Hi,
Firstly thanks for everyone for all the advise over the years, a wonderful community.
I've been looking after a 1990 W124 200E saloon for the last 6.5 years which has become part of the family and I really thought would outlive me, until I was gently rear-ended on Tuesday, not gently enough to avoid being pushed into the car in front . It has 139k on the clock for what it matters.
I now have a small crease on the bonnet, the front lights are a little cross-eyed, pushed in at the middle on the grille; worse is at the rear where the boot wont close as the bar across is bent in, the bumper too.
So I am sure this will be written off, and I need any advice / tips about how to avoid being ripped off in this situation.
Obviously the car is worth nothing to anyone but me even when it worked although it was kept in great shape (well mechanically if not cosmetically...)
Insurance co want to take it away tomorrow to be assessed. I suspect I won't see it again...
Should I take off the car tax, radio, spare wheel, passenger seat, anything else? Any ideas what might be a reasonable estimation of its worth. If they say its £250 can I buy it back from them for £75 as it is broken? And then break it on Ebay? If I did that, how much might it cost me to get someone to collect it as scrap?
Or should I just let them take it away and accept their first offer.
Thanks in advance for any tips etc.
Dan
Firstly thanks for everyone for all the advise over the years, a wonderful community.
I've been looking after a 1990 W124 200E saloon for the last 6.5 years which has become part of the family and I really thought would outlive me, until I was gently rear-ended on Tuesday, not gently enough to avoid being pushed into the car in front . It has 139k on the clock for what it matters.
I now have a small crease on the bonnet, the front lights are a little cross-eyed, pushed in at the middle on the grille; worse is at the rear where the boot wont close as the bar across is bent in, the bumper too.
So I am sure this will be written off, and I need any advice / tips about how to avoid being ripped off in this situation.
Obviously the car is worth nothing to anyone but me even when it worked although it was kept in great shape (well mechanically if not cosmetically...)
Insurance co want to take it away tomorrow to be assessed. I suspect I won't see it again...
Should I take off the car tax, radio, spare wheel, passenger seat, anything else? Any ideas what might be a reasonable estimation of its worth. If they say its £250 can I buy it back from them for £75 as it is broken? And then break it on Ebay? If I did that, how much might it cost me to get someone to collect it as scrap?
Or should I just let them take it away and accept their first offer.
Thanks in advance for any tips etc.
Dan