The Zed is dead
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Seems it didnt make it to Copart then and will probably be broken up in Aylesbury.
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john-e89 said:
Indeed it is. I’ll PM you.
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We're nearly reaching a conclusion.
Update from the engineer today was that the car is a total loss. OSF chassis leg kinked, steering rack / suspension arms all screwed. Similar story on the back as well, so all in all the "liberal" estimate for repairs is £27k!
The engineer had already done his homework on how valuable the car is and I was very happy with their offer, so accepted it. The insurance company have so far been fantastic to deal with and have blown all of my preconceived ideas out of the water. Long may it continue.
The only thing to wait for now is full acceptance of liability from other parties, so they can confirm that my excess / NCB will be left alone.
Lesson learned and next time, full protected NCB will be added to my policy, along with agreed value on the new car just to be safe.
Update from the engineer today was that the car is a total loss. OSF chassis leg kinked, steering rack / suspension arms all screwed. Similar story on the back as well, so all in all the "liberal" estimate for repairs is £27k!
The engineer had already done his homework on how valuable the car is and I was very happy with their offer, so accepted it. The insurance company have so far been fantastic to deal with and have blown all of my preconceived ideas out of the water. Long may it continue.
The only thing to wait for now is full acceptance of liability from other parties, so they can confirm that my excess / NCB will be left alone.
Lesson learned and next time, full protected NCB will be added to my policy, along with agreed value on the new car just to be safe.
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mr wilks said:Fantastic news , crack on & source the replacementobviously whether your NCD were protected or not & whether blame was 100% elsewhere your premiums will be affected
its just how the industry operates
I guess it's probably because the premiums are probably pooled in the same place for the UK, so the industry loses out if that makes sense.
alex.baker1989 said:I guess it's probably because the premiums are probably pooled in the same place for the UK, so the industry loses out if that makes sense.mr wilks said:Fantastic news , crack on & source the replacement
Well they will no doubt say its simply due to your being involved
but how can you argue with a whole industry that you were only involved simply through someone else's fault its common sense to us who pay for cover but to them its simply a way of upping your next premium .You can't hide from it , one of the first questions asked on getting a quote is generally " have you had any accidents or claims in the last 5 years regardless of fault "
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Awesome news. Sad to see such a lovely car end up being broken, but there are cars around as John above proves , still available. Hopefully you will be back on the road very soon in a new car
alex.baker1989 said:mr wilks said:Fantastic news , crack on & source the replacement
I guess it's probably because the premiums are probably pooled in the same place for the UK, so the industry loses out if that makes sense.
Statistically, if you're involved in one accident your more likely to be involved in another. Feels unfair, but probably true.
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Thanks ocrx8 & Blaster - I may be in touch soon via PM to ask about your cars. I have a couple to see at the moment.
Up for auction on ASM website...
https://auctions.asm-autos.co.uk/ve...=0&fuel=0&catc=0&dist=0&sort=0&srch=Z4&page=1
https://auctions.asm-autos.co.uk/ve...=0&fuel=0&catc=0&dist=0&sort=0&srch=Z4&page=1
Liverpool
I'm surprised they're not breaking it, as the engine would get them about £4k alone...although maybe they realised their potential audience is a bit smaller than they thought as it's not 'just an M3 S54 engine' 
Wonder how much they'd want for a gearbox, as mine's still the original one
Wonder how much they'd want for a gearbox, as mine's still the original one
mmm-five said:I'm surprised they're not breaking it, as the engine would get them about £4k alone...although maybe they realised their potential audience is a bit smaller than they thought as it's not 'just an M3 S54 engine'
Wonder how much they'd want for a gearbox, as mine's still the original one
Is there much demand for these engines?
For the M3 variant...yes...either for track builds, or for donor engines when the rod bearings/vanos/valves let go.Yorkie Z said:mmm-five said:I'm surprised they're not breaking it, as the engine would get them about £4k alone...although maybe they realised their potential audience is a bit smaller than they thought as it's not 'just an M3 S54 engine'
Wonder how much they'd want for a gearbox, as mine's still the original one
Is there much demand for these engines?
Some breakers don't know that there are differences between the M3 and Z4 versions though, and price both about the same.
You can use either in either car, but you'll need to change over (or buy) some bits from the donor engine...so you might as well go for the 'correct' engine if you can find one.
I've seen them for sale from £2k for a 150,000 mile one (with no history)...to £7k for a 30k mile one (don't know if either of those actually sold for that though).