Front bumper stolen - I could cry

[scanesare]

Unreal that this is happening to the UK I know (knew apparently)... No words other than sympathy

[Gnasher]

Gutted for you mate - my only other thought on the other loom is the parking sensors?

[Fewie]

Gutted for you mate - my only other thought on the other loom is the parking sensors?

I’m sure you’ll be right! In the red mist I forgot about the sensors.

[rjwojcik]

'kin ar$eholes...

Not the same car but this happened to me sometime ago.  It.s not just the bumper, all the wires were cut so it was a case of soldering new cables, loom.  There was talk on the forums at the time of getting the bolts spot welded to stop them being unscrewed.

[Guzzle]

Certainly is'nt. But notified another victim on a different forum and got flamed for talking bullsh1t.. It was a couple of hundred quid shy of 3k.

Had the usual tw4t saying £500 on ebay

Gulf

Can't believe the alarm doesn't go off when the bumper is removed - it's pretty damn ridiculous that someone can just come along and rip it off leaving your car undriveable.

Completely agree. If a large part of the car becomes detached while it's locked, seems absurd that there's nothing to warn you.

[Fewie]

Certainly is'nt. But notified another victim on a different forum and got flamed for talking bullsh1t.. It was a couple of hundred quid shy of 3k.

Had the usual tw4t saying £500 on ebay

Gulf

Can't believe the alarm doesn't go off when the bumper is removed - it's pretty damn ridiculous that someone can just come along and rip it off leaving your car undriveable.

Completely agree. If a large part of the car becomes detached while it's locked, seems absurd that there's nothing to warn you.

It’s astonishing a large part of the car can be removed without the need for it to be open! A few fixings under the bonnet could stop this type of sneak theft dead.

[Jim_mk7.5]

You'd certainly have thought you'd need the bonnet open to remove the bumper. Which would then trigger the alarm. It's almost worthy of a claim to VW for complete incompetence in design!

[hog_hedge]

Certainly is'nt. But notified another victim on a different forum and got flamed for talking bullsh1t.. It was a couple of hundred quid shy of 3k.

Had the usual tw4t saying £500 on ebay

Gulf

I’m not surprised. It’s gotta be around £1500 or maybe more just for a primed bumper, paint and someone to paint the bugger. Then add in all of the other gubbins, labour and recovery I’d say £3k was about right for a stealer job.

Hopefully it get sorted very quickly.

[candywhite12]

utter scumbags

I once had the covers for the turn left/right signals on my old mk4 'surgically removed' during the night while the car was parked at my girlfriend's driveway. Couldn't sleep for days, broke up with the gal too... Disgusting.  Hope you get it sorted

[Fewie]

After far too long the car has finally been recovered to body shop.  They will conduct an initial assessment tomorrow and inform the insurance company and I of what needs doing. 

I’ve read elsewhere online that the 7.5 GTi / GTd bumper is on back order and has been for a while, hope this isn’t true but it may explain the theft in the 1st place.  If it is a long wait I’ll have an extended stay in the Vauxhall Adam courtesy car I now have.... 😩😩😩