Flimsy Golf? .. Now fixed perfectly!

[am1w]

I had a little prang last Friday. 100% my fault. My first accident for 15 years.
I rolled into the back of a lorry whilst fiddling with the sat nav at less than normal walking speed, dented the bonnet, marked the front bumper which had moved on its fixings and got a scratched front grille just below the bonnet dent.
The result, bumper irons need replacing, bumper needs re-shaping and painting, nearside front wing needs adjusting, a new front grille needed and painting of whole bonnet required. The total cost £1172.50 inc VAT. Loverly.
What bugs me is that such a little tap caused so much damage. Golf is flimsy or what?

[Gene Hunt.]

My mk 5 GTI was hit at around 2-3 mph. Result badley scraped top-lower rear bumper & damaged mud flap & a tiny crease to metal on inner arch. Requires all new bumper-mud flap inner wing repair painting & all the rest etc.Total cost at VW 935.00 pounds !!!!!!!!. Local body repair place said same as VW theres came in at 825.00 pounds.

[Jimble]

Ok, the paint and bodywork seems like it would need doing but bumper irons, WTF??? no chance! i think i'd be getting a second opinion mate.  

[am1w]

Ok, the paint and bodywork seems like it would need doing but bumper irons, WTF??? no chance! i think i'd be getting a second opinion mate.  

Not irons, clips. My mistake.
Anyway, I don't really care about the cost but I do worry about the car's toughness.
They got onto fixing the car straightaway. They like me and my money. Fine as long as the job is perfect. I have not got the time or patience to run around saving £50 of £100. Just want it fixed ASAP.
Feel sick to the stomach with myself.

[Rhyso]

Hit a Shogun at about 3mph.

Cracked my front grill - total cost about £40 including paint

Obviously don't make them like they used to.......

[am1w]

My mk 5 GTI was hit at around 2-3 mph. Result badley scraped top-lower rear bumper & damaged mud flap & a tiny crease to metal on inner arch. Requires all new bumper-mud flap inner wing repair painting & all the rest etc.Total cost at VW 935.00 pounds !!!!!!!!. Local body repair place said same as VW theres came in at 825.00 pounds.

Very much like your shunt but reversed.
I'll be checking the progress and quality of the work on Thursday morning prior to collection and payment on Friday morning.
Fingers crossed.

[am1w]

Hit a Shogun at about 3mph.
Cracked my front grill - total cost about £40 including paint
Obviously don't make them like they used to.......

They really, really don't ........

[p3asa]

Not so sure about flimsy as most new cars are designed to absorb the impact rather than the driver / pedestrian absorbing it. Hence the least wee bump can cause so much damage.

Its a horrible feeling especially when it is self inflicted. I'm sure I read somewhere that the chances of an accident are increased with people in brand new cars. Mostly due to folk tinkering with their new toys rather than paying attention!!! I know it nearly happened to me a few times when I was messing about with the RNS510  

Hopefully it will come out as good as new. Make sure you check the paint matches especially at night under the street lights. As I think red is so easy to spot if it has been repainted and not matched correctly. Are they painting the front wings as well to blend it in as this is common practice?

Good luck.

[am1w]

Not so sure about flimsy as most new cars are designed to absorb the impact rather than the driver / pedestrian absorbing it. Hence the least wee bump can cause so much damage.
Its a horrible feeling especially when it is self inflicted. I'm sure I read somewhere that the chances of an accident are increased with people in brand new cars. Mostly due to folk tinkering with their new toys rather than paying attention!!! I know it nearly happened to me a few times when I was messing about with the RNS510  
Hopefully it will come out as good as new. Make sure you check the paint matches especially at night under the street lights. As I think red is so easy to spot if it has been repainted and not matched correctly. Are they painting the front wings as well to blend it in as this is common practice?
Good luck.

Thank you for your thoughtful and kind response.
Yes, they will be blending the front wings with the bonnet and bumper. They mentioned that red is a pig of a colour to match and a colour mismatch is very obvious under unnatural lighting conditions. That bloody RNS has much to answer for.

[gizzywizzy]

Asker

Hope Wolfgang is soon restored to his former beauty and that your enjoyment of him is not marred forever more - by let's face it - something that could happen to any one of us.

Keeping fingers and toes crossed that he is returned to you in tip top nick.

Please STOP playing with your RNS510 in future, there's a good boy

Gizzy