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Huge thanks to everyone. The stupid people decided it was not a write off, so they fixed it and i got it back yesterday. (they allowed 15 hours in the workshop!!!!) No wonder all our insurance premiums are going up.

market value Sorry folks. Forgot to say that the car is 1994 with full service history for its whole 170000miles. Surely the market value is way loads than £1500??!! These 300 diesel estates are really hard to get hold of. I know. It took me a long time to get my hands on this one.

how much is a new bumper? And, given that i can't do any of this work myself and would have to employ someone to do it for me, would there be a lot of extra work involved in them getting a breaker's bumper to match colour wise. And yes, there is no damage to the lights. I live in Kingston, SW...

Rear-ended someone doing 10 miles an hour and cracked the bumper on the driver's side in several places and pushed it back to within an inch of the tyre. Claiming on insurance, have been told the repair is over £1500 and that they consider this borderline write off!!! But am waiting for...

A very nice man offered to buy the car off me this morning in the street! He regaled me with a sad tale of how he'd sold his to a friend after much harrassment, and has regretted it ever since as he can't get hold of another decent one. He recommnded mick at alpine autos in southfields. Have...

thanks howard. will give him a go. Anyone in particular i should deal with there?

Have lovely (Blue not silver) diesel estate car. Need service. Trustworthy and not rip off merchants as am complete ignoramus about everything!!! Any ideas chaps?? Oh - that's kingston surre, not upon hull, by the way. Don't mind a bit of a trip - 40 mins to an hour not too bad. any...

Back in the frame...going to look at another one tomorrow - mileage looks good - bodywork ok - except a chip out of the edge on the passenger door (i presume this will mean a whole new door - any idea of cost anyone??). Belongs to a builder (always seems to be this or antique dealers!!), and...

What a shame - never mind, chin up and all that - will keep looking...Thanks all the same. :(

Sp!ke - yes please - could be interesting. Could you give me the details in a private message? Ta

My my - that sounds mighty interesting. What is the T&T?? Any chance of gettting me the details in a private message, spike?? :)

getting fed up Ok - I spent the bank holiday weekend driving 200 miles there and 200 miles back to look at a w124 300 diesel in another part of the country. Having had extensive discussions with the garage selling it and on the basis that it had a full service history. I had an AA car data...

thanks, people. Where's george fraser??

phew!! I am going to look at another one on saturday - m reg, 130k - any other checklisty type things i should keep an eye out for? They have told me that there is slight bubbling by the rear quarterlight windows (which seems to be quite common) - is this easily fixable? Worth doing? Also -...

Having seen a couple more now - i have decided that the first one was very neglected indeed, and i happened to speak to someone who's an enthusiast who'd seen that car before me. Interestingly enough, the air con wasn't working when he saw it (it was when i saw it) - he said it must have been...

thanks for the advice. Went to look at it yesterday - there's crack in the rear bumper, and a couple of bits of bubbling paintwork around the rear windows, and the interior's a bit shabby. None of this bothers me too much as it drove very well, and all the gizmos were working. However, I...

This is the third time i've written this, but the first time i've manage not to reply to myself. Mmmm - definitely need to improve my forum-using skills (much harder than getting the hang of the e-class estate). Anyway, to all those who responded - thanks so much for the invaluable advice...

e300 w124 estate as you can tell - i'm quoting myself since i seem to be a bit crap at getting the hang of the thread thingy. e-class much easier to handle than computers. :D

thanks for the advice - the 200 i drove (my first!!) was very impressive, but i've been put off by the high mileage since it turned out the fsh wasn't so f after all. Don't really want to be spending out too much. Still - i'm off to buy a lotto ticket - i've found an e300 estate (w124). It's...

Hello everyone - what a top forum. So much useful info. Am looking at buying an n-reg (w124 - i think) 200 estate. Thankfully, it's blue and not silver - this seems to be very important. Is there anything else i should be looking out for - or any better options? I understand that the 200s...