Mk VI car vandalised - questions?

[Pmam]

Hi all,

my mk VI black golf was parked on a busyish road this week, residential area, and i returned to it to find both mirrors and mirror covers removed, and both fog light / vent covers removed. Incredibly annoyed as this car was in tip top condition. Anyway maybe that was the problem- one friend indicated likely vandalised for parts as they are relatively expensive. Still, cost for these parts total seems to be $300 according to other sites...

a couple of questions:

- have others also had problems with external parts being removed?
- cant imagine that total cost for parts and labour is lass than $600, hence best done as an insurance job. Comments?

cheers

[dslme]

What's your insurance premium? If the total cost to fix everything up is less than it, then there's no point in doing it through them.

Also, do you have a no-claim bonus?

You could save a little money with non-OEM parts as well

[Umai Naa!!]

Get prices through the dealership, including labour to fit, before deciding whether to fix it yourself or going down the insurance path.

[Pmam]

What's your insurance premium? If the total cost to fix everything up is less than it, then there's no point in doing it through them.

Also, do you have a no-claim bonus?

You could save a little money with non-OEM parts as well

Hi, thanks for replying. My excess is 600, hence why i was asking about the likely cost to complete.

I am on maximum no claim bonus for life, so that wont be impacted

i know the guy at autohaus strecker at alexandria pretty well, will check in with him tomorrow...

[Pmam]

Thanks...will check with my local dealer. Have you heard of this sort of thing happening elsewhere? First time our local police had ever seen this...