THE END OF THE DRIVER - Ouch!!

[Si]

Well what a sh!te weekend....
Saturday day night out on the Town in Bristol my mate got bottled in the face and split his eye open!  Luckily the hospital stitched his eyeball back togther but he still may loose his sight in that eye! 
And then Sunday morning on the way to visit him in hospital this happened....












Thanks to some old biddy in a Fiat Punto who hadnt heard of a brake slammed into the back of me sending me launching foward into the back of another car!  :angry: 
Total write off!

[Len]

Real sorry to hear that mate! keep chin up and go work on some of your other cars!

[gti jim]

you must be gutted mate..  at least you're ok.

like Len says 

[Si]

yeah pretty gutted, i got a bit of whip-lash, and my 3 female passengers had whip lash aswell!
Im more gutted because the insurance company will value it at stupid prices! 

At least i got my Mk1 project to get on with.

[gti jim]

make sure you ride them for as much money as you can.  i'm sure you've heard it all before but check out similar cars advertised for sale and use that to help prove how much you think it's really worth..

[Si]

Ive browsed the net for black 5 dr Golfs of similar age to mine and the average price seems to be between £300 - £600.
If it was a GTI it would be a bit more. 

[monzablue16v]

Whiplash eh get down the docs and get yourself some compo because chances are the insurance won't pay much more than your annual premium arse holes the lot of em '(except martin )
Gutted for you matey.

[Len]

Yeah mate! Whiplash is a real winner! Expect anything from 1 to 2 grand.

As monza says get down the docs and get it recorded, take time off work etc. all helps to build the claim.

[Ozz]

Play it right and you can get up to 5 grand or so for whiplash, just milk it for all its worth to recoup on the car!

[monkeyalan]

gutted. whiplash = tell them your little fingers and the one next to it have felt a bit tingly and numb. don't over do it tho.