Extensive hail damage

[nicandlance]

No, they took the car then and there.
I will be driving my husbands battered up Astina for a while....

The roof damage was pretty bad... up to about a hundred dents right across the top. The sides of the roof (above the doors) were also bashed in, bonnet had about 50 dings. Side mirror also busted off.

Took out my floor mats (just in case).

I don't care about the wait so much - it will be frustrating, but I was more worried they'd try to save themselves money and fix it.

So far - very happy with AAMI. Gave us a taxi home from Preston to Rowville, assessment quick and painless (just shaky knees on my part), staff all very friendly.
Perhaps I wouldn't be so happy if I had to get repairs, but thankfully I haven't had to deal with that.

[Lima]

Good news on your replacement car Nic. Hope you get a new one in double quick time.

[DracZ]

Been keeping an eye out on this thread since its inception (I've just signed up with AAMI just a couple of weeks back), great news and congrats on the replacement!

[Christopher]

Great to hear Nic. Sounds like your luck is turing!
Did they give you an indication as to how long your wait will now be?

[mr gee]

All the best. Nic, now you can spec the Golf you would have wanted.

Have been with AAMI for 10 years and have been happy with them.

[SpeedBird]

Thats good news, and you can get a 2010 year build one to. Hopefully Take Two will be better when it arrives.

Now you might as well see which auction house it will go to and perhaps see how much they are going to sell it for to finish off this chapter.

[nicandlance]

Thats good news, and you can get a 2010 year build one to. Hopefully Take Two will be better when it arrives.

Now you might as well see which auction house it will go to and perhaps see how much they are going to sell it for to finish off this chapter.

It's going to Fowles. Wonder if they'll tell me what it sold for?

Don't know about the wait yet. AAMI will call me this week (I hope), and we'll go from there. Not sure if they will source the car, or whether they'll give me a cheque to do the shopping myself.
Hoping there is a car on the way that suits my specs... then I won't have to order one and wait the extra 25 weeks that VW says the wait has been blown out to!

[Corey_R]

then I won't have to order one and wait the extra 25 weeks that VW says the wait has been blown out to!

Which page does it say that on Nic ?

[SpeedBird]

It's going to Fowles. Wonder if they'll tell me what it sold for?

You should be able to track it if you know when the auction date is, perhaps go down and see what it sells for.....would be interesting to know. Then I can see it turning up on a used car lot once some dodgy repair man applies his touch to it.

[Splashalot]

Just want to add my best wishes - sounds like you've had a rotten year to date. They say bad things come in 3s, so hopefully that's your lot for quite a while.