Golf GTI Edition 35

[walbjj]

any pics of the accident? rear ending, or both front and back

[spooler]

I have a few crappy ones on the phone that don't really make it look that bad but I'll tell you now..... the rear end of these cars are amazingly strong! The car that hit me up the hoop was a Suzuki Grand Vitara and his nudge bar was about where the radiator should be!
I stopped before the car in front but was rammed into it all the same so front and rear damage plus the right hand front panel and the exhaust pipes. The front of the car copped a big ass tow bar so all the radiator etc are royally screwed

Still trying to work out how to upload pics.

[spooler]

Anyway, here is the link to the pics on flickr:

Was worse than it looks | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Rear end looks reasonable. Very strong! | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Poor car | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[walbjj]

honestly, i dont think they will write that off. any reason why u would think they would write it off. it has to be "repair costs beyond a certain financial criteria". usually more than half. also, if the chassis is damaged. but it looks like a pretty std shunt
i did this back on 2001, brand new s2000.



cost me $65k, took 6 weeks for insurance to payout, and got a brand new one, which was $70k as price went up.

[spooler]

Well the only reason I say they will write it off is because they told me it's looking that way on the phone. The car has been towed to the auction house where the write offs go. Now, I'm not saying it isn't repairable, but there are two types of 'write offs'. First is probably what you S2000 was...... totally unfit for repair! Second is called a commercial write off where by the car is repairable but will take a long time to fix so they pay out the claim (new for old or monetary) and then repair and resell the car to recoup some of the cost. This is the way I was explained it over the phone. I was a little incredulous since the damage doesn't look that bad (but is worse than the photo's show) but apparently they don't go to Pickles unless they are pretty much a no hope....... otherwise they take them to a repairer and have the assessor go out there.
Anyway, will know more by the end of the week and have a Adidas secured just in case.

[Corey_R]

Did the airbag go off? If you get rear ended, pushed into the car in front, AND your airbag goes off, then it's almost instantly a writeoff.

I was rear ended in my MKV GTI, pushed into the two cars in front, but my airbag didn't go off as I was leaning forward to grab my drink bottle from the door at the time I was hit from behind.... it was still a write off, but they had to start taking it apart to realise...


Having said that... after looking at your photos, they're nowhere near as bad as my Golf was, lol....

[MkVIGTI]

Doesn't look like the engine and chassis were damaged from those photos.

[Ryan41]

Anyway, here is the link to the pics on flickr:

Was worse than it looks | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Rear end looks reasonable. Very strong! | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Poor car | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

unfortunately for you, i dont think there is 45k worth of damage to your car.. so they will fix it. theres not enough to cause it to be a write off unless your chassis is bent and engine has been damaged.. its going to suck if they chose to fix it! will never be the same

[spooler]

Well, got the word today that it is actually not that bad! The rear is where the hit was and the front is pretty superficial. Apparently, it looked worse cause of the towbar and it will be getting all new radiators and intercoolers etc but nothing is bent. I was only going about 50 before the accident and stopped so what they recon was it felt worse than it was cause I haven't been in an accident before :-P Nothing in the chassis is bent, the front LH and RH guards aren't even moved so it was pretty minor shunt that they see everyday.
Still would have preferred a new car (who wouldn't??) but it's good that it's pretty easily fixed :-P

Thanks for all the advice fella's..... turns out I was over reacting a little

[Ryan41]

Well, got the word today that it is actually not that bad! The rear is where the hit was and the front is pretty superficial. Apparently, it looked worse cause of the towbar and it will be getting all new radiators and intercoolers etc but nothing is bent. I was only going about 50 before the accident and stopped so what they recon was it felt worse than it was cause I haven't been in an accident before :-P Nothing in the chassis is bent, the front LH and RH guards aren't even moved so it was pretty minor shunt that they see everyday.
Still would have preferred a new car (who wouldn't??) but it's good that it's pretty easily fixed :-P

Thanks for all the advice fella's..... turns out I was over reacting a little

damn man.. guttered for you.. if my R got damaged like that.. id sell it one it was fixed! as id never feel the same way about it!