Originally Posted by
vaughant
It's all dependant on the ins company but let them know your interested and you'll get an answer back then.
A lot are auctioning them via copart etc now as stated above cos their aware of the value of them,a lot have teams now to deal with it.
If there's any dispute regarding fault be careful with paying the recovery firm direct,you may really struggle to get your money back,ins companies are total cunts to deal with and I've had horrendous run ins with them myself so don't be surprised to see a £5-600 bill need settling from the recovery firm first.
this ^^^^^^
if it's recovered to a garage they will have already gone to the "trouble" of finding out how much it's worth in bits and won't want to sell it back to you without it being "worth their while"
when i got my granada wrote off i didn't let them take it form my drive until the assesor had been out to my house to give it the once over and given me a price, in writing
then it simply wasnt worth the recovery companies time or effort to come and collect it
but if it's gone to the garage you may be fighting a loosing battle as far as your costs are concerned
