luke2152
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| posted on 2/7/18 at 12:32 PM |
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Nominated repairer
So last week i was involved in an accident in my gbs zero. I was lucky enough to get out relatively unharmed. The car didnt fare so well. Now
insurance company wants me to nominate a repairer to assess the vehicle. I can't think of anyone qualified to do this other than GBS themselves
and they aren't a million miles away. In reality unfortunately i would be very surprised if it were not written off. Any recommendations?
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HowardB
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| posted on 2/7/18 at 02:13 PM |
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faced with the same issue, see my pic archives I used a company called Banwell to asses the damage and convinced them not to write it off. I had
quotes from a couple of chassis builders to rebuild it, it went to Steve at Fury as he had the jig.
The repair costs were in quite high and a normal car would have been written off, I was able to show the cost of replacement was very high,..
pleased you are ok, shame about the motor
hth
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again  and goes zoom)
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luke2152
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| posted on 2/7/18 at 09:49 PM |
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Thanks for the advice Howard. Is Banwells in Burnley (as per google) or is that just their head office? located Does anyone else have any
recommendations as its kind of a big decision. I'll give GBS a ring tomorrow too and see if they do that kind of thing.
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luke2152
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| posted on 3/7/18 at 11:33 PM |
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I went to look at the car today and it's looking pretty sorry for itself. As far as I can tell chassis looks straight including all the
wishbone mounts. Likewise for the engine and gearbox. Everything else is pretty much f*cked 
The post accident photo shows how lucky I was going through 3 fence posts. If I'd gone through the 4th it would have hit me directly in the
driver seat.
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Deckman001
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| posted on 4/7/18 at 08:38 AM |
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Ouch !! Am glad your ok after that, It's a sobering thought id not even considered, I've been bought a weekend hire of a Caterham and was
looking forward to the driving in country lanes around the south, but hadn't even thought of 'What if '
Jason
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theduck
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| posted on 4/7/18 at 11:15 AM |
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I think the only reasonable repair option is manufacturer tbh
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luke2152
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| posted on 4/7/18 at 08:38 PM |
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It's being transported to GBS tomorrow. We'll see what they have to say. I'm not entirely sure myself what outcome I want from it.
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