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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: R32UK on 18 December 2009, 18:04
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yep.. a victim of the horrible weather conditions... and its not good new :cry:
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Oh no. :sad: I think I know what you're going to say.
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car is well n truly foooked. both wheels, front bumper, wing and both door. drivers door just about opens.. and drives a little funny.
the other guy was going waaay too fast and i could see the ice on the road and had slowed almost to a stop. he came round the corner understeering and then slammed on, and into me and down the side. good old tranny driver eh!! :undecided:
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Ah mate, so sorry for you! Insurance will sort it fella.
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yeah.. was a transit van. I knew as soon as he came around the corner he was going to loose it. As you can see he pushed me onto the kerb and only a couple of inches from that metal handrail :shocked:
Will be getting collected tomorrow.. and a replacement car dropped off. Spoke to the bodyshop of the dealer i used last time and he said they would look into using their accident management company. As they dont have any mk6 gti's available i did manage to convince him i need an R32!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:
so maybe some good will come of this after all :undecided:
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That is vile pal tell me u gave the tranny driver a pasting =) seriously tho unlucky
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Gutted for you :cry: - I had a delivery van slide out infront of me this morning because he was driving like a tw*t. Fortunately I was able to stop in time.
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Snow and ice who wants it, slap the tranny, are the police involved ? maybe get him done for dangerous driving or just being a fan*y ?
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tbh he got straight out and asked if im ok etc etc, and knew it was his fault so i didnt really fly off the handle. Sh1t happens (and there were 2 of them :grin:) but it was just at the entrance to a primary school at 3.30 so within about 30sec after the accident there were cars all over the place, and we were blocking the road.
I just took a few pics and his details, then moved the car to have a look at his van.. which was a shed anyway!!
i just want another R32 to boot around in for this crap weather :evil:
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nasty :sad: :sad:
Glad you're in one piece though; cars are easy to replace, people aren't :smiley:
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Ouch!
Try not to let it ruin your Christmas.
It'll get sorted soon enough and be good as new.
At least no one was hurt. :smiley:
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Thats really sh-t, i feel for you Gilly :cry: insurance will sort it and hope you get an R32 as a loan car,
I think dentmaster is out of the question for that one Kev, he was good but not that good :wink:
Glad your ok mate
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gutted for you. Hopefully the insurance gets it sorted.
R32 is a bonus in otherwise bad circumstances. All the best!!
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A true nightmare if ever there was one. Who said they would love a white Xmas?
And be careful of the Accident Management Co. R32 will no doubt have a higher spot rate than a Gti (although I could be wrong-would have to check). You are entitled to a like for like replacement as this is a non fault incident but the third party insurers may kick off. Having said that, that should be the AMC's look out, they take the risk.
Sorry, I'm an Insurance Broker Claims Manager :laugh: ill shut up now.........
Hope you get the GTi back quickly pal.
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Oh Jesus mate, thats f**kin horrible. I really don't know quite what to say. I'm glad you're not hurt.
I hope the insurance covers everything and you get the GTI back to normal asap.
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That's horrible mate :cry:
Did you get any independant witnesses names?
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You should have observed his speed and actually speeded up yourself instead of slowing down to a crawl. Lots to learn yet about driving me thinks.
ie got out of his way.
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You should have observed his speed and actually speeded up yourself instead of slowing down to a crawl. Lots to learn yet about driving me thinks.
ie got out of his way.
if I've ever read a more condensending, arbitrary, self-rightous post I cant remember it. If you weren't there how can you possibly make such a sweeping statement?
Lots to learn about social decorum and haste when posting me thinks......had a couple of beers have we?
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You should have observed his speed and actually speeded up yourself instead of slowing down to a crawl. Lots to learn yet about driving me thinks.
ie got out of his way.
OMG, what a horribly baffling thing to say. What goes on in you're head ? :shocked:
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howdy fella
so unfortunate to get into this mess - glad to see you're ok though and nobody else was hurt
i hope you get the motor back looking like it should and *driving* like it should
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Gutted for ya Gilly.
Hope it all gets sorted okay. :sad:
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Sorry to see another member having their pride and joy ruin by other roaduser who do not give a toss!
Hope you get everything sorted out!
