I'd have thought call the insurance company and ask them - maybe they will want it at one of their approved garages?
This morning on the way to work, my son was involved in a multi-car accident on a A road. The vehicle two cars in front of him braked sharply, and then so did the car in front of him. My son rear ended the car in front of him; the car at the front wasn't hit and ddn't stop. The car behind my son rear ended him, and the next car back hit that one. Fortunately no one was injured. The Police have attended and left the scene.
Anyway, his 9 year old Fiesta with front and rear damage will be a write off - the main question is where to get it recovered to? Home address I guess, so that it's readily available for the insurance assessor?
I'd have thought call the insurance company and ask them - maybe they will want it at one of their approved garages?
His insurance will take care of that.
Not to your place but to the recovery company’s until it is assessed. If it is written off you may want to get your trusted mechanic to look at it: insurance companies usually price all work needed including new parts so a second hand car is very quickly written off. If the impact leads to think the damage may be structural (airbags gone, but not only) then it should go unless your son wants to sell the parts himself.
If it’s just bodywork you may consider buying it back. It will have lost most of its value on the resale market but not its ability to fulfil your son’s transport needs.
If the chain of events is clear (i.e. your son is responsible for the pile up) then so be it. If not (i.e. he was hit first, or at least it’s arguable) don’t let him accept liability.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Front and rear on a 9 year old car would surly be a write off I’d have thought
Gladly no one was hurt
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Update: His car is being recovered to the local Copart. It's not clear what their storage charges are or who will pay them. Does anyone know?
Regarding liability, I'm assuming he will be liable for hitting the car in front. Not sure about the one who hit him, but that's all said and done now anyway ...
Responsibility might depend.
Some years ago, I was in an accident - The car in front of the car in front of me braked suddenly, I came to a halt and then was hit twice from behind in very quick succession.
Turned out the car behind him, had hit him and, presumably continued to accelerate, hitting him again, causing him to hit me twice!
The insurance was all covered by the car at the back (Admiral, I think) who were in contact the next morning to ask me to take my car (which suffered only a cracked bumper) to their repairer - They had it for a couple of weeks and replaced the bumper.
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Seen stories over past year of elderly Fiestas in particular being stolen (or even stripped whilst parked) for spare parts so could be some value left in it.
The circumstances sound a bit fishy. Hopefully the car in front didn’t have five adult occupants all with whiplash. Seems to be a common tactic going on years now where car 1 brakes suddenly causing car 2 to break, then you’re in car 3 and hit car 2 and car 1 drives off into the distance.
https://youtu.be/V758npfi-w4
Presumably so the first guy hit doesn’t have to answer awkward questions as to why he braked suddenly. And neither does the guy at the front as he’s long gone.
The guy at the front was alone in a council 'Highway Maintenance' vehicle. The car at the very front that braked heavily, started it all off and wasn't hit may be unaware of what happened behind him.
The guy my son hit said that he'd been in lots of accidents* and in his experience any injuries might not really make themselves known until the next day.
The insurance company are looking at joint liability between my son and the woman who hit him.
*Mostly as a passenger in council vehicles
I would suggest your son should start looking at market value of his car and of as many spare parts he can find on as many websites possible. That will give him an idea of "collectability" of his model/year. This is usually not taken into account in car valuations.
The car will be assessed by an expert in the coming days, and w/o if cost of repairs exceeds (or are near) car value.
Depending on his insurance he may have access to a courtesy car for a limited time.
His AA may agree to move the car from where it is to where you want it should he decide to buy it back from the insurer once written off, subject to my first sentence.
He can unfortunately expect a higher premium at renewal.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Ouch!
How is his neck?
The whole body is usually sore, not so much from the impact itself but because of the intense muscle contraction at that time.
Forget buying the car back IMHO (not a qualified professional advice I hasten to say)
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
I don't think he was actually going that fast by the time of the actual collision. The air bags didn't go off.
He was out before I got up this morning, so I didn't get chance to speak to him.
An update - the insurance company have offered a very fair settlement figure (significantly higher than WBAC), and he should have the money in a couple of days. Overall I've been very impressed with them (Hastings Direct).
Good news. It's nice when it gets sorted quickly.
Having the accident is annoying enough in itself without having to jump through hoops for days on end after.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
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