Z advice

[toger13]

Hi guys im after abit of advice

 

my Z got run in to a few weeks back the insurance company have been dragging there feet they finally decided its getting written off

 

now they rang me today and said it was only worth £800 quid which i find hard to belive as there are 2 engines on ebay for more than that lol

 

what do you think its worth

 

its a

 

1992 300zx twin turbo

Manual

graphite gray

UK car

145`000 miles

reasonable condition the usual bit of scab on the rear arches

 

been my daily driver for about 10 years

 

Thanks

Si

[liamhutch]

thats disgusting! show them a nice standard spec one up for sale on pistonheads at around 4 grand and tell them 800 quid is a rediculous offer. Get as much as you can off them

[Stephen]

NEVER EVER take the first offer. is ther anyone taht would be able to do avaluation on here and then this chap could say well this is what the owners club values it it pre crash. etc and they will have to up it a bit

[Gaz 300]

Thats bad news Si but insurance companys will not pay out much unless you have an agreed price, have you thought of buying it of them and fixing it yourself? but one piece of advice is dont let this run into a for sale thread Si, good luck in sorting your zed out.

[toger13]

ye well i have printed the list off piston heads and am going to fax it to them in the morning

 

they said i can keep the car for 3% of the total cost which i will prob do

 

i was just abit gob smacked at the 800 quid lol

 

i supose some people will take the first offer so they start low

 

Thanks

Si

[bazza]

Its is often hard to get insurance companys to pay the value you put on a car even though they ask you its worth when you insure it with them.

You need to try and prove its worth with receipts and pictures plus find cars like yours to get its real value.

It is probably best if you like your car to buy it back as you describe.

Although the car will become a cat c vehicle .

Good luck

[Stephen]

what exactly happend to it damage wise?

[Baz]

to be fair I bought my UK model which was newer and lower mileage for £800 lol :lol:

[Ady682]

I doubt they will give you anywhere near £4k if the first offer is £800.Push them by showing recent dated adverts from magazines or pistonheads as you said, of same spec cars.Id expect around £1500 though.Buy it back off them and fix it or break it to make the money it owes you back.

[ianl]

when mine was damaged, the insurance company looked up 300zx on autotrader and offered me the lowest price that came up

 

i pointed out it was a z31 so they upped their offer

i pointeed out it was a NA so they upped their offer

i sent them a list of all the TT manuals i could find for sale and we settled on a price toards the lower end of the selection

 

it was a few years ago but i got them up from 1000 to 2400

[Old Zed]

Tell them that you are not interested in the money but they can provide you a with a 'suitable replacement', same year and spec and of course subject to an RAC / AA inspection. I think they will then up the offer as they will not want to go down that road.

[milly]

just tell them to replace your car ..same year ... same colour .... same spec .... they were quite happy to take your money to insure that car so they can replace it or repair yours....simples.....