'Sometimes' I wish there is global warming!
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Cheers for the comments guys :wink:
Yes the AMC has pretty much agreed that its his fault, and the fact that I took pictures definately helps. So hopefully will double up as some helpful advice for anyone else in a situation like this... I would always take pictures despite the gent admitting (kind of) that it was his fault. You never know when they are going to change their mind.
No witnesses Hurdy (well there were loads) as lots of mums in 4x4's were on their school run so there was no chance of them braving the cold weather :angry:
Not hurt at all tbh, and wont be going down the blame/claim route as its just not right imo.
Eggy... again talking rubbish. Speeding up and driving head on into a railing and kerb??? yeah great idea pal :wink:
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gutted for ya m8!!
hope ya get it sorted
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Sorry to hear !!!
Thank God nobody got hurt especially with "these days"... :smiley:
Besides a 100 percent repair I always buy myself something "extra" to ease the pain...so in the end I end up better...I know an evil advice..... :cool:
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Trust it to be a tranny driver!!!
At Least you get to play in another R32 again at least!!!!!
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Ouch! Sorry to hear of your misfortune, but the car will be back on the road in no time. No real harm done :smiley:
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Feel for you.
At least you've got the R for the snowy conditions!
Hopefully it'll be resolved hassle free. Have a good Christmas.
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Just a quick question, what were the side airbags like, did they deploy ?
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That really sucks... especially a week before Christmas.
At least no one was hurt and guy is admitting liability - so your insurance won't get bumped for it.
Hopefully the horrid weather will have gone by the time you get it back - all shiney and new again!
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Sorry to see this. :cry: Glad your ok, :smiley: I hope you get it repaired to as good as new, Watch for paint match with the white.
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If i crash my car will they give me an R32, i miss it :cry:
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Got my courtesy car this morning. An Alfa 156 2.4 GTD.... looks :cool: drives :undecided:
so from a FWD, manual, petrol, hatchback, with cloth, i am now in a RWD, auto, diesel, with leather.... :huh:
not really like for like, so i will be going with the VW AMC instead come monday morning and hopefully they can have me back in a golf at some point. Not being fussy but I have quite a few early starts and leather is the worst thing to have, and in this freezing cold weather a RWD auto is just no fun.
So who is going to have a guess at the cost of the repair????
I will start.. £5830 + vat :grin:
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Not being fussy but I have quite a few early starts and leather is the worst thing to have, and in this freezing cold weather a RWD auto is just no fun.
You pansy, i was up at 4am this morning and the leather was fine
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I will start.. £5830 + vat :grin:
WOW! :shocked:
What exactly do you have to get done? Obviously a new wing and door. The bumper looks like it can be re-used?
Suspension?
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I will start.. £5830 + vat :grin:
WOW! :shocked:
What exactly do you have to get done? Obviously a new wing and door. The bumper looks like it can be re-used?
Suspension?
At a guess new front bumper (as its insurance im sure they will change it)
new front wing
new front door
new rear door
sill underneath the front door
new wing mirror
2 x new monza shadow
it was only a guess but I would easily say the 5k mark. i am quite sure its driving slightly funny too.. :undecided:
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it was only a guess but I would easily say the 5k mark. i am quite sure its driving slightly funny too.. :undecided:
I suppose when I think that getting the rear bumper on my ED30 replaced (whole thing), sprayed and fitted was £1200 then what you've mentioned above might cost more than £5830... especially if theres suspension / steering damage.
I'll go for £6450 + VAT then!
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Got my courtesy car this morning. An Alfa 156 2.4 GTD.... looks :cool: drives :undecided:
so from a FWD, manual, petrol, hatchback, with cloth, i am now in a RWD, auto, diesel, with leather.... :huh:
not really like for like, so i will be going with the VW AMC instead come monday morning and hopefully they can have me back in a golf at some point. Not being fussy but I have quite a few early starts and leather is the worst thing to have, and in this freezing cold weather a RWD auto is just no fun.
Those Alfa 156 2.4 JTD's are FWD not RWD. Learn this now, or you'll end up trying to rwd power drift round a corner and end up fwd understeering into a transit van or something.
