Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Aero 8, 2012< Plus 8, SuperSports, Coupe & Aeromax Morgan Aeromax up for grabs

£80k is too much. The parts may be available for under £10k, but it will take a skilled panel beater to repair the rear damage, and it might need a lot more effort than that to put it right.

Saw the owner at the Geneva Show on the Ferrari stand. Did not get chance to speak to him as he was involved in a discussion with a member of the sales staff.
Looks like onwards and upwards

The information from the factory to the dealer was

"Just a quick note to warn all Dealers that Aero max chassis number A0038 is a category B write-off, therefore no parts will be supplied for this vehicle.
A company has bought this vehicle and is currently doing the rounds in a bid to purchase parts.
We shall in future endeavor to keep you informed of any vehicles that are written-off as and when they occur."

Edi

The insurance write off categories are as follows:

Category A Insurance Write Off - the vehicle must scrapped and no parts or components can be sold other than for scrap. Amounts vary but the scrap value rarely covers the cost of recovery and delivery to a scrap yard.

Category B Insurance Write Off - the vehicle must not be used again but non- structural and roadworthy parts and components may be recovered for use in other vehicles. Care must be taken to ensure that they are not critical components with important safety functions.

Category C Insurance Write Off - the vehicle is repairable but the parts and labour would exceed the value of the car. This is a tricky situation as there are plenty of amateur and professional mechanics who could use second hand parts to repair these vehicles at much lower prices than the list costs for parts and labour.

Category D Insurance Write Off - the vehicle is economically repairable but other factors are involved that cause the insurer to declare the vehicle a write off. Perhaps the replacement car hire is too costly or it will take too long for a specialist part to be delivered.

Category X Insurance Write Off - the vehicle is easily repairable and may even be still roadworthy.

Unrecorded Insurance Write Off - the vehicle damage was not reported to the insurer or the driver was uninsured. The most common example is drivers who only have third party insurance but have had an accident that was their fault (usually not involving anyone else).

greymog,

Given this info and the claim that the accident and subsequent claim are not recorded by insurers do we assume that some has bought a Aeromax and taken out 3rd party insurance cover.

Does anyone know what happened, could it be a track day mishap?

I know of a guy who insured a new car fully comp, had a stipulation to fit a tracker, didn't, car got stolen and he was £70k out of pocket.

Pure conjecture but could have been a similar type of mis-hap. Track day? lent to a friend (3rd party cover only)? policy lapse??

More pertinently, Greymogs info is a Cat B but vendor is claiming no claim. Who is right and if no claim made or registered how come Greymog has been told it has been categorised?

More questions than answers

HPI Check would give the factual position as it's public listing.

another for sale:
http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/showDe...amp;tabNumber=1

Crazy money. Still I suppose its delivery miles only (29km) shame so many of these beautiful cars will never really see the light of day or turn a wheel on a real road..

Wow, that's circa GBP 167,000.00
Pity mine has now done 20,000 miles.