Paul's Blog Entries for April 2007

Monday 2nd April 2007

Local Packages

Car Update

I got a call last Thursday afternoon from the assessor dealing with my claim for the accident on 20th March, and he told me he has so far been unable to contact the other driver's insurers, but he thought from what I'd told them that it would probably be resolved in a phone call when he did get though to them. However, I still haven't heard any more on this.

I also got a call the same afternoon from the engineer assessing the damage to the car, and as expected it was a total loss. However, the valuation he gave me for the car was, shall we say, very acceptable :-)

On Saturday we went to the UK Assistance site in Salford where the Micra was to collect our belongings from the car before it got broken up for salvage.

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On Sunday we went to RRG Altrincham to look at the Avensis, which was top of our shortlist for a new car. We were offered a used 2006 T3-X 2.0 litre diesel hatchback (the model we were after) with 6,000 miles on the clock for £16,500. I think they're having a laugh.

This evening we ordered a brand new Avensis (same spec) for under £15,800 from drivethedeal.com.

Thursday 5th April 2007

Fedora Project

Local Packages

Tuesday 10th April 2007

Local Packages

Fedora Project

Car Update

Sent off documentation for the insurance claim: vehicle registration document, MOT & Insurance certificates plus copies of both of our driving licenses to the insurer, and Section 9 (sale of vehicle to a motor trader) of the vehicle registration document to the DVLA in Swansea. The notes on the vehicle registration document say that the motor trader must by law sign the document but the insurance company wanted me to send it straight to the DVLA. The DVLA's website says that they have a special understanding with the insurance industry so the whole registration document can be sent to the insurer, who can fill in the form, sign it and forward it to the DVLA, bit that's not what the insurer asked me to do. So I eventually got through the queue on the DVLA's customer service helpline and was told that it was OK to send the document to them without the signature, and that's what I ended up doing. It would be nice if there wasn't conflicting information about this procedure (which is very commonly used of course) on the documents and the websites...

The dealer supplying the new car called up today to introduce themselves. It'll have at least 200 miles on the clock at delivery as they're not exactly local to Manchester, but they are, as promised, a main Toyota dealership (listed on the Toyota UK website).

Wednesday 11th April 2007

Local Packages

Fedora Project

Thursday 12th April 2007

Local Packages

Car Update

Just called my insurer and was told that the other party's insurer has now admitted liability for the collision last month that wrote off my car. So I get my excess and no claims discount back. Which is good, since I'll be needing the no claims discount when applying for insurance for the new car later this month.

Friday 13th April 2007

Local Packages

Monday 16th April 2007

Local Packages

Tuesday 17th April 2007

Local Packages

Friday 20th April 2007

Local Packages

Fedora Project

Wednesday 25th April 2007

Local Packages

Thursday 26th April 2007

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Monday 30th April 2007

Local Packages

Fedora Project

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