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Got my courtesy car this morning. An Alfa 156 2.4 GTD.... looks :cool: drives :undecided:
so from a FWD, manual, petrol, hatchback, with cloth, i am now in a RWD, auto, diesel, with leather.... :huh:
not really like for like, so i will be going with the VW AMC instead come monday morning and hopefully they can have me back in a golf at some point. Not being fussy but I have quite a few early starts and leather is the worst thing to have, and in this freezing cold weather a RWD auto is just no fun.
Those Alfa 156 2.4 JTD's are FWD not RWD. Learn this now, or you'll end up trying to rwd power drift round a corner and end up fwd understeering into a transit van or something.
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thats the funny thing... its got so little power its almost impossible to tell.... i just assumed the huge lump thing running through the middle was the drive train.
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thats the funny thing... its got so little power its almost impossible to tell.... i just assumed the huge lump thing running through the middle was the drive train.
I'd have thought driving it in the snow with the wheels spinning would have been easy to work out whether its FWD or RWD!
I was driving my fiance's BMW today in the snow (we only have about 2") and it was great fun. I had to take the DTC off to get out of the car park, but cornering in non gritted side streets was comical!
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That's the road up through Shadwell isn't it R32? Our lass used to go that way to work until she kerbed her alloys (her car, not mine fortunately!!!) when she was forced into the kerb by an oncoming bus. People rushing round corners without any thought.
I can sort of cope if I stuff the car through my own stupidity but when it's someone else it hurts all the more.
Hope you get it sorted mate and it comes back as good as new.
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thats the funny thing... its got so little power its almost impossible to tell.... i just assumed the huge lump thing running through the middle was the drive train.
I'd have thought driving it in the snow with the wheels spinning would have been easy to work out whether its FWD or RWD!
I was driving my fiance's BMW today in the snow (we only have about 2") and it was great fun. I had to take the DTC off to get out of the car park, but cornering in non gritted side streets was comical!
no driven it very far as yet.. will give it a blast home tonight! :evil:
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That's the road up through Shadwell isn't it R32? Our lass used to go that way to work until she kerbed her alloys (her car, not mine fortunately!!!) when she was forced into the kerb by an oncoming bus. People rushing round corners without any thought.
I can sort of cope if I stuff the car through my own stupidity but when it's someone else it hurts all the more.
Hope you get it sorted mate and it comes back as good as new.
tis indeed :smiley:
yeah the streets through there are quite narrow but it never fails to stop dumb people driving on your side of the road.. usually the 4x4 lot over there :angry:
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You should have observed his speed and actually speeded up yourself instead of slowing down to a crawl. Lots to learn yet about driving me thinks.
ie got out of his way.
That's a really stupid comment. The road is covered in snow/slush/ice, the road is clearly narrow, he's approaching a sharp bend, he's also about 50 yards from a school and you think he should have increased his speed?
I'd say you're the one who's got a lot to learn about driving.
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thats the funny thing... its got so little power its almost impossible to tell.... i just assumed the huge lump thing running through the middle was the drive train.
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Thats the escape tunnel the Italians like to know they can escape if things get tough..
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thats the funny thing... its got so little power its almost impossible to tell.... i just assumed the huge lump thing running through the middle was the drive train.
Thats the escape tunnel the Italians like to know they can escape if things get tough..
:grin: :grin:
all in all a very poor car i have to say. wipers are next to useless. electric window switch is also difficult to use (which it shouldnt be). indicator stalks are flimsy, and the auto box has a mind of its own!!
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thats the funny thing... its got so little power its almost impossible to tell.... i just assumed the huge lump thing running through the middle was the drive train.
Thats the escape tunnel the Italians like to know they can escape if things get tough..
:grin: :grin:
all in all a very poor car i have to say. wipers are next to useless. electric window switch is also difficult to use (which it shouldnt be). indicator stalks are flimsy, and the auto box has a mind of its own!!
Look on the bright side, walking in this weather wouldn't be a lot of fun mate! :grin:
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thats the funny thing... its got so little power its almost impossible to tell.... i just assumed the huge lump thing running through the middle was the drive train.
Thats the escape tunnel the Italians like to know they can escape if things get tough..
:grin: :grin:
all in all a very poor car i have to say. wipers are next to useless. electric window switch is also difficult to use (which it shouldnt be). indicator stalks are flimsy, and the auto box has a mind of its own!!
