Its off to the bodyshop!

Sorry to hear about this.

Hopefully, though everything will get sorted quite painlessly for you.

Well,
The Disco has turned into a FL4 SD4 HSE auto but I now have transport and my poor battered Evoque has gone off to Harwoods where they will assess the damage tomorrow. Admiral have already appointed Harwoods so I guess the argument will be over quantum.

No chance of having the car back before Christmas so next step is - - what is the cost?

I'll let you know the damage, literally, when I know.

Cheers
Griff

Is the FL4 the latest one being advertised on TV with the nice little analogue clock in the dash?

Actually I got confused - its the FL2 and its on a 62 plate but looks like a MY12 not 13.

Phone conversation with Harwoods this morning. Admiral have agreed strip down and initial costs which is great as the shop have started work on it within 24 hours of it arriving and initial estimate been given to insurers. The bad news is that the lady gave the steering/ suspension a right wallop and initial parts costs are nearly £3,000. And it only looked like it had a tap!

It will be the New Year before I get the Evoque back and I'm already missing the Ipod and heated seats. This looks like at least £4,000 to me.

More updates as I get them.
Griff

I'm pleased to hear this Griff, especially about Admiral, A friend of mine who consults for Bodyshops said a lot of the bucket insurers now will only pay a fix staggering low fee for ANY car accident repair to the nominated Bodyshop, some they win, some they lose but it balances out and it avoids all negotiation/quotes, so a high end repair will be done really cheaply in this scenario as the bodyshop will be losing money!

Good they are just replacing all the steering/suspension etc, best way to avoid troubles further down the line.

Hope you get it back soon!

If the parts cost is £3000, I expect the total will be much more than £4000! Vital they get the wheel alignment right.

(19-12-2012 02:25pm)mark_n Wrote:  If the parts cost is £3000, I expect the total will be much more than £4000! Vital they get the wheel alignment right.

+1 the labour usually far exceeds the parts!

(19-12-2012 01:10pm)PhilSkill Wrote:  I'm pleased to hear this Griff, especially about Admiral, A friend of mine who consults for Bodyshops said a lot of the bucket insurers now will only pay a fix staggering low fee for ANY car accident repair to the nominated Bodyshop, some they win, some they lose but it balances out and it avoids all negotiation/quotes, so a high end repair will be done really cheaply in this scenario as the bodyshop will be losing money!

Good they are just replacing all the steering/suspension etc, best way to avoid troubles further down the line.

Hope you get it back soon!

That is why I insisted on utilising a main dealer. The one advantage seems to be that Admiral have this "Prestige" department which seems to cater for the more demanding types like me. When I started banging on about magneride and how the system was on cars like Ferrari's they were quite forthcoming in saying that if necessary they would send the car to a specialist garage. I was quite impressed.

Well, it looks that it the car is almost ready. Had a phone call with the body shop yesterday and they are waiting for one part to come in today and then its off down to Harwoods Pulborough to reboot/ reinstall all the software and a final test.

I expect to get the car back on Monday or Thursday as I'm off working oop North Tuesday/Wednesday.

Having had the Freelander for some time now I realise what a blancmange it is and how jumpy the suspension is compared to magneride. I can't wait for the Evoque's return.

It seems the cost is working out at about £4,000 with the large part being the replacement steering rack but I don't have a full breakdown yet. I'll let you know what they replaced when I get a copy of the work done. Could be interested how far it went,

It will also be interesting to see that when the garage resets all the software whether I will get any updates. I'll keep an eye on that.

Roll on next week!
Cheers
Griff