CL 500 insurance?

[Deleted member 131833]

while I love driving my car, Petrol is not a problem as being retired I do few miles per annum
However I get jittery in busy traffic in case some dopey git hits the car and the damage is enough to write the car off as far as insurance company is concerned.

I would probably have car repaired using parts from breaker to keep car as I know history of car and have repaired and serviced car to give me confidence that it unlikely to break down(fingers crossed!)

Anybody any experience of insurance claims?

 

[SpoonJar]

If you use the search function, you'll find there's been many threads on claims. What a lot of them will tell you is if your car is hit, don't let them take the car away to assess the damage as you'll never get it back.

 

[clk320x]

while I love driving my car, Petrol is not a problem as being retired I do few miles per annum
However I get jittery in busy traffic in case some dopey git hits the car and the damage is enough to write the car off as far as insurance company is concerned.

I would probably have car repaired using parts from breaker to keep car as I know history of car and have repaired and serviced car to give me confidence that it unlikely to break down(fingers crossed!)

Anybody any experience of insurance claims?

I believe if its written off, you are the given the option to 'buy it back' and do as you wish with the car. As long as its a Cat C or D it can be repaired.

Relax and enjoy driving it

 

[alabbasi]

Get an agreed value policy. If it's a light hit, they will fix it because it costs too much to pay out and if it's been hit hard, you might not want it.