Car hmph

[bunn]

On the 10th day after the day I trashed my car, the garage finally deigned to look at it.  They have valued repairs at £2,800.  I now have to wait for the man from the insurance company to come and look at it and decide if it is economical to repair it.

There is 1 (and only one) Saab 95 estate on Autotrader of comparable age, model and mileage for £2750, so I suspect I may need a new car.   Of course, if I wanted to buy the damn thing it would cost me far more, what with having to travel 185 miles each way without a car, so I suspect I shall either have to pay more money that I don't really have, or buy something cheaper. :-(

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[bunn.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I feel confident enough of my assessment of the situation to do that: I don't have a friendly mechanic who can take a look at it FOC or anything like that, so it would be a gamble based on not much more than gut feeling. I imagine that the local independent specialist garage that I usually use and would trust, would charge me to go to Plymouth to look at it.

Still, I'll see what the insurance company come back with. Thanks for the offer of inside info, will post more if I need advice!