Very sound advice jim On Wed, 24 Jul 2019, 08:59 Jim Hearne, <j...@quantums.info> wrote:
> Hi Bill, > Very sorry to hear about the car. > > The body on the H4 isn’t structural like it is on the Saloon and H4 and as > a result it’s a lot thinner. > Having reverse engineered (taken the body and chassis apart) a H4 > recently, i was surprised at how few places the body is fixed to the > chassis, and the chassis doesn’t extended past the rear suspension beam and > shock mounts. > So I’m not surprised the rear crumpled like that. > But, as others have said, it is repairable. > > Since it was a 3rd party accident it won’t matter if the 3rd party > insurance company write it off. > They shouldn’t ask for the car, they will just pay out the market value > and you can decide if you want to repair it or not. > > Even if the claim goes through your insurance first they will normally > offer you the salvage for a scrap value. > > One thing though, if you do want to consider repairing it (or even selling > it as is) then get the car back straight away, i assume it’s been recovered > to a storage depot at the moment. > You should be able to reclaim the cost of the recovery back to your house > from the 3rd party insurance company, i have done in the past. > Once the car disappears into the insurance company storage system it will > be much harder to get back, and extra or water damage is likely to occur. > > That’s from past personal experience anyway. > > Jim > > > > *From:* bill > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 23, 2019 8:37 PM > *To:* quantumowners@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [Quantum Owners] RIP H4 > > The pictures don’t show the damage to anywhere near it’s true extent, when > you see it in the flesh though it looks pretty grim, I’d agree it would be > repairable but it’s whether the insurance companies would allow it to be > done > Bill > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 23 Jul 2019, at 19:52, rob hancock <robmir...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > Doesnt look so bad! > All looks repairable to me. 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