Hi Im new to the forum - its my first post but saw what happened to Simon and its pretty awful. Im in almost exactly the same postion - on 2nd May my 6 month old fully loaded Golf gti was stolen from my driveway. They broke in stole the keys and drove off.
It was recovered a couple of weeks ago by the police. Apparantly it was abandoned, unlocked. It has scratches on the outside, the inside is full of weed(!) and very dirty with some scuff marks.
I wasn’t happy with the body shop who initially wouldn’t even replace the tyres or do a service! I complained to my insurers who have now offered me a brand new like for like model. They’re just making enquires in terms of how long it will take for delivery.
Simon did you explore this option with your insurers? Because even if you are selling the car on its much easier (and more profitable!!) to do so with a brand new one.
Also I’ve decided that im definetly going to keep my replacement when it comes. Can I ask Simon whether you had a house alarm – we didn’t but im having one fitted now.