Unfortunately Laura's Fig received damage to the rear wing and rear bumpers. She was able to carry on using the car and reported it to her insurers who asked her to take it to the Repair Shop they used. Of course they had never dealt with a Figaro before and a lengthy saga then began of calls to a call centre. Different operators each time and different reasons for delays including one alarming statement that they may write the car off! When would we get an "OH - YES"? In the meantime Jason from Figaros4sale gave a reasonable quote. Eventually they offered a sum which almost covered this. Not sure why they suddenly decided to do this? They of course were trying to price up a new wing which is impossible. Whereas Jason has the expertise to repair it which he has now done - looks better than ever now. Hopefully there will not be a next time but we may switch to an agreed value policy and enquire what the repair procedure is.
Another Register member had her Figaro "written off" on her first journey. The insurers declared it a "write off". She got the full price back and has bought another one AND bought back the "damaged" one which she will get repaired by a Figaro Specialist at a later date.
In another case a local owner had his written off when the repair bill reached £8k but did not buy it back.
Initial research on the internet reveals there are different catergories of "write off". The catergory with the least damage allows you to get the car repaired but then is subject to an inspection and MOT. I would guess that because of the lack of new replacement parts Figaros would usually fall into this catergory.