18-03-2024, 10:25 PM
The world and his wife have told me I have to repair my accident damaged Ruby, so I have decided to do that.
Discussing with my insurer, Hagarty, today I found them to be very helpful and cooperative. I was assured that they would not be looking to right off the car, as they felt it was repairable. They asked if I had a repairer in mind and they were happy for me to purchase a ready assembled axle, hubs, spring, stub axles etc and fit this myself. Then I would fix the bodywork myself. They would pay for all parts, paint etc if I was happy to do the work.
I'm not going to rush and I will be getting Ruairidh to sell me a built up axle in a few months time. Today I have emailed them all sorts of documents and photos as requested. To ensure that the Ruby was not my main car I had to send a copy of the V5 in my name for my daily driver. No problem.
I now await the engineer's inspection.
Discussing with my insurer, Hagarty, today I found them to be very helpful and cooperative. I was assured that they would not be looking to right off the car, as they felt it was repairable. They asked if I had a repairer in mind and they were happy for me to purchase a ready assembled axle, hubs, spring, stub axles etc and fit this myself. Then I would fix the bodywork myself. They would pay for all parts, paint etc if I was happy to do the work.
I'm not going to rush and I will be getting Ruairidh to sell me a built up axle in a few months time. Today I have emailed them all sorts of documents and photos as requested. To ensure that the Ruby was not my main car I had to send a copy of the V5 in my name for my daily driver. No problem.
I now await the engineer's inspection.