And btw I am not one to be easily fooled. I contacted 5 body shops and quickly understood none of the established places wanted to work with salvaged parts.
With new Volvo parts, the repairs amounted to £3500 + , insurance payout was nowhere near that amount. There was only one shop who actually made an offer, £ 1400 flat just for labor, I had to provide the parts. But that guy who sounded honest and all, didn't really impress me, wouldn't give much detail of what he was going to do (I will push here and there, will try to straighten here blah blaH) . At that price it also amounted to £100 an hour for the estimated 14 hours of work (actually more like 12 at the beginning).
So I gave this guy working out of his backyard a chance, he sounded very professional and showed me all his equipment, pictures of his work , and I saw lots of cars coming to his shop.
Last edited by V40addict; Jan 20th, 2019 at 14:15.
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