My other half's mkIV is now 2 feet shorter :(

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:25 pm

will try to do it

main mods were declared - wheels and lowered

insurance assessment place has the car - so can't change anything for obvious reasons. If she gets the full money back for her mods then it's fine, but if not then we will have to ask if we can change them back to the vw standard lights, stereo, mirrors (and gearknob). see what they say (probably "no"!). i hope we can do it, but i am clueless with regards to what they usually do.

has anyone else had this experience?

Geezer · Post by **Geezer** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 12:08 am

contact the salvage yard and say u wanna pick up ur personal belongings from the car and take things like mats etc then, if they write it off they will let u swap standard bits back

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 1:07 pm

will they charge you to change the bits? I think they might do...

Geezer · Post by **Geezer** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 5:04 pm

na-i did it on my escort and on me birds car when they got wrote off

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:11 pm

excellent

it was 2500 worth of damage, and the car is worth 3k, maybe 3500 with the wheels on. It's borderline, will hear next week.

Will try to get the bits back if it's a write off. Will let u know...

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:32 pm

\/\/inner!

At least she had a proper crash, not one of these pathetic little ones women normally do

glad shes ok though!

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:55 pm

every cloud has a silver lining...

Geezer · Post by **Geezer** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 1:44 am

2.5K?! instant write off! get the parts asap, and start sourcing a new car

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 10:49 pm

It's worth 3k plus the wheels, and we were told that about 70% of the insured price is the borderline write off figure.... so it's close if you include the wheels. she should know early this week. we were looking at Autotrader this weekend and I was trying to convince her to go for a late 1.4 16v mkiv. I was pushing for KarlM's motor too, but I think she reckons it's too old compared to the ones she's looking at (although it offers a lot more bang for your buck!)

Geezer · Post by **Geezer** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 5:56 pm

reckon its a write off wit 2.5k damage, they wont include/care about the wheels
get a 16v-theyre good laugh!

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 9:55 pm

what's the deal with the wheels then? if they're insured then they should give what they're worth too, unless we take em?

they still haven't bloody decided - taking their time. apparently it was between 2 and 2.5k, so it looks like they haven't reached a decision yet.

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 12:07 pm

The Black MkIV lives another day!

they have decided to fix it!