Elephant Threatens VW Polo

Wednesday

You are sitting in your car at a red light on a pedestrian crossing when a guy in a Peugeot, who passed his test two weeks ago, forgets what the brake pedal is for and runs into the back of you.

His insurance company, Elephant, phones and without looking at the car say they will write your motor off because it's a 1986 VW Polo and the repair will cost more than their book says the car is worth.

Excuse me but we seem to be missing the point here. We've had the car since 1986 and it's a one owner, very low mileage runabout motor and it was the guy you agreed to insure who ran into the back of it. We just expect the motor to be returned to the condition it was in before he ran into it. We would like to be able to open the tailgate - seems reasonable.

You should be glad that he didn't run into the back of the Volvo - they really know how to charge for replacement parts.

N.B. In the advert it was the Peugeot the Elephant sat on.

Update

An independent assessor came to assess Mrs B's bodywork. She now has to wait for a verdict on her rear end. I'm keeping out of the way