Hi folks, despite COVID and lockdown affecting everyone in 2020 my year went rather well and I ended it off nicely with the purchase of an IS250 F Sport. Unfortunately after a sat nav mishap and coming to an awkward junction I did have an accident a few days ago in which the bumper and driver side got taken out. The other person I don't believe was at fault an independent party cause an obstruction in the road so that blocked my vision and I didn't have enough time to react sadly.
As annoying as it is, thankfully me and my partner left without any injury and am currently awaiting for my insurance provider to go over their "engineers report" to decide if the car is a write off. From the way they have been behaving with me it does look like it may be and I wanted to get opinions from fellow forum members.
From what I could tell, the car still drives fine, only the AFS disabled light goes off in the dash. The driver side headlight was cracked so doesnt function, the driver side of the bumper was dragged off and the fog light is still functional. It does look like the crash bar has taken damage but no air bags went off, would you guys say the car be worth buying back and replacing the damaged parts? I was after this car for weeks and weeks so its a shame to have it gone after only 2 weeks of ownership!I am with Hastings and from what I've seen they don't tend to let you buy back your vehicle unless you really reiterate is so any advice would be greatly appreciated!
All the best
Bill