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[Crazycarzowner]

One of our X5's had a little 'shunt'  shall we say and....well in my and several others opinions was a right-off. Very heavy impact to the offside front, wheel ripped off, chassis bent. 160k on the clock on a '60 plate.

We are absolutely astounded to find out that its being repaired at a cost of £14,000  Hows that work then?? It drove like a sack of spanners before, God knows what it'll be like when it comes back 

[henryd]

One of our X5's had a little 'shunt'  shall we say and....well in my and several others opinions was a right-off. Very heavy impact to the offside front, wheel ripped off, chassis bent. 160k on the clock on a '60 plate.

We are absolutely astounded to find out that its being repaired at a cost of £14,000  Hows that work then?? It drove like a sack of spanners before, God knows what it'll be like when it comes back

You never know,it may improve it

[4x4]

Cheaper to repair than replace,my company do the same,had a van hit up the rear by a skip lorry,was a right off,but it was cheaper to repair than replace,the van at the time was about £40k new,custom built to suit our needs.

[omega3000]

One of our X5's had a little 'shunt'  shall we say and....well in my and several others opinions was a right-off. Very heavy impact to the offside front, wheel ripped off, chassis bent. 160k on the clock on a '60 plate.

We are absolutely astounded to find out that its being repaired at a cost of £14,000  Hows that work then?? It drove like a sack of spanners before, God knows what it'll be like when it comes back 

A double sack of spanners 

[plym ian]

A second hand one is about £17k so would be economical to do

[05omegav6]

Worth noting that Police forces buy a vehicle to use for a fixed period of time...

Any requesition has to justify the vehicle being replaced, the due date/mileage for the disposal of the vehicle being replaced, the intended date/mileage for the disposal of the replacement being requested and the cost of that vehicle.

So your '60 plate X5 probably replaced a 2005/6 Range Rover with 200k+ on it, and given the budget constraints, it will probably be expected to do 5 years, regardless of mileage.

The reason for repair over replacement is two fold... firstly, unless it is written off, accident damage doesn't get declared at the point of sale, and therefore doesn't prejudice the value, meaning the force receives a better price. Secondly the force only pays about 2/3s retail less vat in the first place, making repair more cost effective against the vehicle value.

This is also why you can never find out the purchase price of a Police vehicle using an FOI request, they always get knocked back as business sensitive. If the Police only pay two thirds of the regular price, then at the time of sale, the car should be worth considerably less than a civilian equivalent, but generally, on condition and mileage alone they are the same price, which returns more money into the budget

[Marks DTM Calib]

Very rarely does a vehicle that has been 'jigged' preform well so expect lots of tyre wear and 'interesting' handling when pushed.

[05omegav6]

My old plod estate had about £13k worth of body repairs in just over three years, and that drove ok