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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Radek on 09 October 2010, 12:29
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Friday morning 6.30, I went too fast into the corner (~40 mph), for the first time ever the grip was not there (close to a bridge, must have been v. slippery) veered onto the other side and hit a car coming the other way. Airbags went on, the results you can see for yourself...
I'm ok, just sore and a little bit burnt from the airbag, could have been much worse... The other guy was fine too, annoyed maybe. He was very unlucky to be there at that time.
The car - looks like badly damaged possibly a write off.
What can I say - I drive through that bend every day and never ever had any problems. I guess that wasn't my day.
Be careful. You may not be that lucky
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I don't ever come in this section being a Mk3 owner :lipsrsealed:
But fcuk me that looks nasty! Glad everyone is ok :afro:
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Awful mess. A write off IMO. So sorry for you.
Glad you are ok. Remember at the end of the day it's only a car and can be replaced. Your life and health are infinitely more valuable.
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ouch looks nasty! but atleast no one was seriously hurt. Did you have gap insurance??
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Awful mess. A write off IMO. So sorry for you.
Glad you are ok. Remember at the end of the day it's only a car and can be replaced. Your life and health are infinitely more valuable.
+1
All the very best
Gizzy
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ouch looks nasty! but atleast no one was seriously hurt. Did you have gap insurance??
Yes, I did. It's really up to the insurance company if they want to repair it or write it off.
Don't get upset guys, but if I get the money I will seriously think if I want another GTI... I may not be able to afford the insurance renewal
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All the best mate and +1 with all the nice comments. These things happen to the best of us. I Hope this doesn't stop you getting another GTI. Martin
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R.I.P GTI. :sad:
Nobody was hurt so that's all that really matters.
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As long as your ok that is all that matters.
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Golf R :smiley:... all the fun without the understeer :evil:
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A sad loss.
Glad everyone is ok. I feel sorry for the guy you hit as i know how that feels.
If the a-pillar is bent then the shells probably distorted so it maybe a write off. But they may just reshell it depending on the value and cost.
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Radek: I can imagine what you are going through. Many moons ago, my three day old Alfa sports car was written off from a side-on collision by an uninsured illegally imported Mercedes which hit me at 50 mph as the driver had jumped a red traffic light. I had to be cut out of a smouldering car by the fire crew. It was horrible.
I really feel for you. :sad:
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Just as long as everyone is OK, at the end of the day these things happen, EVERYONE on here as their moments when they "press on" otherwise we wouldn't have GTI, unlucky mate :(
I will buy a diesel car and run it for a year if the insurance company try and repair that, I think its a safe bet on a write off.
Hope it all gets sorted soon
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Thank you all.
Yes, I'm really sorry for the other guy, but of course I couldn't say anything that could be read as admitting fault... Sad, but that's the way it is. I hope his insurance company sorts it out for him...
A part of me wants the car to be repaired. I planned to keep it a couple of years and there's so many places we haven't yet been to... :cry: But I know even if they were to repair it I wouldn't be 100% sure it's safe anymore.
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But I know even if they were to repair it I wouldn't be 100% sure it's safe anymore.
You are right. It will never be the same. Better for it to be written-off IMO.
Look, VW repairers can't even fix a rear bumper so what chance is there for a huge repair with re-jigging? No chance IMO.
Hope it gets written-off for your sake and sanity.
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Most important both parties walked
I agreed with everyone here. Looking at the damage, I rather not having it back. You will never trust or love it as much!
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Nasty - but these things do happen, again at least all walked away from it. I had a lucky escape and certainly came out of it better than it looks like you may.
In January my wife hit black ice in Argyll skidding into a bridge resulting in my Qasqai ending up on the roof in the middle of the road. My Mum and our 18 month old son were also in the back. Fortunately it was coming out of a village and someone heard the bang and managed to stop the traffic before we were in another accident. The ice was on a bend on the camber and the next car would have had no chance avoiding us (thank f@#ck for car seats, robust Nissan's and quiet Argyll roads!). We all walked away with no treatment required, often think what could have happened especially as there was a big drop the other side of the bridge where cars had ended up before.
The car was a write off but the good news is that it was a company car with almost 2 years of the lease to go so no insurance issues and I then opted out of the scheme - now I have a GTI! :smiley:
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Golf R :smiley:... all the fun without the understeer :evil:
Sorry bout the loss mate.
