One less FTO on the road

[Ray_S]

Thanks to the inapt driving abilities of some old Granny Bob Sweeney scrap yard is now the proud owner of a blue GR that is completely written off. He also gained three months o my blood, sweat, tears and love in the transaction! I hate ppl that can't drive. Especially when they can't drive directly into the love of my life! She's completely totalled. Chassis bent whole front bent into the engine bay!

[TopCat]

Oh man, really sorry to hear that, gutted for you. Sounds like you weren't (physically) hurt though, so at least thats something?

[gfalls]

Bummer...!

[Dragonheart]

Ah christ thats a sickener.
Sorry to hear that. Any chance of salvaging pieces of it anyway? Might be able to use some parts if you decide to find a cheap one somewhere.

[paul2508]

there is a nice looking 97 gpx for sale on donedeal for 2700, looks clean and said he will take any decent offer

[Sebastian]

glad you're ok .. metal can be replaced !

[Bernard]

That's sickening Ray, car was looking well the other day too

[optical illusion]

Ray no!! That was a cracking car, tell me what happened and where??

[Ray_S]

Came off the roxboro roundabout heading into town. The guards were inching out to go left so i slowed and she just flew out to cross over the lane and go right and I drove her into the guards car. 2 guard witnesses to say it's not my fault and no injuries so could be worse. I'd say i'll be giving driving up for a while but I'll be back in the club when my claim comes through.

[optical illusion]

Oh jaysus Ray, stupid cow, so sorry...

[Muad_dib77]

Man that's crap.. but atleast you're ok... and you had garda witnesses to support your claim!

[Uncle B]

Sorry to hear, trust me you'll appreciate the car all the more when you can't drive one for a while.

You'll fall in love all over again!

Seems like a pretty straight forward claim especially with the Garda witnesses

[CJ]

Its never good to hear of an accident such as this (especially when an FTO is involved!). You seem to have come out of it unscathed which is a bif positive. Once the insurance business is sorted out, you can look forward to choosing your replacement FTO

CJ

[Kace]

So guys - how do insurance claims generally work out with FTOs ?

If you have the car insured for €5k, do they take this into consideration and then look at market value of say €3k and then hand you over something less like €2500 ? or €3500

Or are you likely to get something closer to your estimated value of €5k ? say €4500 ?

Not planning on writing mine off or anything - just curious as to what ties there are between insured value vs. claim assessed and paid out.

[Dave]

Only based on current market value Kace, nothing really to do with the value you have it insured for....

[Ray_S]

Ya hopefully the claim will work out well and I'll find me a nice manual gpx, bring in my mods from the original and paint colour and finish the rest o the plans I had. Hopefully!

[johntony]

i had mine insured for 5k when it got wrote off they ended up making me an offer of four i took it hand and all still took about two months to sort out tho feckin idiot drives just make sure you take anything you want off the car before the insurance peeps come to look at it e.g. alloys oh yeah that was back in feb so it might not work out to bad for ya

[miss-enzo]

ah jesus!! sorry to hear this ray i know its only a car but it was ur baby!!! will u buy another one do ya think???

glad ur ok!

[Ray_S]

ah jesus!! sorry to hear this ray i know its only a car but it was ur baby!!! will u buy another one do ya think???

I shall indeed be purchasing FTO number 2 as soon as the insurance comes tru!

[gary d]

sorry to hear you got wiped out, look at this as an oppourtunity to go MIVEC