First Snow Casualty?

Gti_Lew · Post by **Gti_Lew** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:22 am

Had an oh no moment about 10 minutes ago

turning into my street, at about 5mph (glad i took it at this speed) as i got into my street i went to straighten up and the car decided to go in search of a bush, in front of which was a lampost, i thought oh no here we go, new car, just my luck, but the little soldier just bumped off the kerb thankfully, just a small scratch on the lip of the wheel, phew!

be careful out there!

kc · Post by kc » Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:49 pm

i can top that.....

how about... a dopy taxi driver ramming into my parked gti.... at 650am this morning, sending it 20ft into a main road....

...writing it off....

hmm....

APR mapped ecu anyone?! lol

Gti_Lew · Post by **Gti_Lew** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:20 pm

oh dear

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:55 pm

kc wrote:i can top that.....

how about... a dopy taxi driver ramming into my parked gti.... at 650am this morning, sending it 20ft into a main road....

...writing it off....

hmm....

APR mapped ecu anyone?! lol

That sucks!!

M@Turner · Post by **M@Turner** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:06 pm

Absolutely gutted for you mate!

Did the taxi driver stop then and pass over details?

KennyPOLO_Gti · Post by **KennyPOLO_Gti** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:05 pm

Gutted for ya mate! You gettin another polo??

Jeff GTi · Post by **Jeff GTi** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:18 pm

oh mate gutted, thats absolutely awful, really do feel for you,

sorry in advance if this offends, dont suppose you fancy selling me your boost guage in the dash pod do you?

sorry to scavenge, just a thought if its getting written off

hope all gets sorted soon for you

kc · Post by kc » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:23 am

thanks for comments guys, sorry gti_lew for taking over your post man

the taxi driver couldnt go anyway cos his front end was stoved in and probably wrote off his car too!

hopefully the insurance will write it off and then i can get another one, or something else... but a white polo dropped on its ass sounds tempting lol

jeff if i do sell then yeh thats totally fine, youve got first refusal - but ill let ya know chief.

Jeff GTi · Post by **Jeff GTi** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:30 am

cheers kc, but in fairness, i would prefer you to keep it for your white one mate

fingers are crossed for you mate, hope you get sorted out quickly and pain free

Gti_Lew · Post by **Gti_Lew** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:54 pm

yeah you will be sorry

no worries dude just call me lew

do you have GAP insurance by any chance?

kc · Post by kc » Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:17 pm

haha nice one pal

yeh i have gap insurance, im pretty sure its finance gap, so ill need to find another few hundred squids if i am to get a new one cos the list price has gone up!

but on another note, took it down to my local bodyshop today and its not looking right healthy for a repair, so hopefully they will right it off...

Jeff GTi · Post by **Jeff GTi** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:17 am

any pics of damage? or whats damaged exactly, do you have a spare wheel by any chance? also if its not frontal damage, can i have your MAF sensor and engine cover if it is written off?

kc · Post by kc » Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:37 am

doesnt really show the extent of the damage, but as you can see the offside wing is creased, nearside is creased, roof is buckled, boot floor is no more, nearside alloy is scratched to hell...

yeh ill let you off if its written off mate no worries

Jeff GTi · Post by **Jeff GTi** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:02 am

you can defo see the damage mate, not good bet your absolutely gutted, i know i would be

Gra-GT · Post by **Gra-GT** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:26 am

Unless the roof is creased mate, I would guess they could probably repair that. Because its a GTI it obviously the most expensive model, so for the insurance company it'll probably better financially.

Did this to mine over a year ago and this was repaired