Time to first damage (The Golf Accident Thread)

[blanch0b]

my condolences.... its a good thing the gti is also one of the safest cars money can buy

[Nath]

That'll buff straight out....

thats gotta suck, what did she hit?

[GTi Crow]

A car that was in the line to go left and changed its mind. Connected front corners of both vehicles.

[Gregar]

ouch - from that front on picture it looks like the whole chassis has been pushed to the left (our right from front on) - Any idea who is going to be at fault in the accident ? Technically your wife failed to give way to the right, god some people are morons!!

The other thing is do you want it to be repaired ? As it would never be the same again...

[GTi Crow]

ouch - from that front on picture it looks like the whole chassis has been pushed to the left (our right from front on) - Any idea who is going to be at fault in the accident ? Technically your wife failed to give way to the right, god some people are morons!!

The other thing is do you want it to be repaired ? As it would never be the same again...

Fault - Will wait until I have talked to the Police Officer who attended the accident to clear up a few issues.

Repair - will wait until tomorrow after discussions with VW crash repairer to consider options.

[pirelli]

Go to the panel beaters and jump/sit on the roof it will then be a write off

[Brian]

ouch - from that front on picture it looks like the whole chassis has been pushed to the left (our right from front on) - Any idea who is going to be at fault in the accident ? Technically your wife failed to give way to the right, god some people are morons!!

The other thing is do you want it to be repaired ? As it would never be the same again...

You wish to apply blame (fault) to someone in an altercation which is thousands of KMs away when all this poor bugger is interested in is whether his car is retrievable or not. Go away little person.

[Flighter]

Go to the panel beaters and jump/sit on the roof it will then be a write off

Not necessarily I'm afraid. Mine was written off due to roof damage, but only because there are no laser welders in WA. The assessor said if the car had been anywhere they have them (he was from QLD, so mentioned there specifically), it would have been repaired, no question.

[Converted]

We feel for you GTI Crow, most important thing is that your wife is alright.
Good luck with the rest and keep us posted.

[Squozen]

I scratched the hatch on my Golf two days after I got it - raised the hatch in the garage, forgetting about the open garage door above my head.