My mini is missing!

[annwfyn]

It appears that Pridwen is missing!

Mini Emergency Services (who took her away) say that she's been delivered to the mini body shop in Park Lane, Battersea. They say they've not received her.

So. Missing! One mini - black & silver with a dragon on the roof. If found, please return to Sally.

I'm beginning to get mildly anxious about this.

Update:

Pridwen has now been found. It appears she was just in another part of the garage.

I'm having a bit of a panic attack. It seems that the current estimate for repair work is £2000. I don't know what this is for, as apparently the breakdown of this sum was sent out to me in the post on Saturday. Nothing can happen until I've received this, and either paid the garage the money, or made my claim to Mini Insurance and got things approved, which the garage think will also require me posting off the estimate to Mini Insurance.

I'm actually getting anxious about this.

Another update:

The breakdown of the costs apparently is:

£563 labour
£178 painting
£1715 parts
£420 specialists - wire and repair, new bonnet stripes, specialist wheel alignment, environmental protection

This is for new front bonnet pannel as the old one is dented, a new plastic bumper, paint work, the steering also needs checked and the electrics where bits at the front got ripped off need checked.

Yet another update:

The insurance should cover most of the costs - I've got an excess of £150, but the rest should be paid for. My no claims bonus is very very dead now, but at least I'm going to get my car back. The insurance people are sending one of their engineers out to take a look at my car at the end of the week. On the downside, I am going to be carless for a little while until all this is sorted out, so I guess I'll be a bit less mobile than usual.

Panic subsiding.

Panic subsiding.

Comments

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

I've now tracked down the man who did my estimate and got him to go through it on the phone. Am now talking to insurance people.

*exhales*

And curse the loss of my no claims bonus!

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

Faxes are your friend here. Fast communication followed up by a phone call. Good luck.

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

Bloody hell, those are expensive repairs. Thank god for insurance. Are they replacing all your wires with pure gold as well?

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

I am expecting platinum at least...

[jamespond.livejournal.com]

Ahh the joys of the motor industry getting rid of box shaped cars which can be fixed with a bash of a hammer and a bit of black tape and replacing them with rounded cars in which nothing is fixable and everything needs replacing. Ohh and lets not forget the disappearance of bumpers that were all the same height on every car and did a good job at bumping and the appearance of bumpers of all sorts of heights that magically miss each other and result in all those new curves being bashed in.

Naturally the cost of all the replacement parts for a car cost more than a complete car in the first place.