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First Snow Casualty?
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:22 am
by Gti_Lew
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!
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:49 pm
by kc
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
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:20 pm
by Gti_Lew
oh dear
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:55 pm
by Si_GTi
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!!
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:06 pm
by M@Turner
Absolutely gutted for you mate!
Did the taxi driver stop then and pass over details?
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:05 pm
by KennyPOLO_Gti
Gutted for ya mate! You gettin another polo??
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:18 pm
by Jeff GTi
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
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:23 am
by kc
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.
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:30 am
by Jeff GTi
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
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:54 pm
by Gti_Lew
yeah you will be sorry
no worries dude just call me lew
do you have GAP insurance by any chance?
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:17 pm
by kc
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...
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:17 am
by Jeff GTi
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?
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:37 am
by kc
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
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:02 am
by Jeff GTi
you can defo see the damage mate, not good bet your absolutely gutted, i know i would be
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:26 am
by Gra-GT
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
