Most recently answered write offs questions

My son owns a Golf GTI Mk3 that was recently involved in a traffic accident. They exchanged insurance details and the process began resulting in my son’s vehicle being assessed for the damage and the engineer...

If my car is deemed to be written off following an accident, not my fault, can I buy it back?

Our car was recently scraped in a car park - just cosmetic damage. The other party admitted fault.
Our insurance, via a claims management company, said it'll cost £1700 to fix, and want to write it off...

I had a rather unfortunate incident today and I've ended up crashing my lovely little Volkswagen Lupo. The door is damaged, but opens and closes fine. The car itself drives fine.
Do you think this is...

I noticed there are a lot of CAT C or D cars listed for sale. These appear to be cars that have been written off by insurance companies as beyond repair. Surely this is like buying a death trap or am I...

I own a 2006 Peugeot 307 CC. recently, someone drove into the side of my car and it has started making a loud noise. I contacted my insurer – who had the car inspected by a garage – and I have been told...

I had a car accident and my insurance company declared it as Cat B write off, which I think is unfair. Should I get an independent company to examine the car? Or can I buy it back from the insurer and...

A few weeks ago my wife was driving very slowly in a queue of traffic on the A49, when a driver came out of a service road and collided with the front nearside of our 2002 Saab Aero Estate. No one was...

I bought a car from a dealer three years ago and now want to part-exchange it for a new car. However, following a Experian Autocheck, we have been told that our car was written off in 2010 and declared...

My wife's car was a 1995 Mazda 323 with 70,000 miles with FSH and in good condition. She loved it, put a personalised number plate on it and had intended to use it until she is too old to drive. Now it...