Berlingo bumper.

The message from Chris Bacon contains these words:

Ah, that's the trouble with modern motors, innit. I don't know why people buy cars that cost so much to fix then complain how much they cost! I also resent the vast cost of insurance which is inflated by how expensive modern cars are to fix.

Sorry - that wasn't a dig at you personally but this sort of expense is getting more common not less.

It's modern construction techniques, metallic paint/... hasn't helped.

I do wonder what a car made for true minimum cost of ownership would look like.

Including fuel, insurance, routine repairs over 5 years, average damage over 5 years, ...

Some problems are obvious - body coloured bumpers et al, meaning that all minor impacts need repainted,

I know. I boggle at the price...

No problem. It's *absolutely ridicluous*.

Don't know anything about spraying plastic bumpers, do you? The old boy whose car it is is feeling a bit faint... it's probably

You're being quoted the insurance cost using genuine parts.

A bumper will set you back around £200 to get it painted and fitted by a local bodyshop so all you have to do is source your own. If you get one from a scrappies, try to get a non metallic colour as its easier to spray over.

Relatively easy to fit.

If it were me I'd fit them unpainted, as per the Berlingo van, and save money.

sponix