Time to first damage (The Golf Accident Thread)

[Rob_R]

just under 3 months old and my baby copped it hard this morning turning right (in the left of 2 right turning lanes) and squeezed into the kerb by an M3. wobbled the car to a stop and called nrma who are sorting everything out now. was in too much shock to get the rego but what can you do

got an xr6 hire car, feels absolutely huge in comparison

Bugger, sorry to hear!! Hope all works out well for you and soon and you don't take it to the same mob as CM did for his fixup.

[chylld]

If no panel damage, other stuff is just replace old for new

Keep smiling

Yeah no panel damage at all. I think what happened is my left front jumped up onto the kerb, but the rear left didn't have enough angle to do the same and copped some pretty heavy damage. Looking down the left hand side from the back, it's pretty obvious the rear is pointed outwards

On the bright side, the whole claim/tow/hirecar process has been very smooth. Also my hire car is a falcon xr6 - such a massive car but quite nice to cruise around in

could have done an axel and a wheel hub but as CM said a replacement will sort that out, just hope they are in stock.. will definitely need to get an alignment. Well there is cost a carbon fibre insert.. will have to put that off

Glad you are ok and your plans are in tact

CF has already been paid for lol! Yeah hope the replacement parts are in stock, I wouldn't be surprised if I actually damaged the suspension arms - it was a pretty decent whack. Will ask for a full report from the repairer when I pick the car up, hopefully within the next 2 weeks since that's how long I have the falcon for. Ploughman's lunch is definitely still on, rain hail or apocalypse

Bugger, sorry to hear!! Hope all works out well for you and soon and you don't take it to the same mob as CM did for his fixup.

thanks, given that no cosmetic work is needed (which is still to my disbelief) even they should be able to do a pretty good job. The repairer recommended by NRMA in my first prang was top notch, absolutely flawless work (Autotech Smash Repairs in Artarmon).

[golf_punk]

My driver's door was dented in three places during its 45,000km service just before Xmas. Door has moved slightly as there is no longer the solid "thunk" sound when closing, and there is noticeable wind noise when driving at freeway speeds.

Booked in tomorrow to "have the door replaced" - we'll see if it's the whole door or just the door skin. Here's hoping they fix it properly the first time.

[Ideo]

RB Golf R 5 door.

Now with a crack across the entire windscreen.

Kids. Always pay the extra for windscreen cover. New genuine screen being installed on Saturday.

[Captain Courteous]

New genuine screen being installed on Saturday.

Who's doing your windscreen?

[Ideo]

Who's doing your windscreen?

Windscreen O'Brien in Roseville. They said I could get an OEM screen in the next couple of days or a genuine in about 4 days. Either way insurance would pay for it. Genuine all the way.

Through NRMA insurance.

[chylld]

Windscreen O'Brien in Roseville. They said I could get an OEM screen in the next couple of days or a genuine in about 4 days. Either way insurance would pay for it. Genuine all the way.

Through NRMA insurance.

These guys are great - fixed a chip in my previous car in about an hour, totally couldn't see it afterwards. Super friendly staff there

[dribs]

thanks, given that no cosmetic work is needed (which is still to my disbelief) even they should be able to do a pretty good job. The repairer recommended by NRMA in my first prang was top notch, absolutely flawless work (Autotech Smash Repairs in Artarmon).

Just want to add Autotech Smash Repairs are highly recommended by me. I got involved in a smash couple of months ago and these guys fixed my car back to its original state. Excellent workmanship and can't recommend them enough.

Speak to Jared if you haev problems, excellent person to deal with and seems to have great pride in his job.

[stewarthou]

Damm, I damaged my 1 month old GTI's rim... unhappy.

[Ryan_R]

I've parted company with my car while the rear bumper is being fixed following that incident last month where someone hit me. They've got the car until Friday so I'm expecting a good job. I already miss it.