Get to the dvla with your v5 and tax disk if u can and get the plate on retention, once it's cat b registered or crushed it will be very difficult to get it back. Because the car has to have an mot on the system for the plate to be changed.
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Black B3 1990 CQ 2.3E converted to ABY & 6spd. (301bhp) - Now Sold
03 Dolphin B6 S4 Avant LPG - New Daily Wagon
01 Silver D2 A8 3.7 quattro sport - SOLD
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Things like this get me sooo mad !! (and it not even my car
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Surely this could be put back on the road or at the very least dare I say it broken.
But to crush it
Such a waste of a rare car !
Fight them tooth and nail for what you want and good luck !For what this cost me so far I could have bought an S2
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Get to the dvla with your v5 and the tax disk etc and get your plate on retention. It will be hard to do later as a car has to have an mot on the database to have its plate changed.
Protest the money (that's an insult!!) and protest the cat b. I can't see how that car can be structurally compromised and dangerous to repair if the inner wings and a pillars are straight
I dispare at some insurance decisions!! Who are you insured with??
But in the mean time sort your plate, you'd be pissed if u lost it.Black B3 1990 CQ 2.3E converted to ABY & 6spd. (301bhp) - Now Sold
03 Dolphin B6 S4 Avant LPG - New Daily Wagon
01 Silver D2 A8 3.7 quattro sport - SOLD
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Only cat A have to be crushed, it is possible to get a cat B back but it can never go the road again. I managed to get my my cat B Corrado VR6 back after a bit of hassle with my insurer, that was fooked but I wanted to break it.
You can also fight the cat B rating and try and get it down graded to cat C/D if it's been misclassified in the first place, the car remains your property until you agree a settlement with your insurer.1990 B3 2.0 80 quattro.
1992 C4 2.8 Avant quattro
1994 MTM RS2.
1998 B5 TDI quattro Sport.
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Can you not cancel the claim with the insurance company? ok i know you still end up with a dented car but it wouldn't have a cat against it.
We had a fiesta that was stolen and used in a ramraid, as soon as we made a claim it was in the scrapyard before we had chance to look at it.
We cancelled the claim and took it home.Told to remove my signature
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Damn that's a real shame
As above fight the classification so you can buy back the salvage at the least.
£2k is an insult, as we have all come to expect from insurance companiesPanthero Coupé quattro 20vt
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Imola B6 S4 AvantComment
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don't expect miricles from insurance. iirc mine was a b . car got towed to police compound then my mate collected it day after for me whilst I was in the hospital.
mine had ripped the engine form it mounts, smashed front window. removed acc pedal from pedal box, removed drivers seat from floor. crushed clocks into dash so they were a pita to remove. front bumper was gone. 18" bbs RC split in half. oh crushed downpipe flat, snapped both gearbox mounts, snapped drivers side front shaft.
it was the first time in years all the fluids had stayed in too. sods law.Comment
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Audi S2 Coupe 1995
VW Passat GL5 (hatch) 1986
VW Passat GL 1.8 (saloon) 1986
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Break/Sell/Disposal
Well, I have accepted an offer from my insurance company which includes salvage - If anybody is interested in this let me know
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Can't see any damage to inner wings - chassis legs - outer wing/door panel gap still the same
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Aux rad destroyed but intercooler seems ok
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Audi S2 Coupe 1995
VW Passat GL5 (hatch) 1986
VW Passat GL 1.8 (saloon) 1986
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Doesn't look too bad, it could be fixed up if you were willing to spend a fair bit..unless it's bad underneath.
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Ouch, looks bad and I can understand your insurer writing the car off however I can't see why they wanted to grade it as a cat B as all the damage is cosmetic, at least it appears to be. Did you have to settle on the cat B rating in the end? Really should have been a C if there's no damage to the chassis. Good on you for get the salvage back
1990 B3 2.0 80 quattro.
1992 C4 2.8 Avant quattro
1994 MTM RS2.
1998 B5 TDI quattro Sport.
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It will be repairable, however you will have to weigh up the costs of fixing it against the resale value with it being registered. You'll probably make more from it by breaking it if you're that way inclined. If it gets sold on there's a good chance it will end up in bits!91 Modded 3B
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If I were inclined to keep it, I would definitely take the plunge and fix it as not many good S2 Coupes left around I'm sure!1996 S2 ABY SilverComment
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Not too bad if you ask me. As long as the rad/intercooler and penels aren't bent. I am rebuilding my brothers coupe at the mo that he drove into a wall and creased n/s/f corner. replaced bonnet bumper headlight and genuine wing plus paint has come to about 700. We deliberatly didn't tell the insurance as no one else involved cosmetic damage only and they would defo write it off etc...Comment
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Easy for other folk to make suggestions, but I'd love to see something like this fixed- as it seems to have escaped structural damage-
Just think of the satisfaction of 'before' and 'after' photos!!
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