Look on the bright side, walking in this weather wouldn't be a lot of fun mate! :grin:
that is also true. got the AMC's fighting over me at the moment... looks like I may have to play them off against eah other depending on how good the replacement vehicle they offer me is :evil:
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You should have observed his speed and actually speeded up yourself instead of slowing down to a crawl. Lots to learn yet about driving me thinks.
ie got out of his way.
That's a really stupid comment. The road is covered in snow/slush/ice, the road is clearly narrow, he's approaching a sharp bend, he's also about 50 yards from a school and you think he should have increased his speed?
I'd say you're the one who's got a lot to learn about driving.
He is whats called a troll mate, they spend a lot of time in newer sections of forums as people are not aware of them. They spend there time writing things that will get a reaction. They will usually have other log in ID's as well.
You have to ignore them :wink:
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Sorry to hear about that mate, typical eh!
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sorry to hear about this... hope insurance covers it and matey boy gets a few points for his numptyness
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r32uk, I think you missed my last post. I just wanted to know if the side airbags deployed ok and what were they like ?
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I was driving my fiance's BMW today...
Messing about in RWD cars in the snow is great fun :cool:
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I was driving my fiance's BMW today...
Messing about in RWD cars in the snow is great fun :cool:
I was out drifting it again today... its the only time its fun to drive! Before setting off you have to hold the DTC button for about 10 seconds though - otherwise its not leaving the car park!
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:shocked:
£7200 + vat
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Ouch ...gutted for you R32UK ... but the main thing is you're OK and your car will be get sorted through the 3rd parties insurance.
I know the corner well ... he must have been an idiot driving a tranny like that in the snow, at school end time....just thank god that no one was injured.
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:cry: :cry:
Back in an .:R32 for the shortwhile, though :drool:
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r32uk, I think you missed my last post. I just wanted to know if the side airbags deployed ok and what were they like ?
no airbags thankfully :smiley:
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Quick update....
Turned down the scooby, and opted for a nice mk5 GTi (to trash :grin:). It has dsg and 17" wheels so should be lots of fun in the snow :laugh:
on a lighter note was driving around in a e65 BMW 7 series yesterday... now thats what you call fun in the snow!!! :evil:
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Sorry to see this mate, Our lass was gutted when she saw it! she had a look when I dropped the mic off that day.
Im in the same boat at the moment I got side swipped into a curb the other day by a women in a merc slk!!! she said she didn't see me so Ive now got similar damage to your golf but only front wing both front wheels and small bit on side of front bumper. :cry:
Im going through Albany Assistance who have said they will supply a car of similar spec to mine :grin: bring on the GTI/R32 cos they wont get a spec like mine...I've more or less built my own spec :wink: :cool:
Dont let it spoil your Xmas mate have a good one
Darren
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Out of curiosity, if the accident is the other persons fault, can you claim a replacement car to a similar standard to what you are used to (on their insurance) even although you have a "replacement car" on your own current car insurance?
Cheers.
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Sorry to see this mate, Our lass was gutted when she saw it! she had a look when I dropped the mic off that day.
Im in the same boat at the moment I got side swipped into a curb the other day by a women in a merc slk!!! she said she didn't see me so Ive now got similar damage to your golf but only front wing both front wheels and small bit on side of front bumper. :cry:
Im going through Albany Assistance who have said they will supply a car of similar spec to mine :grin: bring on the GTI/R32 cos they wont get a spec like mine...I've more or less built my own spec :wink: :cool:
Dont let it spoil your Xmas mate have a good one
Darren
Cheers Darren,
Sorry to hear about your bump also. Hopefully they will sort you out a decent car, as they do say same spec but give you whatever is within that range. Lots of careless/stupid drivers out there at the moment hopefully they will get your car looking back to its best :smiley:
As long as no one was hurt, thats the most important thing :wink:
Have a good one pal!
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Out of curiosity, if the accident is the other persons fault, can you claim a replacement car to a similar standard to what you are used to (on their insurance) even although you have a "replacement car" on your own current car insurance?
Cheers.
yes.. there is a number of questions you have to answer and then sign.. but if your using your car and dont have access to another then you are entitled to another car of similar range.