My car was stolen. Police told me they followed it but lost it in a convoy.
Well, that's what they said.
Anyway it was found and towed away for finger printing by police. Now my insurance company has arranged for it to be towed to a panel beater.
My question is this. Why a panel beater? There's little if any panel damage. There's a broken window and ignition. Who knows what else. What if the chasis is bent? Will they check that? Is a panel beater going to take care of non panel and paint repairs?
(30-11-2021, 07:09 PM)kiwi Wrote: [ -> ]My car was stolen. Police told me they followed it but lost it in a convoy. Well, that's what they said.
Anyway it was found and towed away for finger printing by police. Now my insurance company has arranged for it to be towed to a panel beater.
My question is this. Why a panel beater? There's little if any panel damage. There's a broken window and ignition. Who knows what else. What if the chasis is bent? Will they check that? Is a panel beater going to take care of non panel and paint repairs?
Potentially yes . Lets hope they dont try and write it off. I would say the panel shop will make the cost for repair etc Could be difficult to get a cylinder lock for that car Mazda is the worst car for getting any parts when they made the same car in 1 week with 5 different components .
Indeed the insurance were going to write it off. Before that, let me say they said I am not the owner. Because I was using the shortened version of my name, not the full name. They were going to deregister it and sell it as a write off at Turners. I was like What? No! I asked to speak to the assessor. I had only insured it for $1500 with $500 excess. The assessor said they have to get a compression test, valet and fix the lock. I said hold on because I don't need a valet or compression test or valet. I've got it home now and starting with a screw driver. And very happy.