Okay...who smacked their R32?

[sir_camel]

ouch...another one gone

[RolfGolf]

Looks like it took quite a hit - you'd be wanting to get along and check it out before dropping cash on it.

[Speed]

Looks like it took quite a hit - you'd be wanting to get along and check it out before dropping cash on it.

The hit is not as bad as it looks, especially considering the air bags didn't go off.
Sure you'd want to check it out but if you can get it for 15K and lets say you have to spend 5K on it then you end up with an R32 with new panles for about 20K. 10K cheaper than whats on offer in car sales.

ouch...another one gone

Its not gone, just deemed by the insurance company as uneconomical to repair.
They do this due to the usual high price that smash repairers charge for paint, parts and labour.

After 31 October, insurance companies will be repairing more cars as they won't be able to get the money (that they do now) from auctions like Manheims and pickles.

The way it works is that insurance Co's calculate the car value minus the reserve price they can get at auction.
If the cost of repairs (from quotes) exceeds the difference then they write the car off. (As a repairable write off)

After 31 October they can't get the same money at auction as the only write offs will be statutory write offs, which means the car can never be re-registered and only sold for parts. These cars are worth nothing, so don't be surprised if more cars are actually repaired from the insurance companies after the said date.

Policies will probably increase as a result since their profit margin will be considerably less.

IMO insurance co's should be repairing more cars but are simply too greedy to do so.

[Manaz]

If the airbags didn't go off in a hit big enough to dent the front like that, I'm concerned...

[GoLfMan]

someone buy it and fix it

[Treza360]

If the airbags didn't go off in a hit big enough to dent the front like that, I'm concerned...

Yeah exactly. That's not a minor deformation of the front end. It's hit a pole or tree or something with some decent force. Also why has the steering wheel been taped up in the interior picture shown. Looks to me more the airbag has gone off and then either been stuffed back in or removed completely and then the wheel taped up.
I'll take a good guess that there's a lot more than 5ks worth of damage to that as well. Quozl's little front end tap on Targa Wrest cost more than that to fix and that was parts donated by a VW dealer at cost price and the workshop who did the repairs basically worked for free.
Cheers,
Trent

[dainese]

yeah, agreed. more than 5k.

but still worth a look at to fix if its sold cheap.

[Speed]

Yeah exactly. That's not a minor deformation of the front end. It's hit a pole or tree or something with some decent force. Also why has the steering wheel been taped up in the interior picture shown. Looks to me more the airbag has gone off and then either been stuffed back in or removed completely and then the wheel taped up.
I'll take a good guess that there's a lot more than 5ks worth of damage to that as well. Quozl's little front end tap on Targa Wrest cost more than that to fix and that was parts donated by a VW dealer at cost price and the workshop who did the repairs basically worked for free.
Cheers,
Trent

I've done two recently with this sort of damage. It's not possible to stuff the airbag back in the wheel and have it sit flush, you also can't remove it unless you take out the entire centre piece. (horn/airbag section)
Also the steering wheel tears right open. The passenger side airbag dents the lid when it goes off, which is also not present here.

Possibly the owner had the bags disabled? Either way I would fix it for 5K (based on the parts that I listed previously) and ensure the bags are enabled.

I'm not surprised that usual panel shops or VW would quote a lot more than 5K, thats why its been declared a repairable write off but thats my price to help another VW enthusiast put a brilliant car back on the road. If I had the cash I'd be bidding on it for myself but as it is I already have more cars than garages.

I use nothing but quality paints and spray in a professional booth.

[greasykitchen]

Could it have been a failure of the air bag sensor (or some such)? Just a thought. Don't know why you'd want to disable the bags. I know nothing, though.

Also, note the P plate on the ground in one of the pics.

[thekraut]

Very sorry to see this!!!