Well I have a little update on insurance and my old XM. The grey XM has now been scrapped. So thats not taking up space in the garage anymore. Very sad, but thats life. Cant keep a crumpled shell. I actually scrapped it myself, rather than letting them do it..... there was no way it could be fixed without major structural work on jigs ect. and that would be extremely expensive. So it is no more.
We have settled on a price for it. £1438.50 to be precise. much better than the first price of £70... and the improved offer of £150. I sent a very curt letter and two ads of two similar XM's to prove that £150 was insulting and that they were doing nothing to put me back in the position i was in before the accident, it wouldn't cover buying a new car, let alone a new XM of the same or similar condition. Anyway the settlement has paid for Robs XM and some more. I got the cheque Monday..which was a surprise, so it was swiftly banked after some thought yesterday.
But there has been a twist in the tail of this accident. Another car was involved which i had no clue to at all. Apparently the Fiat Scudo van I hit...sorry ...was forced into
, hit another vehicle. It could only been a small bump by then though. The Lorry who technically caused the accident is disputing liability. Saying it is the white LDV van who cut him up. To be fair I believe him. anyway its going to take longer to solve who is at blame for the whole thing. Going to be an interesting outcome there....
On other things, got home from the XM25, double parked and unloaded the car, and then went to move it. It wouldn't start, doing its trick on me like last month. Until it had cooled down it finally did start. So clearly when it gets hot it plays up. I have found the starter mod, by adding an extra relay, but i think i might also change the ignition switch too. If all fails then, I have a good starter motor to pop on.
Otherwise all is fine with MOR. I have painted the window caps and its had a new front bumper all sprayed up too. Just need to properly finish the clear coat on that to get it really shiny.
The glove box has been swapped and now has working strut and catch. So nice to have the lid glide up.
The lid to the fusebox however did break its hinges on Friday morning just before leaving for XM25. So that was held in place with duct tape, until Monday when i replaced it with my spare. So all fixed there.
I also have curious fault. Last week I went to do some Citrobatics and tried to put the selector into low. nothing unusual about that. It wouldn't go in to low.... the selector i mean. Thought its the plastic rubber gaiter dislodged. Put it all back, still wouldn't go into low. The gaiter was hitting something in the groove of the runners...right in the middle. I couldn't see what it is and couldn't dislodge it. So i had to resort to cutting a slot in the middle of the gaiter tip. It now works fine and you wouldn't know. But odd. It must be a screw head or something. Really strange.
And the interior lights are still working and the electrovalve is doing what it is meant to. So not touching that boot switch again!