R32UK... not so sure about that. The R will occasionally understeer, especially when you go too fast into a wet corner. Its best suited to getting power on on the way out of one. I can attest to that. It feels just like front wheel drive if you don't get to learn it's character properly!!!
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If your in doubt about it being a write off just make sure that it is.... I dont know if you had the car recovered yourself or insurance but A few well placed hammer blows to the Front Pillar will make sure it is. I wouldn't want it repairing and giving back to me.
Glad your ok anyway.
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Golf R :smiley:... all the fun without the understeer :evil:
Sorry bout the loss mate.
R32UK... not so sure about that. The R will occasionally understeer, especially when you go too fast into a wet corner. Its best suited to getting power on on the way out of one. I can attest to that. It feels just like front wheel drive if you don't get to learn it's character properly!!!
The important point being learning its character. Very early on I had a couple of brown pants moments in the R.. once you learn how to drive it, every corner, no matter how challenging is a joy!!
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Lets not turn this into a FWD v 4WD argument. After all it’s down to tyre grip in corners unless he mashed the throttle mid corner that’s the only time 4wd will give you more lateral grip as it takes the power away, (ESP and traction control also do this) 4WD is not a magic worker and defies the laws of physics.
Its plane to see to me what happened here, he lost grip from the tyres due to the road conditions and by such a large margin, ESP could not pull it back into line. It would have happened exactly the same in a 4WD version.
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+1
The poor guy has crashed his car.
His front wheels lost grip and even if it was 4WD the result would probably have been the same but maybe not as bad.
I had nightmares about this last night.
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Its plane to see to me what happened here, he lost grip from the tyres due to the road conditions and by such a large margin, ESP could not pull it back into line. It would have happened exactly the same in a 4WD version.
That's exacly true. ESC never kicked in. I was just a passenger. I've been through that corner every day for the last 3 years, in the rain and winter as well. What fooled me this time was the dry roads everwhere except that place. I didn't see that until it was too late. I thought 'Oh, a slide, that's new' and then I saw the other car.
If the other car wasn't there (2 seconds either way) I would have probably put it into the hedge on the other side or ESC could have reacted in the end and it would be just brown pant's moment. But on the other hand if I hit the poor guy not on this wheel but a little bit further back... I don't even want to think about it.
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Fair play to you holding your hands up and saying it was your fault Radek. Nearly every thread I've read on various forum where someone has had an accident had blamed someone or something else. It's just one of those unfortunate incidents though, we're all human. Thankfully everyone is in one piece.
As already suggested though, make sure the car is written off, you don't want that car back again as it will never be the same. :sad:
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Lets not turn this into a FWD v 4WD argument. After all it’s down to tyre grip in corners unless he mashed the throttle mid corner that’s the only time 4wd will give you more lateral grip as it takes the power away, (ESP and traction control also do this) 4WD is not a magic worker and defies the laws of physics.
Its plane to see to me what happened here, he lost grip from the tyres due to the road conditions and by such a large margin, ESP could not pull it back into line. It would have happened exactly the same in a 4WD version.
who is turning it into an argument? :rolleyes:
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Gilly: I am sure Snoops meant 'discussion' not 'argument'.
THE Lube Emperor and Crash Bandit: A miscarriage made in Heaven! :laugh:
As the big, old, daddy on this Forum, I felt I should intervene.
Let Peace reign. Praise the Lord! :grin:
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Sorry about the car - it brings a tear to my eye!
As many others have said... the car is a material object and can be replaced without any major problems. At least no one was seriously hurt.
I know exactly how you feel by the way... :shocked:
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So sorry for you mate, but at least you walked away from it.
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Sorry about the car - it brings a tear to my eye!
As many others have said... the car is a material object and can be replaced without any major problems. At least no one was seriously hurt.
I know exactly how you feel by the way... :shocked:
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You have to love how modern cars absorb impacts though, the rear quarter window isn't even damaged!
God help us lot in MK2s.
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You have to love how modern cars absorb impacts though, the rear quarter window isn't even damaged!
God help us lot in MK2s.
Cars are designed to crumple now-a-days! That was from a guy running into the rear of the car - yet the side took the brunt of it.
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sorry to hear about that accident mate, glad no-one was hurt! hope things get sorted!
mark
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Good to hear you come out of that fine! V sorry about the car. :cry:
Looks like a very nasty impact, top marks for safety to the mk6!