Sad Day
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VanhireBoys
Member
This make me want to cry... Just tottally gutted for you Paul.. Just breaks my heart to read this.
Its more than just "a car". Theres a serious amout of emotional attachment after that amount of time - Anybody that dosent feel an attachment to their car either has no interest or is a totally heartless plank.
I just cant grasp how you are feeling right now lad but all I can say is the pain will get better in time and at some stage you will get another to make more memories - Gone but never forgotton[
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Its more than just "a car". Theres a serious amout of emotional attachment after that amount of time - Anybody that dosent feel an attachment to their car either has no interest or is a totally heartless plank.
I just cant grasp how you are feeling right now lad but all I can say is the pain will get better in time and at some stage you will get another to make more memories - Gone but never forgotton[
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blade7
Well-known member
VanhireBoys said:This make me want to cry... Just tottally gutted for you Paul.. Just breaks my heart to read this.
Its more than just "a car". Theres a serious amout of emotional attachment after that amount of time - Anybody that dosent feel an attachment to their car either has no interest or is a totally heartless plank.
I just cant grasp how you are feeling right now lad but all I can say is the pain will get better in time and at some stage you will get another to make more memories - Gone but never forgotton[
I'd be very pissed off if my turbo burnt to the ground, but this is getting ridiculous.
CarreraRSR
New member
I reckon its got to be worth 2 weeks at least off work for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder??
An old friend of mine worked in car insurance claims for a while (30 years ago - but I don't suppose its changed)
1) He said they deal with those who chase them the most - they had a pile of work they couldn't get through in a day and rightly or wrongly those nice people who didn't chase them ended up on the bottom of the pile.
2) Never accept the first (or second) offer they give you as they will always make a low offer first and it is negotiable. For negotiation in your favour obtain as much documentation on others in similar condition recent sales etc. tricky when yours is one of the best but higher mileage than others. letters from the club etc. etc. Also not so easy when there are not so many around any more.
Good luck!
Tony
1) He said they deal with those who chase them the most - they had a pile of work they couldn't get through in a day and rightly or wrongly those nice people who didn't chase them ended up on the bottom of the pile.
2) Never accept the first (or second) offer they give you as they will always make a low offer first and it is negotiable. For negotiation in your favour obtain as much documentation on others in similar condition recent sales etc. tricky when yours is one of the best but higher mileage than others. letters from the club etc. etc. Also not so easy when there are not so many around any more.
Good luck!
Tony
Hi Paul
To add to what Tony has said, also if they say it's an uneconomical repair and want to write it off, get some quotes before allowing this to happen. IIRC my son has managed to save some of his customers from this by doing a quote that's less than the insurers value the car, after all, it's not a crash that may have made the vehicle too dangerous to drive.
Pete
To add to what Tony has said, also if they say it's an uneconomical repair and want to write it off, get some quotes before allowing this to happen. IIRC my son has managed to save some of his customers from this by doing a quote that's less than the insurers value the car, after all, it's not a crash that may have made the vehicle too dangerous to drive.
Pete
Suffolk944
Moderator
Belatedly saw this post - terrible news Paul . It is amazing how attached we get to these cars.
Frenchy
New member
Just logged on and saw this, gutted for you Paul, part of the family and I am sure many happy memories.
At least you are okay !
Mine is fitted with a fire extinguisher may be updating to one of the new fang ones.
Locktons give me salvage rights which is well worth the little extra premium.
At least you are okay !
Mine is fitted with a fire extinguisher may be updating to one of the new fang ones.
Locktons give me salvage rights which is well worth the little extra premium.
Suffolk944 said:
Ditto & ditto. Desperate for you mate. With regard to dealing with insurers remind them that an insurance contract is a "contract of utmost good faith" and therefor they are obliged to tell you everything. If they say they want to write the car off insist on knowing what the figures are to establish the tipping point. We had this with Peters car and we insisted we would pay the additional cost over the write off figure to have it repaired...it does regrettably sound like yours is beyond repair though if the heat has damaged the integrity of the shell.
edh
New member
Very sad news Paul. So frustrating if it was a fuel leak and will no doubt cause you much introspection.. Unlikely you'll ever know quite what happened as it's burnt so badly.
FWIW I had a very good experience with insurers a couple of years ago who offered me more than my car was worth when it was written off in a motorway accident...all settled and towed away within a week. No doubt your S2 will be a harder one to value though. Hope it works out for you
FWIW I had a very good experience with insurers a couple of years ago who offered me more than my car was worth when it was written off in a motorway accident...all settled and towed away within a week. No doubt your S2 will be a harder one to value though. Hope it works out for you
Diver944
Active member
Well she is definitely being written off, too much fire and water damage to be economical to repair [&o] which is as I expected.
Despite having an Agreed Value Classic policy we are still haggling as to the settlement figure but I'm hopeful I'll get more then their initial offer. In the meantime I've tentatively made up my mind to go a 'bit modern' and have tested a 3.4 Cayman S. Me like it very much and hopefully won't need constant tinkering to keep it tiptop like the 944 did
Now starts the offload of many 944 bits and bobs I'll no longer be needing, beginning with wheels sets:
https://www.porscheclubgb.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1049874
https://www.porscheclubgb.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1049872
Despite having an Agreed Value Classic policy we are still haggling as to the settlement figure but I'm hopeful I'll get more then their initial offer. In the meantime I've tentatively made up my mind to go a 'bit modern' and have tested a 3.4 Cayman S. Me like it very much and hopefully won't need constant tinkering to keep it tiptop like the 944 did
Now starts the offload of many 944 bits and bobs I'll no longer be needing, beginning with wheels sets:
https://www.porscheclubgb.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1049874
https://www.porscheclubgb.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1049872
Peter Empson
PCGB Member
Will not be the same without you in a 944, but to be honest I'd probably do the same if I had to start over.
I hope you get a decent outcome quickly so you can get on and enjoy your new acquisition.
I hope you get a decent outcome quickly so you can get on and enjoy your new acquisition.
Just logged on sorry to hear this Paul hope you can get a good value for the car from the insurance, interesting to hear about them haggling even though you have an agreed value... I've moved my 996 over to the PCGB policy and will be doing the same with the 944 soon (currently with Classic line as well).
hope you can get a good value for the car from the insurance, interesting to hear about them haggling even though you have an agreed value... I've moved my 996 over to the PCGB policy and will be doing the same with the 944 soon (currently with Classic line as well).
Diver944 said:
That would be my choice as well.
There are enough about that they aren't stupid money any more. The only down side is, if they do have a gremlin, it is unlikely to be a cheap fix ... but then that is true of any modern car.
A Boxster with a cage and a hard top might be cheaper ;-)
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