Been rear-ended, who do I send it to?

[othercarsavolvo]

Hi all. Dads been rear ended in Tesco in my S1 Elise, guy’s admitted and got witness, was just wondering who car needs to go to to get checked? I’m in Worcester so is Paul Matty still there and doing the same thing now it’s Classic Lotus, or is Central a better bet in Stourbridge? Any other ideas?

[Phil Hutchins]

Do you mean checked for clam damage or for geo/mechanicals?

[daves2111s]

Option1

Stoke Prior.

Brilliant on Lotus repairs resprays etc.

[othercarsavolvo]

6 minutes ago, Phil Hutchins said:

Do you mean checked for clam damage or for geo/mechanicals?

For anything? Fibreglass doesn’t take too kindly to being bashed does it?

[Phil Hutchins]

1 hour ago, othercarsavolvo said:

For anything? Fibreglass doesn’t take too kindly to being bashed does it?

Near to you I agree Option1 at Bromsgrove for bodywork; Classic at Stourport or HPE at Wildmoor for mechanicals

[othercarsavolvo]

While we’re at it, am I I overreacting and will their “approved bodywork” or mechanical place be ok? More to the point, do I get to argue it should go to a specialist?

Anyone had this happen to them? How did it go?

[JulianT]

It was a while ago but I had something similar and they wanted to take it to their authorised repairer. I declined but had to get a couple of quotes. Had one from Oakmere who just wanted to patch the crack in the rear clam with it still on the car. Another from Option 1 who wanted to remove the clam and do it properly. I went with them and they did a fantastic job. Frank who runs it even handled the insurance clam as the they wanted me to go with Oakmere due to the cost difference. I can’t recommend them enough and would go there again. 

[DeanB]

Ootion 1 are considered to be the best in the business. That's where I would take it.

[JulianT]

If it’s their fault, definitely go via the specialist route. Their authorised garage will be used to the normal run of the mill body repairs. I guess the only issue is there could be a slight risk they’ll write it off if the repair costs are too much? I did think that myself when I had my knock but they never questioned it

[othercarsavolvo]

Cheers all, I’ll contact option 1 tomorrow 

[Rob999]

Deffo Frank @Option 1 Sportscars

[MG4Lotus]

With regard to the insurance, there may be a possibility they want to charge an additional excess if you don't use their authorised repairer. This has been applied to one of my policies.

[othercarsavolvo]

We’ve now got some additional fun and games with the guy claiming it was dads fault for stopping as he pulled out…

 

[othercarsavolvo]

Thanks for help team, it’s going to Frank