Do you have a fancy stereo system (ISTR that you had a hard disk mp3 system at some point) in the car? You might have to negotiate specifically to get it back, best to do that before they formally write it off.
If you can be bothered, try to reject their first settlement offer. If your car had full (main dealer?) service history, then it's probably worth a little more. You can check parkers, autotrader and pistonheads classifieds for an idea on price.
I went to the garage at lunchtime and rescued the stereo :-) but thanks for the reminder – I would have forgotten if my dad hadn't mentioned it on the phone last night.
I checked with Parkers just now, actually, and they reckon it's actually worth less than Direct Line are offering. (In favour is a good service history and low mileage; against are some old scrapes from stationary objects that I never bothered to get fixed...) So I've probably done all right there.
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If you can be bothered, try to reject their first settlement offer. If your car had full (main dealer?) service history, then it's probably worth a little more. You can check parkers, autotrader and pistonheads classifieds for an idea on price.
I checked with Parkers just now, actually, and they reckon it's actually worth less than Direct Line are offering. (In favour is a good service history and low mileage; against are some old scrapes from stationary objects that I never bothered to get fixed...) So I've probably done all right there.