sanguinious
New member
I had a nice surprise this morning when I went to put my key in the lock only to find that someone had got there before me with a screwdriver.
The police were already there as they had broken in to 7 other cars, but had smashed the windows to get in and take stuff they had on display.
I thought I was better off as they had not smashed the window, and I had nothing on display, as I never do, but it turns out I'm not.
If they had smashed the window I would pay £50 window excess and job done, as there was nothing of value in the car as the stereo doesn’t always work all the time anyway.
But after ringing to decide if it is worth getting the work done out of insurance I rang Fiat, and have been quoted £330ish, as they will need to replace all locks and code them. They also said that only Fiat garages can code the keys so I can't go else where, I confirmed this by ring the garage across the road who won't touch it.
If I go through insurance, I should only pay £100 excess as it is down as attempted theft, but then will loose my no claims, so my premium will be allot higher over the next few years, so I would have thought that I could recoup the £330 over that length of time.
Does it sound like a lot of money for the work? I don't really want to do it on the cheap and have two keys or anything like that, would rather just get it done, and not affect the value of the car.
The police were already there as they had broken in to 7 other cars, but had smashed the windows to get in and take stuff they had on display.
I thought I was better off as they had not smashed the window, and I had nothing on display, as I never do, but it turns out I'm not.
If they had smashed the window I would pay £50 window excess and job done, as there was nothing of value in the car as the stereo doesn’t always work all the time anyway.
But after ringing to decide if it is worth getting the work done out of insurance I rang Fiat, and have been quoted £330ish, as they will need to replace all locks and code them. They also said that only Fiat garages can code the keys so I can't go else where, I confirmed this by ring the garage across the road who won't touch it.
If I go through insurance, I should only pay £100 excess as it is down as attempted theft, but then will loose my no claims, so my premium will be allot higher over the next few years, so I would have thought that I could recoup the £330 over that length of time.
Does it sound like a lot of money for the work? I don't really want to do it on the cheap and have two keys or anything like that, would rather just get it done, and not affect the value of the car.