Steve-V6-D61
New Member
When I was a member of the Stag owners club, yes I AM that old, there was an insurance valuation officer appointed by the club, to give members and insurance companies values on the members cars.
It worked really well, letter headed paper with a valuation (sensible) always impressed the insurance company and made life a lot easier when making a claim.
It’s pointless though if he gives a silly price, but he on the member side so will be fair with the valuation. Although there were a couple of times were the member said I’ve spent £20K on it, but a valuation was only £15K and he was not happy with, but a Club valuation of £15K was better than a real market value of £10K
What happened was that he got sent 5 high quality photos and the cars history, upgrades, service history, spoke to the owner and then wrote a letter giving his value on the car.
The only point of contention was it his opinion and not the market value perceived by the insurance company but as being an officer of the owners club seemed to hold some weight in negotiations over repair or write off values.
The worst could it be is the valuation gets ignored the best is that you get the valuation price in a write off situation.
Vehicle Valuation
I would like a v6Clio.net valuation on my car just in case, market value on mine I would say is currently £18,000 less 20% for CAT D = £14400. Would look good in some form of official looking letter.
What do you think?
Steve
It worked really well, letter headed paper with a valuation (sensible) always impressed the insurance company and made life a lot easier when making a claim.
It’s pointless though if he gives a silly price, but he on the member side so will be fair with the valuation. Although there were a couple of times were the member said I’ve spent £20K on it, but a valuation was only £15K and he was not happy with, but a Club valuation of £15K was better than a real market value of £10K
What happened was that he got sent 5 high quality photos and the cars history, upgrades, service history, spoke to the owner and then wrote a letter giving his value on the car.
The only point of contention was it his opinion and not the market value perceived by the insurance company but as being an officer of the owners club seemed to hold some weight in negotiations over repair or write off values.
The worst could it be is the valuation gets ignored the best is that you get the valuation price in a write off situation.

I would like a v6Clio.net valuation on my car just in case, market value on mine I would say is currently £18,000 less 20% for CAT D = £14400. Would look good in some form of official looking letter.
What do you think?
Steve