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[ronnyd]

When mine was written off early this year i was insured through Swinton. If you then go through Swintons claims procedure you will probably, or should say that your 3rd party, will have to deal with Quindell. These are a claims management company with very high costs which other insurers are not very keen on paying. Mine was also a no fault claim but still had to jump through hoops but in the end i got a reasonable deal. Good luck with yours.

[Lazydocker]

New update:

rung his insurance (Swinton) and been told because my insurance company are dealing with it they can't do anything. Makes very little sense to me, because Swinton are dealing with it, as it's their driver who caused the incident etc. All my insurance company are here is the 'middle man' between myself and Swinton. Like ringing a factory and saying 'can I buy a pair of boots?' 'no sorry we don't sell boots, go to one of our shops', perhaps?

Don't know if that's rubbish I've been told by Swinton?

Same situation I ended up with when dealing with mum's accident in the summer... Never, ever involve your own insurers if you want to deal with theirs

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Sadly I didn't know this before ringing my insurers after the smash.

I did get through to Quindell, actually, but to no avail. We'll see what happens next...


Sweet fa I suspect! 

[Lazydocker]

With mum's car I managed to get the 3rd party to assess the vehicle and they instructed her insurers to more than double their offer to the figure I had in mind

[Diamond Black Geezer]

I think I've had the 3rd party's assessor view my car - I will check, however, 'who he was working for' (James Bond style)

Annoyingly the guy seemed very fair, and the bodyshop guy said how decent he was, they'd met before etc. and how he appreciated the rarity of them now. But, upon stating he'd found another sell recently for £950 (a X-plate FL CDX, frankly far more numerous than PFL, but whatever), said he'd "go top end" for me, at £590, given the Glass's guide (out of date, I might add) states the car is worth between £350-£600. 


All good fun.

[ronnyd]

It,s a sad fact of life that if you own and cherish an older car and you are unlucky enough to be involved in a no fault accident,all the time and effort you have put into your pride and joy is, sadly worth bugger all as far as insurance companies are concerned. By the time mine was sorted out with phone calls and e-mails,( even though the settlement i got in the end was reasonable if not spectacular), i sometimes felt that i was the guilty party, even though i wasn,t anywhere near the car at the time. Screw as much out of the bastids as you can. . rant over ---and breath, aahh.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Yup, sadly I didn't start this with that mentality, but it's getting that way... 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Gentlemen, an advance.... just.


Basically, I should have been told this last week... as far as they're concerned the assessor has advised top book price on the car (as per above, an out of date book price) but given the rarity, if I can present some hard evidence, in writing to them, of a different valuation on the car, they can re-consider the claim. I can then pop this into my local Swinton branch (who are five mins walk from my workplace, handily) who will pass it on. 

So... if anyone can find me a PFL Omega 2.5 V6 CDX / Elite which has had all the major and expensive jobs done recently, suspension front and rear, geometry, timing belt, exhaust, cam covers, brand new Michelins all round, gearbox oil and filter, let me know.

Also, if you can ask the man selling that car if his pet flying pig could give me a lift to the hen dentists, that'd be great. 

Seriously, though, if there are any comparable For Sale Omega Ads which we can send them, on OOF or otherwise, it will help me massively. 

[ronnyd]

Thats the problem i had when i contested the valuation on my 2.2. Trying to get similar quotes for a car of the same specs, conditions and values proved, for me, to be akin to the needle in the haystack. Best of luck in your quest mate.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Thanks.  So far all I've found in the 'decent nick, recently serviced, lots of work done underneath' etc category are FLs of wildly varying specs. And the only PFLs are either, ropey old GLS dogs that haven't had an oil change since Blair was on the Throne or, bizarrely, Limos and Hearses   

[STEMO]

Get someone on here to stick their omega on eBay for a week, then withdraw it.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Get someone on here to stick their omega on eBay for a squillion quid for a week, then withdraw it.

I'd do it for you but mines a superior facelift. 

I did have an ebay listing of an LPG'd Omega where they wanted £1800 saved for this very purpose, but accidentally deleted it. 

[05omegav6]

Get someone on here to stick their omega on eBay for a week, then withdraw it.

Here do?

[woolley11]

That's a bummer

Speak to the insurers and state you want to buy the car back - I reckon £300 to £500 with paintwork should have it sorted. Panels are negligible cost - just paintwork costly unless you managed to get right colour panels. Even more of an annoyance as I recently scrapped a pfl omega with good NS panels - grrr

Don't let the car out of your sight - don't let it go anywhere!! A mate of mine some years ago wrote off his Sierra cosworth with leather - he finally got the clearance to buy it back adjusted, off the insurance payout, but by that time, the yard it was recovered to assumed it to be a total loss and the leather interior went !!

Good luck

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Thanks all, yes, the potential for someone advertising their Omega, and me handing those details to the insurers would be very handy, not that I'm suggesting anyone advertise their car at a falsely high price, of course  .

Thanks for the link Taxi Al

Will report back