MikeTheThinker

I suggest you ask for top book, citing the clean condition of the vehicle and its rarity. Make them do the work of bidding you down and remember you can always say no to their offer, which will increase their costs (more time and admin) thus encourage them to come to a settlement. Be firm but reasonable. Also, you should be offered a replacement vehicle at their cost whilst your claim is being sorted out.

You can get an idea of the market value with a free valuation from Parkers here. Another route is via Autotrader.

Ouch! Just be glad you weren't in it at the time ...

I understand there were two different filters fitted to Octy2 weasels so of course there are two different filters available. Motor factors can't determine which from the car reg number, referring enquiries to the part number on the fitted filter. Therein lies the rub (thanks Hamlet). I can't see a part number from the top of the filter housing and don't want to take it off just to find out which filter I need to then reassemble it to go and buy the right filter to come back and dismantle it to fit the filter ... you get the idea. So, is there any better way to determine the correct filter? When I asked at the motor factors they showed me the two filters they stock - one long one and one short one. Is it that easy? it's either a long filter housing or a short one?

Just read an interesting article on Fleet News listing all the known emission zone activity for mainland UK. It seems to be up to date to January this year and also includes good details of what the various emission zones mean. I've summarised the listed locales, their actions and action dates below and a link to the full article is here. Low Emissions Zones action dates.xls