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    may have bought a pig

    That would be it Aaron, i got it two weeks saturday. got a few things to sort but hopefully it will end up a good little car! you local mate? Steve.
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    may have bought a pig

    cheers mate ive got it booked in next thursday with my mechanic, good as gold and cheap! so hopefully he can sort it for me hes not one for making me spend for nothing rather than doing a bit himself. I really hope he can get things sorted because its a lovely looking car. ill get some pictures...
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    may have bought a pig

    yeah it did but one of its wings are broken so it flies in circles!
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    may have bought a pig

    hey dave thats the first bit of news ive heard thats positive. would there be a lot of labour involved in changing it? certainly wont be doing it myself.
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    may have bought a pig

    Hi folks, i recently had an accident to which i had a battle getting the money off the insurance. Well i finally went and bought a new one 124,000 absolute red 51 plate s3. all happy at the time of buying noticed it had had a bit of a knock on the passenger side looked like a scrape that had...
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    need advice after s3 being hit by lorry

    bad news folks they are refusing to up their offer and they are whipping the hire car back next wednesday, so looks like im going to have to suffer it and either try and get it sorted myself with the £1800 or get some of my own hard earnt cash and stump up the difference between the £2430 they...
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    need advice after s3 being hit by lorry

    the management company whos dealing with the claim have given me the beamer, i was on it straight away asking them about that they stated in a letter that it was to no cost to me!! Still no reply off them i rang today and they said that the adverts i sent were with the engineers? why i dont...
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    need advice after s3 being hit by lorry

    i hope they dont want any money off me at this very moment, the only thing in my pocket is lint! if they do they can ****** wait. cant see why though. i have done nothing wrong so i dont see why i should fork out a bean. tomorrow should be d-day for there new valuation. evry day extra ive got...
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    need advice after s3 being hit by lorry

    cheers geez, so far they have been pretty good. i have already had an engineer have a look at the damage and he stated that the car was in really good nick when he had a look so that should go towards the end price hopefully.
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    need advice after s3 being hit by lorry

    i'm afraid all klappes input did was put the wind up me for a week. but its looking all good now. The adverts i sent them were in the region of 2850 to 3995 so they have got to give us a few quid more its just a waiting game now. thanks for all the feedback off of everyone on here its been...
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    need advice after s3 being hit by lorry

    kwistof i wonder if you could help us actually ive seen a noggy blue on piston heads for 2800 its done about 158000 but he says hes got paper work from an audi garage for a full head rebuild at 90000. If you have the time have a look see what you think mate, id appreciate your opinion
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    need advice after s3 being hit by lorry

    thats the good thing, i had it booked in actually a week from now to have about £500 worth of bits done service light came up a week before!! so i think its time to cut and run. im a bit slow off the mark but ive only had it a year. other than this ive only spent minimal on it. its been a great...
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    need advice after s3 being hit by lorry

    exactly what i was thinking. everytime i looked at her afterwoulds you would be looking for imperfections also i was dragged for quite a while and no extensive engineers checks were done so who knows what might go wrong down the line. id rather start a fresh i wouldnt mind a noggy blue one or a...
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    need advice after s3 being hit by lorry

    I'm afraid it does my old chum, well out. i feel sorry for the poor sod who has to deal with that company. painful!
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    need advice after s3 being hit by lorry

    the problem i have is i need the car to use and they wip the courtesy car away 7 days after accepting the offer which leaves me with out transport to work which would end up costing me a fortune. the only way out with out alot of pain and discomfort is to get another one. if i can get 2600 id be...
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    need advice after s3 being hit by lorry

    they have asked me to send in adverts for like for like cars, sent them about ten varying in about a year in age and about 15000 miles each way cheapest was about 2700 upto about 3500. should give them something to think about!
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    need advice after s3 being hit by lorry

    its folded about 40mm of the rear rim in put a slight buckle in the front of the quarter panel scuffed the door and put a fairly hefty gauge in the rear alloy wheel, oh and flaked all the paint on the side of the rear bumper. new wealded qaurter panel re spray up the side. dont know whether...
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    need advice after s3 being hit by lorry

    id like to chaz but i live in the center of brighton id have nowhere to put the old girl. also i dont think i could watch her being slowly dismembered. If i had a drive id be on it.
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    need advice after s3 being hit by lorry

    well peeps!, ive had my first offer off of them since last time i posted. They have offered me two options one is £1800 and the car back or £2430 and they scrap it. im just in the middle of twisting there arm for a few more squid as i still think its a tad low, not as low as what klappe reckoned...
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    need advice after s3 being hit by lorry

    they would offer me about 20p