanks for sharing. They're brilliant photos of what looks like a great show.
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