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- 2022 Hyundai IONIQ 5 RWD / 2016 Suzuki Vitara AWD
My 1978 capri had an engine fire the other week, wasn't going to claim from the insurance as I didn't want it written off, had a word with them, they send an assessor out last week, he told me to get screen shots from online sites of everything I needed to put it back on the road, including engine bay and bonnet painted, and he would get me a cash settlement, sounds good to me,
Does anyone know what that will mean for the car? As in, will it have a category mark against it?
I believe that it will always be categorised by the insurer based on the repair cost, and regardless of whether it's being repaired by a garage or privately by yourself. The only way to avoid it being categorised altogether is by not involving the insurance at all.