Thanks, yes front air-bags deployed so new dash required which no doubt pushed up the repair cost considerably (parts and labour).
I'm not sure if it's going to be classed as a repairable write-off or statutory write-off. Once the insurer hands over the dosh, the car is theirs to do with as they please, the beater did say it was repairable.
Strangely the insurance company decided to write-off the car even though their market value pay-out figure was some $7K more than the repair quotation.
Probably better for me as a write-off as I don't have to wait for parts to come from the other side of the planet. With shipping as it is these days, that would likely take months. Even though the Koleos is made in Korea, the spares still come from France.
(I doubt Renault Australia or whoever is handling Renault spare parts these days would have the panels and dash in stock in Australia).
There aren't a lot of Koleos's for sale so they're usually asking top dollar. I'll struggle to replace the car with an equivalent spec/age/mileage for the payout figure. I could possibly get a new base model Koleos (Nah, can't go for the base spec) or throw another $10K into the kitty and get a brand new Intens. It's a sellers market at the moment with the buyers paying top-dollar, if you can find what you're after.
Cheers
RTT
I'm not sure if it's going to be classed as a repairable write-off or statutory write-off. Once the insurer hands over the dosh, the car is theirs to do with as they please, the beater did say it was repairable.
Strangely the insurance company decided to write-off the car even though their market value pay-out figure was some $7K more than the repair quotation.
Probably better for me as a write-off as I don't have to wait for parts to come from the other side of the planet. With shipping as it is these days, that would likely take months. Even though the Koleos is made in Korea, the spares still come from France.
(I doubt Renault Australia or whoever is handling Renault spare parts these days would have the panels and dash in stock in Australia).
There aren't a lot of Koleos's for sale so they're usually asking top dollar. I'll struggle to replace the car with an equivalent spec/age/mileage for the payout figure. I could possibly get a new base model Koleos (Nah, can't go for the base spec) or throw another $10K into the kitty and get a brand new Intens. It's a sellers market at the moment with the buyers paying top-dollar, if you can find what you're after.
Cheers
RTT