Officially written off...

kc · Post by kc » Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:34 pm

well guys, 2 weeks later and i have the engineers report back.

and my gti has been written off

its been a pain in the ass as they wanted to re-shell the car, so i threatened a redemption claim, in which their reply was no! suprising what a quick threat can do to a insurance company!

i got top book value for the car and offerered salvage, so i have bought it back but sold it already.

new car then?

gary87 · Post by **gary87** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:11 pm

are the seats for sale?

kc · Post by kc » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:02 pm

ive sold the car already as a whole mate, sorry

Jeff GTi · Post by **Jeff GTi** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:25 am

great stuff kc, well pleased for you mate, good threat too haha

was speaking to andy in awesome only last week, we was saying how it was such a shame, but least the end result is for the best eh

nice white gti coming now is it mate

kc · Post by kc » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:37 pm

thanks man

oh yeh so glad its been written off though, was starting to worry about them trying to fix it!

ive got the pictures from the assesor ill whack up later on tonight!

and yep mate, your right, candy white gti coming soon, end of march hopefull, leather and winter pack! warm toasty bum on these cold mornings!!

Harnz · Post by **Harnz** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:42 pm

yh what actually happend hw it was written off and lucky ting they never tryed to stil repair it the car neva feels the same after a crash.

kc · Post by kc » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:57 pm

got rear ended mate, car was doing about 40/50 when it struck my car and when he did, he shoved it into my wall and it scraped down the nearside bending the sill etc, what i failed to see was the crease in the door til the snow melted!

repair costs from the engineer came to just under Â£7500!!
they said they would repair it, so i started to claim for redemption value too, which was another Â£2500 on top! as soon as they heard i was doing doing that, a updated report came through with TOTAL LOSS on the bottom of it... strange that isnt it lol

heres some pics...sorry about the size!

bent chassis and boot floor - you can tell tell its bent when you look at the alignment of the seats

rear quarter damage and internal wing damage - needed a whole new rear quarter!

rear window, bootlid, rear end basically...

and the crease in the roof on the join on the B pillar

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Harnz · Post by **Harnz** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:12 pm

amazin hw quik dey changed der tune. cant really expect you to drive it after dat damage i kno i wouldnt. happy you got full money for it and are gona be in a real stunner soon

Sershen · Post by **Sershen** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:17 pm

This might sound stupid...but what is ar edemption claim?

Harnz · Post by **Harnz** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:22 pm

not to sure what a redemtion claim is but roughly i tink its when the people have to repay the full amount or market value of the car to the owner for damages or loss

kc · Post by kc » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:26 pm

got it in one mate

its basically what you can claim for the loss of value of your vehicle as its being repaired or off the road due to damage and costs