gettin the rb5 back

never been i this situation before can anyone enlighten me to time scales proceduers etc on gettin my car back...ive informed my insurance but havent heard anything from the police yet,will i have to buy the car back off the insurance,because there are ceartin parts i could re sell any info would be gratefully appreciated,thanks..keith

If they will allow it you can buy it back as salvage, some ins co's have contracts with breakers so have to sell straight to them.

how old is the car ? if over certain age i think they crush it as was brought in as part of the scrappage thing to get the older cars of the road but dont quote me on that

fkn ell it a 99 better not crush it its got loads of possesions still in it,i thought the police would be testing the brakes etc..

they will let u get your belongins out no probs like i say dont quote me on it i had crashed a t reg vectra sri and thats what i got told had very light damage

Hey Keith,
My lass roll rolled my Legnum VR4 and I wanted it back to strip all of the new modified parts off of it for my other one, insurance company said that there was no chance of me buying it back as it was a CAT - B write off and had to be broken up by a yard.

Anyway, long story short, I got in touch with the company that uplifted the car and was storing it for the insurance company, paid them their recovery and storage fees and got them to drop the car back of at mine, I then informed the insurance that the vehicle was going to be stored at my home address Free Of Charge, they were delighted with that as the recovery company was charging £20 a day storage.

Eventually Copart came to collect the car which by then was basically a bare shell

Anyway best of luck getting it back bud.

cheers lads should be home at the weekend so i can start and get things sorted out only put a simtec ecu in it about 3 weeks before the crash,its got a typhoon full de cat thats about it as upgrades goes but dont think the engine was damaged,saying that i thought only the door creased on impact till i saw the pictures...lol..thanks lads keith

I bought my car bk off insurance company last year and it only cost me £300, but the car never left my house so it was easy but I've heard of breakers yards making it impossible to get cars bk as they want to make money on them! Good luck thou mate hope u can get it bk with no problems

I managed to buy my Cat B write off back off the insurance a few years ago. Hope you get it mate.

thanks for the info lads greatly appreciated i ve got a few different ideas on how to get it sorted thanks again everyone...keith

Yellowperil wrote:

I managed to buy my Cat B write off back off the insurance a few years ago. Hope you get it mate.

jesus cat b carnt even be put back on the road it must have been fcuked

yeah it was lol, rolled 3times. Just bought it back and bust it to learn abit more on the mechanical side of things at a time when i knew nowt. Still made a profit on it though

CAT B car's shouldn't be back on the road - they are sold for salvage/spares only and NOT to be put back on the road.

Saying that I had an astra which turned out to be cat B - got rid of it sharpish but it did have its
VIC test etc ... no idea how it slipped thru the net.

The categories can also be worsened due to the age of the car and cost it would involve to repair - so if its a brand new car, it's in the insurances interest to repair it - if it's an old car the cost to repair it would outstrip the value and then the cats can be shady.

CAT D is often cosmetic and its all down to the person who grades it on the day.

Geyup Keith,, I couldnt buy back my Skyline, but I knew who had it and got him to remove some parts for me might be worth a try.

hey mate. my car got written off. was taken 2 arnold clark on scotswood road. was there about a month. i kept ringin my insurance company up and told them i was pretty sure i would buy it back. they said would contact arnold clark because the breakers yards would all be wanting it. so when they gave me the estimate. they gave me one full quote and one quote with money taken off for the value of the car. as soon as i said i wanted the car back and what ever money, i had arnold clark on the phone demanding the car was moved from their yard! also their was quite a few bits robbed of it!!!! that was last july.

yeah mate thats my worry i will just have to find whose got it asap and get the ball moving ...cheers lads great info..keith

good luck. if ur insurance company has not payed out they will have details of where it is kept.

They'll have to tell you where it is so you can get your belongings. Hopefully its not like mine was as they took mine upto Scotland

Mrs_Mid_Life_Crisis wrote:

CAT B car's shouldn't be back on the road - they are sold for salvage/spares only and NOT to be put back on the road.

Saying that I had an astra which turned out to be cat B - got rid of it sharpish but it did have its
VIC test etc ... no idea how it slipped thru the net.

The categories can also be worsened due to the age of the car and cost it would involve to repair - so if its a brand new car, it's in the insurances interest to repair it - if it's an old car the cost to repair it would outstrip the value and then the cats can be shady.

CAT D is often cosmetic and its all down to the person who grades it on the day.

The car was 18month old lol. Tbh, it was stupid of them as they had no idea what i was going to do with it. I could have intended to put it on the road for all they knew. The state it was in, there was no way it could have been though, unless it was reshelled. My fb friends can see it in my 'previous cars' folder

The car was 18month old lol. Tbh, it was stupid of them as they had no idea what i was going to do with it. I could have intended to put it on the road for all they knew. The state it was in, there was no way it could have been though, unless it was reshelled. My fb friends can see it in my 'previous cars' folder [/quote]


Its what else they will see is the worrying part

Yellowperil wrote:

Mrs_Mid_Life_Crisis wrote:

CAT B car's shouldn't be back on the road - they are sold for salvage/spares only and NOT to be put back on the road.

Saying that I had an astra which turned out to be cat B - got rid of it sharpish but it did have its
VIC test etc ... no idea how it slipped thru the net.

The categories can also be worsened due to the age of the car and cost it would involve to repair - so if its a brand new car, it's in the insurances interest to repair it - if it's an old car the cost to repair it would outstrip the value and then the cats can be shady.

CAT D is often cosmetic and its all down to the person who grades it on the day.

The car was 18month old lol. Tbh, it was stupid of them as they had no idea what i was going to do with it. I could have intended to put it on the road for all they knew. The state it was in, there was no way it could have been though, unless it was reshelled. My fb friends can see it in my 'previous cars' folder

how did you escape that?????
thats what i would do if i had a renault to btw

i smashed my mg zr in to a post rolled in to a field landed on the roof and walked away with a scratch and got the car back

Lol! No injuries at all apart from a scratch on the side of my hand when pushing the door window out to crawl out of it. Would have probably been cut to shreds if it wasnt for the window tints holding the glass together . Oh, had a small bump on me head when i did the idiot thing and undid my seatbelt when the car was upside down

Yellowperil wrote:

Lol! No injuries at all apart from a scratch on the side of my hand when pushing the door window out to crawl out of it. Would have probably been cut to shreds if it wasnt for the window tints holding the glass together . Oh, had a small bump on me head when i did the idiot thing and undid my seatbelt when the car was upside down

pmsl:D
what caused you to roll the car?? missed a turn or someone hit you??

Load of crap on the road, slid and lost control. Clipped a wall F/N/S and it send the car over. Was only doing about 30