RS2 flooded

[anthonys2]

Very sad Mike to hear this hope you get what you want for it and also hope you get back into employment as soon as to good luck matey. All I can say is I have seen this car in the flesh before it got flooded and was in absolute PRISTINE condition

[snaak]

Can it BE sold to the netherlands iT is LHD?

[gavs20v]

Don't let them take it away until you have agreed in writing a settlement figure . I know people who have been stung for storage costs as they battle out a settlement from the insurers

[Michael S2]

Hope you can sell it on here Mike as a project and tell the insurance to get stuffed! Would be a real shame to see this a Cat A car. Feel privileged to have driven this car briefly and it is simply awesome.

Best of luck on the job front too man.

[fourwh33ldriv3]

So there is no way for you to even sell the car for parts?

It's not entirely impossible, but then there are a few people on here asking how they would buy the entire car, my preferred route if she goes then she wont go to graveyard...

[fourwh33ldriv3]

Can you sell it to us "fools" in North America?

I could sell her to anyone who comes up with the best offer to beat my insurance figure, however they are still "dealing" with this....I would however say you need to come to Scotland (I'm sure you wouldn't like that) to have a look for yourself

[fourwh33ldriv3]

Very sad Mike to hear this hope you get what you want for it and also hope you get back into employment as soon as to good luck matey. All I can say is I have seen this car in the flesh before it got flooded and was in absolute PRISTINE condition

Thanks Anthony, she was a very special motor to us too and yes I used the word excellent condition, but I will take pristine thank you

[fourwh33ldriv3]

Can it BE sold to the netherlands iT is LHD?

Yes she started her life in Berlin, all supporting documents since she was new were provided by Avantus when I bought her and still in the folder, so yeah LHD

[fourwh33ldriv3]

Don't let them take it away until you have agreed in writing a settlement figure . I know people who have been stung for storage costs as they battle out a settlement from the insurers

Good advice Gav, I will get e-mail confirmation then they cannot go back on it, I think as for storage they can take her and I could keep her stored till they work out what they will do with her

[fourwh33ldriv3]

Hope you can sell it on here Mike as a project and tell the insurance to get stuffed! Would be a real shame to see this a Cat A car. Feel privileged to have driven this car briefly and it is simply awesome.

Best of luck on the job front too man.

I knew you'd love it when you had a wee go Mike, and it's a strange feeling driving your first leftie in UK, I remember my first leftie way way back a bit daunting to say the least, I'm sure she will sell before the insurance get hold of her, a heap of interest so far since yesterday

Job front....I'm certain something will come up...

[Ruffiano]

wow. this is interesting... I'm very intersted to see what number Insurance comes up with!

[Varsity]

Buy it, take it to Germany, register it, bring it back.

Simple.

As long as you still have the V5, the ABI have NO say away from the UK.

And for those neh sayers it's been done.

Cheers

[Audi J]

You need to read his other thread - that's probably not going to be a viable option for him.

[gav1010]

Going back to the OP this does not seem correct to me at all. Usually cars that are seriously flooded are marked Category B and don't go back on the road, but can be broken for some parts. Category A is normally for something that has been destroyed and represents weigh in scrap value only. However there is another reason some insurers mark a car as Category A and that is because it is the type of car vulnerable to cloning type fraud. I remember coming across a new Escort Cosworth that had its wheels and minor parts stolen before being recovered. The insurer had a policy of writing everything that was high risk like that as cat A and putting it in the crusher on the logic that anything else would result in a similar car being stolen. I had thought we were more enlightened now but an Audi S2 would be the kind of vehicle that an assessor might want to cat A. I'd also say that you are entitled to get your own independent valuation if you don't think the assessor is correct, another tactic is to ask the insurer to replace the vehicle for something identical in the same immaculate condition, given rarity not easy but they may wake up to the fact that these are valuable motors.

[twoqu]

Here is a present valuation:
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C710376