Biastai · Mar 7, 2015

Unfortunately, I had a crash in my P38 yesterday and it will most likely be written off. I had just had a rebuilt engine put in from Emmotts that has only done maybe 4k miles and was really nice and quiet.

Is it worth buying the car back from the insurance company and selling the engine?

Suppose there is lots of other stuff to take out as well.

Castor · Mar 7, 2015

Probably.

Why not buy a P38 with a dead engine etc....?

Datatek · Mar 7, 2015

Depends on how much the insurance company want, don't accept the first price.

brianp38dse · Mar 7, 2015

Sorry to here that
as castor said get anouther p38 with duff engine swap all the good stuff over and have aload of spairs as well.

Biastai · Mar 7, 2015

I would love to do the swap. Mrs B would not go for that. Spent as much on it as it costs to buy. The other problem is where to store 2 38s whilst I do it.

Finding somewhere for one may work and there is a few quids worth of stuff in it.

odyssey · Mar 7, 2015

Datatek said:
Depends on how much the insurance company want, don't accept the first price.

+1. or even the second or third - Haggle!

Get supporting evidence of current prices/comparable conditions/money spent on it, etc from Autotrader/thebay/pistonheads etc.

Then get it back (they may even just give it to you

- depends on the ins co) and break it.

Good luck.

A

Biastai · Mar 7, 2015

Thanks!

wammers · Mar 7, 2015

odyssey said:
+1. or even the second or third - Haggle!

Get supporting evidence of current prices/comparable conditions/money spent on it, etc from Autotrader/thebay/pistonheads etc.

Then get it back (they may even just give it to you - depends on the ins co) and break it.

Good luck.

A

How much he has spent on it is irrelevant for insurance purposes.

Castor · Mar 7, 2015

There must be someone on here who wants an engine of known provenance....

Biastai · Mar 7, 2015

I had just put 2 new back boxes on it and it was quiet..... :-(

Biastai · Mar 7, 2015

If anyone wants it on the forum, give me a heads up.

A rebuilt engine for £1000 would go well I reckon.

odyssey · Mar 7, 2015

wammers said:
How much he has spent on it is irrelevant for insurance purposes.

Unless he has an agreed value -

but he hasn't mentioned it.

odyssey · Mar 7, 2015

By the way I meant haggle on the write-off value, not just a buyback price. Years ago a daughter wrote off her Clio and was offered £500, we argued and showed comparable cars and eventually got £850.

Biastai · Mar 7, 2015

Thanks Od I though that!

quavey · Mar 7, 2015

What happened mate?!

Biastai · Mar 7, 2015

Driving yesterday, had a collision with a Focus and it will be a write off. Just done the gearbox to go with the new engine too! Just taxed, jut MOT'd, just new tyres all around and new exhaust. Sad!

Castor · Mar 7, 2015

What's damaged?

And what did it do to the Focus?

quavey · Mar 7, 2015

Oh dear tahts not so good! What was yours? I saw a nice grey one yesterday YY51 something around lunch time I actually thought it might have been yours!

Biastai · Mar 7, 2015

Focus is now deceased.

Unfortunately for him he bounced off me in to a fence and I stopped in the road.

No Q, mine was dark blue. :-(

stopover · Mar 7, 2015

Biastai said:
I had just put 2 new back boxes on it and it was quiet..... :-(

If you buy it back? seeing as it was a Thor so car is late99 or 2001 ?? I would be interested, at the right price, in buying the HK DSP Radio Amp fitted behind the subwoofer. Bet you could sell off a load of parts.

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