Most recently answered write offs questions

My beloved 16 year old Toyota Avensis (owned from new, 112,000 miles) was reversed into while it was parked by an unscrupulous elderly gentleman who "didn't see it" and is as a result uneconomical to...

My neighbour has been involved in a car crash (not responsible). Someone hit the side of her Fiat X1/9 sports car. It was in excellent condition, but she now fears that they may write off her car. What...

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...