champy Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) My beloved zed got written off and I'm just wondering how accurate the insurers valuation is? They've quoted £6,300. This seems a little low to me as I payed £7,000 for it 3 months ago and that seemed like a bargain at the time as another zed dealer was trying to buy it to sell it on. Details about the car: 54 plate gt spec black leather and black paint 350z rays alloys full service history 50,000 miles. It was in absolute pristine condition as well. Edited October 30, 2013 by champy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundy Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 They generally just go on sites like Auto Trader and get an average. How bad is the damage? Worth buying it back and fixing it up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Take the 370 wheels off and sell them if you can - they will fetch a great price. Unfortunately the zed is a costly car to run and maintain, depreciation will hit it hard and you will always lose money after your purchase, especially as we move closer to winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brillomaster Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 is that their first offer? when my civic was written off i was offered £1000 at first, which i got increased to £2000, and then to £2100. get on auto trader and find some comparable mileage and condition cars as evidence, and then when you ring the insurer back make sure you say its pristine, low mileage, FSH, etc etc. hopefully get a bit more out of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champy Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Take the 370 wheels off and sell them if you can - they will fetch a great price. Unfortunately the zed is a costly car to run and maintain, depreciation will hit it hard and you will always lose money after your purchase, especially as we move closer to winter. Thanks for the reply, the wheels are trashed unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champy Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 They generally just go on sites like Auto Trader and get an average. How bad is the damage? Worth buying it back and fixing it up? Damage is pretty bad, every panel on both sides need replacing, all wheels need repairing/fixing and the underside is probably damaged, its making knocking noises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champy Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 is that their first offer? when my civic was written off i was offered £1000 at first, which i got increased to £2000, and then to £2100. get on auto trader and find some comparable mileage and condition cars as evidence, and then when you ring the insurer back make sure you say its pristine, low mileage, FSH, etc etc. hopefully get a bit more out of them! Yeah it's their first offer, thanks, I'll try this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
370Ad Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Very low! Remember the Z's change price quite dramatically on colour. Look for black ones only and send them over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 is that their first offer? when my civic was written off i was offered £1000 at first, which i got increased to £2000, and then to £2100. get on auto trader and find some comparable mileage and condition cars as evidence, and then when you ring the insurer back make sure you say its pristine, low mileage, FSH, etc etc. hopefully get a bit more out of them! 'Was' pristine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemansim Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Be careful if you havn't declared its got different wheels etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champy Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Very low! Remember the Z's change price quite dramatically on colour. Look for black ones only and send them over I've just had a look now, they're all around the £9k mark, I only paid £7k for mine and only said the value was £7k when I insured it, do you think this makes a difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champy Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 is that their first offer? when my civic was written off i was offered £1000 at first, which i got increased to £2000, and then to £2100. get on auto trader and find some comparable mileage and condition cars as evidence, and then when you ring the insurer back make sure you say its pristine, low mileage, FSH, etc etc. hopefully get a bit more out of them! 'Was' pristine Haha yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 IMO £7k is about right plus a grand for the 370 Rays if they were declared on your insurance. Did you write it off or is someone else at fault and who is your insurer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 What happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Sounds about right for an 04. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Remember there is a difference between what it's actually worth and what people think they're worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champy Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 IMO £7k is about right plus a grand for the 370 Rays if they were declared on your insurance. Did you write it off or is someone else at fault and who is your insurer? What happened? Well this is another post coming, the cruise control would not turn off and the brakes would not work, I was stuck at 65 on the motorway with only a few seconds until I hit a traffic jam, I had to sort of thread the car through the cars in the outside lane and the central reservation to avoid a serious collision, thankfully the impact with the central reservation slowed the car down. The insurance conducted a investigation but couldn't find a fault with the car so they say it's my fault. Has anyone else had or know of anything like this happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champy Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Ah sorry, I meant it has 350z rays not the 370z, I've edited the original post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundy Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Wow that must of been a horrible feeling! Hope you and everyone else walked away okay!...Time to avoid the CC button lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 This is no slur on you or your driving bit it's not unheard of for people to have cruise on. See a situation, react quickly but because their feet were off the pedals they're accidently gone onto the clutch mistaking it for the brake and then ploughed into somwthing. Crashing is never a nice feeling but the main thing is you are ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
370Ad Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Very low! Remember the Z's change price quite dramatically on colour. Look for black ones only and send them over I've just had a look now, they're all around the £9k mark, I only paid £7k for mine and only said the value was £7k when I insured it, do you think this makes a difference? Doesn't make a difference mate. If you put 20k they aren't going to pay that out are they? Send over the adverts with similair age and mileage and see what they come back with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champy Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 This is no slur on you or your driving bit it's not unheard of for people to have cruise on. See a situation, react quickly but because their feet were off the pedals they're accidently gone onto the clutch mistaking it for the brake and then ploughed into somwthing. Crashing is never a nice feeling but the main thing is you are ok. No slur taken, I always keep my feet on the pedals when I have cruise control on anyway, but this thought did cross my mind when the brakes weren't working, so I looked at my feet to make sure I was actually pressing the brake pedal, and I was. No, everyone was alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champy Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Very low! Remember the Z's change price quite dramatically on colour. Look for black ones only and send them over I've just had a look now, they're all around the £9k mark, I only paid £7k for mine and only said the value was £7k when I insured it, do you think this makes a difference? Doesn't make a difference mate. If you put 20k they aren't going to pay that out are they? Send over the adverts with similair age and mileage and see what they come back with Ah thanks a lot, just emailed them now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docwra Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 As the chairman of SXOC Ive written a couple of letters supporting a valuation of a 200, perhaps you might ask the good staff here at 350ZUK if they would do the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R35LEE Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I think you could definitely push for a little more but it's really difficult to get top book '£7k' as you stated to your Insurance company especially without a agreed valuation or condition report pre-accident. I would push for another £200.00 though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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