Drowning my Grenadier (a sorry, soggy saga)

[Baron von Teuchter]

There’s one on autotrader for £35k! Not a bad spec, safari windows and high load switches but no axle lockers or heated seats.

Cheapest I’ve seen by a fair margin. Lots around the £40-45k mark so you can be choosey.

 

[CRH]

I had a phone call from the claims engineer this afternoon. He has seen the estimate and it is over £40k, so the vehicle's fate depends very much on the expressed market value. At the time of the incident it was less than 2 years old, so one possibliity is a new one at £72k + bits, but he expects that claims will want to settle at "market value". At the kind of money intimated, I'd rather have mine fixed!

I would ask the dealer for evidence of what they were selling for at the time of the initial claim to the insurance. This has had such a long delay they will have dropped further. It won't be an as new price but if they are only offering market value it should be when the drowning occurred not 3 yrs later (slight exaggeration). Get as much evidence as possible for vehicles of a similar spec. Point out you didn't take advantage with a courtesy vehicle, which would have cost them more.
Good luck

 

[Baron von Teuchter]

Absolutely agree, the prices vary hugely according to spec so try to find some identical to yours.

I could only find one in “my” spec: diesel Trialmaster with cloth, steelies and safari windows. It was about £55k, compared to most basic versions in the 40-45 range. Lots of petrol ones which seem to be worth less. Lots without safari windows.

 

[landmannnn]

Never accept the first offer from the loss adjuster.

 

[Cheshire cat]

Jeremy
Just saw this of FB, and thought of you.