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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 26513" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Hi, me again with some updated news on the car. The "no insurance" thing - we MUST have some insurance, but the minimum required is Third Party Personal. This means if you hit someone you're covered for their medical costs. And because this was an old, second-hand rebuilt in the backyard car, it only had the minimum, plus Third party Property (so if you drive into a Merc, you're also covered for damage to the Merc). It means that any damage to the car itself, you pay for. And since boyfriend's family basically put the car back together themselves, they figured they'd be able to fix any problems.</p><p></p><p>And so it seems. boyfriend has just got off the phone talking to his dad (home late tonight) and a lot of the 'damage' the smash repairers said, such as the hood being out of alignment indicating the frame is bent, etc - boyfriend's dad simply hadn't bothered to line up the new hood properly when he put in on a few weeks ago, when he put in the NEW MOTOR. And other stuff which the smash repairers said indicated damage, boyfriend's dad says was already there (and the car was definitely drivable).</p><p></p><p>Then husband got to have his first look at the address of the repairer's - "They're shonky!" In the rush and the wet dark night on Monday he didn't check where they were taking the car. Apparently there is a car dealer in the area who we know to steer clear of. We bought a car from them once and it was badly misrepresented, as well as parts it was supposed to have had, had been switched for inferior. From when we test-drove it to when we took it with us, they had switched the good radio speakers, for dud ones. They had removed an alarm system but left all the loose wires there. They didn't know about a kill switch that was part of the alarm system that had never been disconnected (we accidentally found it ten years later).</p><p>So its seems we've found one conduit for this car yard to 'launder' spare parts. boyfriend's car has only just been done up, with new parts.</p><p></p><p>Thankfully boyfriend & family have their own connections in the car business. boyfriend's dad has a mate with a tow truck and a repair business coming over tomorrow to collect the car and do his own assessment. I'm tempted to ask this mob for their assessment in writing, so we can hang them out to dry with our motoring associations. There are a few choice Aussie adjectives I'm wanting to utter right now.</p><p></p><p>And the smash repair bloke was rude to me on the phone. I had to hand the phone to husband to get any more info from him other than, "it's written off!" As far as I knew, it only had two torn tyres and a broken headlight.</p><p></p><p>boyfriend's mum is also sceptical. She's cluey about cars, said this model is as strong as a tank.</p><p></p><p>Now, final stop press - boyfriend's dad has just rung back, he's getting the cops involved.</p><p>easy child 2/difficult child 2 just got home - an hour after the smash repair bloke told husband the litany of severe damage, the bloke rang easy child 2/difficult child 2 and gave her a much better prognosis. It might have something to do with husband saying, "In that case I'll inform the owner - boyfriend's father."</p><p>Definitely shonky. Tomorrow will be interesting. Wish I could be a fly on the wall!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 26513, member: 1991"] Hi, me again with some updated news on the car. The "no insurance" thing - we MUST have some insurance, but the minimum required is Third Party Personal. This means if you hit someone you're covered for their medical costs. And because this was an old, second-hand rebuilt in the backyard car, it only had the minimum, plus Third party Property (so if you drive into a Merc, you're also covered for damage to the Merc). It means that any damage to the car itself, you pay for. And since boyfriend's family basically put the car back together themselves, they figured they'd be able to fix any problems. And so it seems. boyfriend has just got off the phone talking to his dad (home late tonight) and a lot of the 'damage' the smash repairers said, such as the hood being out of alignment indicating the frame is bent, etc - boyfriend's dad simply hadn't bothered to line up the new hood properly when he put in on a few weeks ago, when he put in the NEW MOTOR. And other stuff which the smash repairers said indicated damage, boyfriend's dad says was already there (and the car was definitely drivable). Then husband got to have his first look at the address of the repairer's - "They're shonky!" In the rush and the wet dark night on Monday he didn't check where they were taking the car. Apparently there is a car dealer in the area who we know to steer clear of. We bought a car from them once and it was badly misrepresented, as well as parts it was supposed to have had, had been switched for inferior. From when we test-drove it to when we took it with us, they had switched the good radio speakers, for dud ones. They had removed an alarm system but left all the loose wires there. They didn't know about a kill switch that was part of the alarm system that had never been disconnected (we accidentally found it ten years later). So its seems we've found one conduit for this car yard to 'launder' spare parts. boyfriend's car has only just been done up, with new parts. Thankfully boyfriend & family have their own connections in the car business. boyfriend's dad has a mate with a tow truck and a repair business coming over tomorrow to collect the car and do his own assessment. I'm tempted to ask this mob for their assessment in writing, so we can hang them out to dry with our motoring associations. There are a few choice Aussie adjectives I'm wanting to utter right now. And the smash repair bloke was rude to me on the phone. I had to hand the phone to husband to get any more info from him other than, "it's written off!" As far as I knew, it only had two torn tyres and a broken headlight. boyfriend's mum is also sceptical. She's cluey about cars, said this model is as strong as a tank. Now, final stop press - boyfriend's dad has just rung back, he's getting the cops involved. easy child 2/difficult child 2 just got home - an hour after the smash repair bloke told husband the litany of severe damage, the bloke rang easy child 2/difficult child 2 and gave her a much better prognosis. It might have something to do with husband saying, "In that case I'll inform the owner - boyfriend's father." Definitely shonky. Tomorrow will be interesting. Wish I could be a fly on the wall! Marg [/QUOTE]
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