Such a shame tooMy guess is that Admiral wouldn't authorise the potential repairs to the DSG box and the repair garage (understandably) didn't want to go putting the car back together, and then discovering that the transmission was knackered.
Such a shame tooMy guess is that Admiral wouldn't authorise the potential repairs to the DSG box and the repair garage (understandably) didn't want to go putting the car back together, and then discovering that the transmission was knackered.
Update....
Admiral have called me again this morning to say that the car has now been written off
I now have the joy of dealing with settlement figures and looking for a replacement (cheaper!) car for the next couple of years...
Awwww no
On a plus note, Cupra R's on autotrader?
Don't become an Audi driver, you're better than thatI'm going down the 'cheap and cheerful' route for a couple of years... I can save up for an RS3 then
Sorry to hear that do you know what happens now with your lease then? That’s always been a concern of mine as I’ve no idea what happens
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They keep popping up! I do wonder how many of the 24 are actually sold and on the road. I.e. not owned by a dealer.Awwww no
On a plus note, Cupra R's on autotrader?
That's crap... but when you said they were doing 17k of repairs, my thought was would the repairer really get that much of the car repaired and right first time? Or would it be put back together and it'd end up with loads of niggles and you'd hate it.
Yep. VWFS (the lease company) provide a settlement figure to Admiral, and Admiral settle the lease. The only issue with that is, if Admiral's valuation and settlement offer is LESS than the settlement figure given by VWFS, then I have to pay the difference.
I'm hoping that, because it was virtually new and because it only had a few thousand miles on the clock, there shouldn't be too much of a variation but I'm preparing myself for the worst!
My advice? GAP INSURANCE!!! Hindsight is a wonderful thing..!
Ah yeah, I luckily opted for GAP insurance, so will this cover me fully in the off chance I do write my car off? Touch wood I don’t!
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Do you mind me asking how much extra the GAP was?
I was considering one of them before I bought the Cupra, as I had a Giulietta before - but after looking at the NCAP tests for it, you'll have more than an itch to deal with if you ended up piling that up.Alfa Cloverleaf just to scratch an itch!
I must admit when I saw the photo of the damage I thought it would be a write off, when you look at some of the write offs on eBay with less damage apparent.Yep. VWFS (the lease company) provide a settlement figure to Admiral, and Admiral settle the lease. The only issue with that is, if Admiral's valuation and settlement offer is LESS than the settlement figure given by VWFS, then I have to pay the difference.
I'm hoping that, because it was virtually new and because it only had a few thousand miles on the clock, there shouldn't be too much of a variation but I'm preparing myself for the worst!
My advice? GAP INSURANCE!!! Hindsight is a wonderful thing..!
On a side note, this has now reignited a niggling desire of mine to get an Alfa Cloverleaf just to scratch an itch!
Yeah I came from an Alfa MiTo, and had a look inside a Giulietta...honestly, inside they are pretty awful considering what you can get in new cars now. The Uconnect system is terrible, and the ride is incredibly harsh for something that's not even a sports car (I had the TwinAir in my MiTo, 2 cylinder thing). Don't forget that they are just Fiat's in a different shell, and they do still go wrong a heck of a lot.I was considering one of them before I bought the Cupra, as I had a Giulietta before - but after looking at the NCAP tests for it, you'll have more than an itch to deal with if you ended up piling that up.
It was only 3 months old, however because it was a lease car (and I didn't have the option to own it at the end of the agreement), the new car replacement didn't applyI must admit when I saw the photo of the damage I thought it would be a write off, when you look at some of the write offs on eBay with less damage apparent.
Was your car less than a year old as most insurance companies will do a like for like replacement if that is the case.
Oh dear, sorry to hear that.It was only 3 months old, however because it was a lease car (and I didn't have the option to own it at the end of the agreement), the new car replacement didn't apply
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Yep - mine was well speced, because it was a company car I went crazy with the options, but I had to drop some because there wasn't enough slots on the factory ordering system.Giulietta...honestly, inside they are pretty awful considering what you can get in new cars now
Don't become an Audi driver, you're better than that
The problem with the Audi’s is they keep the special engines. The best thing about the rs3 is the 2.5tfsi. IMO one of the best sounding engines in the vag stable, only beaten by the b7 4.2fsi (rs4).
Just imagine if Seat were allowed to put the 2.5tfsi in a cupra...
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