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Offline Bill_the_Bear

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Re: Car hailstorm damaged in Wolfsburg - what next?
« Reply #40 on: 25 August 2013, 11:50 »
Yikes whats going to happen to all those damaged cars if the original owners are getting rebuilds!!

BW51 guys will end up driving them? :lipsrsealed:

Nah I'm sure the vast majority are Golf SE models destined for the euro market.  Serves those German buggers right for making you lot wait so long for your cars! Heh heh :whistle:

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Re: Car hailstorm damaged in Wolfsburg - what next?
« Reply #41 on: 25 August 2013, 14:32 »
Yikes whats going to happen to all those damaged cars if the original owners are getting rebuilds!!

Well I know for a fact my dealer are still taking my original GTI, they obviously know they'll have no problem selling on and its an extra GTI allocation for them effectively.
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Re: Car hailstorm damaged in Wolfsburg - what next?
« Reply #42 on: 25 August 2013, 15:24 »
So they would be selling it as a brand new GTI with no history of what has happened to it?
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Re: Car hailstorm damaged in Wolfsburg - what next?
« Reply #43 on: 26 August 2013, 01:41 »
Bloody hell!

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Re: Car hailstorm damaged in Wolfsburg - what next?
« Reply #44 on: 30 August 2013, 15:40 »
So they would be selling it as a brand new GTI with no history of what has happened to it?

Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

The dealer may have another GTI going spare soon if they don't get there backsides in gear and let me know for certain when I'm getting my replacement GTI (still no estimated build week yet despite asking), and what my hire car will be.  For the first time since ordering in April I've found myself considering the cancellation option and looking at alternative models today (No, not an M135i - maybe a basic spec S3? Hmmm).
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Re: Car hailstorm damaged in Wolfsburg - what next?
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Re: Car hailstorm damaged in Wolfsburg - what next?
« Reply #46 on: 01 September 2013, 01:22 »
Video footage of said hailstorm!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wWuH7MIeCA&feature=player_embedded

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At first I was thinking "wait a minute, that's not Wolfsburg..."  :huh: then it's all "OH sh!t, THAT CAR IS f**kED" :shocked:

Wow man, just wow!

Just realised this happened only a few hours ago! Mental.
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Re: Car hailstorm damaged in Wolfsburg - what next?
« Reply #47 on: 01 September 2013, 01:37 »
Video footage of said hailstorm!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wWuH7MIeCA&feature=player_embedded

Thom

Jeebus!! :shocked: Makes me think of those falling rock signs you see when driving through the hills, wtf are you going to do if it happens?? :huh:
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Re: Car hailstorm damaged in Wolfsburg - what next?
« Reply #48 on: 01 September 2013, 01:51 »
Go back and look at the peak of the mountain at 2 seconds into the vid. :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

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Re: Car hailstorm damaged in Wolfsburg - what next?
« Reply #49 on: 01 September 2013, 01:59 »
Go back and look at the peak of the mountain at 2 seconds into the vid. :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

Thats crazy! Thats one big ass stone! I hope the bloke with the camera has shown the lucky dude in the car the video?! Sucks that his car might be messed up but someone was looking out for him.... :shocked:
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