maskull
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- Mar 17, 2023
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- Location
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Driving
- MG5 Exclusive
Had a bit of damage to my driver side sill a few months back . I wanted to avoid an insurance claim so I checked around the local body shops .
Almost to a man they nearly had accidents in their underwear when they saw it was a EV with one saying it would cost about £1500 but they couldn't do it . One even said it's a write off because it was the sill
I was about to go down the insurance road when I found one about 7 miles from me with good local reviews . I rang him up stressing it was an EV and he just said pop it around . I did so and he gave me a quote of £200 ,I had it done a couple of weeks back ,at the quoted price, and I must say he did an excellent job .
The overall question is :- Is this the reason or part of the reason for excessive premiums . We all know that accident repairs sky rocket when they go to insurance for much the same reason as our premiums sky rocket i.e. a captive audience . This is also allied with EV ignorance by the public and even trade
Almost to a man they nearly had accidents in their underwear when they saw it was a EV with one saying it would cost about £1500 but they couldn't do it . One even said it's a write off because it was the sill
I was about to go down the insurance road when I found one about 7 miles from me with good local reviews . I rang him up stressing it was an EV and he just said pop it around . I did so and he gave me a quote of £200 ,I had it done a couple of weeks back ,at the quoted price, and I must say he did an excellent job .
The overall question is :- Is this the reason or part of the reason for excessive premiums . We all know that accident repairs sky rocket when they go to insurance for much the same reason as our premiums sky rocket i.e. a captive audience . This is also allied with EV ignorance by the public and even trade