Totaled MKIV GTI

[madglf3]

Holy Hell!!!

Good to see you're still alive. This makes me a little nervous about everyday driving with the amount of idiots I see on the Coast.

It makes me feel alright that I have a mk4 though, it seems they are pretty well built.

I hope your recovery is quick and hopefully painless mate.

[DaveMack]

Well done on surviving that, Andy. Hope your insurance pays out quickly so you can put it all behind you.

Dave

[gtimk5]

Well done Andy with getting away with such a shocking impact mate.
It takes a long while to enter intersections confidently after things like that happen. I had it happen many years ago in a Mk1.
Good luck for a speedy recovery mate...
Andrew

ps. We had a Patrol run a light yesterday arvo near work and got an old HR ute fair in the door. I wouldnt like to hit my head on an alloy bullbar....

[Manaz]

**** me drunk! (and excuse the french, but I think it's warranted here!)

You did well to get out of that one alive - I can but echo the comments about good german engineering and shudder at the thought of something like that happening in a lesser car (my old Suzuki Baleno for instance)...

Looks like the other car hit the right side in front of the driver's door? Very lucky that you weren't a split-second ahead or the other driver a split-second behind...

[goodfella]

best wishes for a speedy recovery...

just wondering if your gonna stick with another mk 4 or moving up to mk 5 or 6...

[andy_gti]

**** me drunk! (and excuse the french, but I think it's warranted here!)

You did well to get out of that one alive - I can but echo the comments about good german engineering and shudder at the thought of something like that happening in a lesser car (my old Suzuki Baleno for instance)...

Looks like the other car hit the right side in front of the driver's door? Very lucky that you weren't a split-second ahead or the other driver a split-second behind...

Very lucky indeed! There's no doubt in my mind I would have died if I was hit in my drivers side door. The crash investigator told me most people don't survive a collision like that at that speed.

[andy_gti]

best wishes for a speedy recovery...

just wondering if your gonna stick with another mk 4 or moving up to mk 5 or 6...

Not sure to be honest. Haven't given it much thought yet. Just concentrating on recovering fully at the moment. Keen to see what the physio says about my knee. I like to mountain bike and snowboard and I want to be able to continue doing so as soon as possible. Although, I would definitely drive a Golf again, MK 4, 5, or 6. I know one thing for sure, my next car will have airbags!

[thekraut]

EEEEEEEK! Glad you're still alive! Sorry to hear about/see it - all is not lost though. The relationship with one model has ended, ready for an upgrade to a new model...kinda like women really lol

[geoff_gti]

Holy s*** Andy, those are some scary looking photos mate!! So glad to hear you made it out in one relatively-undamaged piece!!

Thank christ for German engineering!! I thought it was a multi car accident too at first, then realised they'd been taken at the yard later on.

Good luck for a speedy recovery champ

[thestu]

glad your alright mate.

that will rub out dw.