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MK



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Chile 2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Chawton White
Total loss
Not sure that is the term. Anyway, visiting the dealer I saw a brand new black 110" with a half smashed front wing, destroyed grill (fiberglass by the way) and that is about it. The chap hit a lorrie or so. But I was stonished when the chief mechanic said the Landy was declared a total loss by the insurance company Shocked

The story is that the engine block broke, the gearbox fell off and whatever else on the driveline.

That is ok if the insurance company covers you with a brand new car for the first year of use. But what if the rig gets totally F$#k up due to a small crash after that period of time and the cost of fixing the stuff is so extremely expensive? Shocked Puma 110" SW

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Post #21464 7th Jan 2010 12:00am
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double cab happy



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England 2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Java Black
well i guess you would get market value of your vehical and buy a nearly new one, also i guess from the sound of the damage to the vehical you discribed the chassis would have been damaged, which means it was no longer a defender but some seats and some body pannels attached to scrap metal, very sad but true.
Post #21474 7th Jan 2010 10:48am
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mse



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United Kingdom 2016 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Scotia Grey
To be honest thats nothing new really.

There maybe slightly more to the crash but its so common now - there are a few things to be done, but essentially insurance companys right off a significant number now against repairing them (especially as repairs are problematic and expensive)

I had a disco written off (hit whilst parked on a friends drive!) only to do with cost, damage was to:
Wind, Radiator, Door, Bonnet, Front slam panel/bumper, rear bumper and all the minor bits - drove ok to put rounf the back (obvious wheel issues) chassis was straight £11k to fix! 4 quotes...write off, £16k paid £18k ish required to buy equivelant but that was 100% no fault. Mike
Post #21480 7th Jan 2010 12:21pm
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roel



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Netherlands 2003 Defender 90 Td5 PU Caledonian Blue
My TD5 90 is an insurance write off too.


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And yes this is the damaged side. I don't know what happened as I bought it this way cheap.
But it looks to me that it slit in a deep gully with brown water and on the other side was a tree that damaged the roof and the top off the door.
The ECU wasn't working and was brown inside and in the ecu box under the seat was quit a lot off dried up mud. The battery side was reasonable clean at least no dried up mud just some sheep Censored , bullets, needles and other farm trash.

As it is an insurance write off there are no reg papers with it so I can't get it licenced on it's own chassis. Roel

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Post #21498 7th Jan 2010 4:54pm
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