F***ing Lorry Drivers (New Pics)

Sershen · Post by **Sershen** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:43 am

I was stationary, waiting in traffic when I heard a loud crunching sound and turned round to see this through the passenger window!

It's a German Lorry driven by a Polish guy so I had to call te police to get his insurance details!

This is what my door looks like now

Gutted

dino · Post by **dino** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:46 am

grrrr!! Gutted - hope its fixed soon!

Kelvniii · Post by **Kelvniii** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:02 pm

OMG OMG OMG!! hope its fixed soon!

Jeff GTi · Post by **Jeff GTi** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:32 pm

not good mate

Jamo · Post by **Jamo** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:28 pm

Ouch - I feel your pain...

Some to**er did a similar job on my front wing/headlight/bumper!!

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:52 pm

idiot, guess it's LHD so difficult to spot. shouldn't be on the road!

I've seen LHD lorries just pull out onto people on the motorway, I've even seen RHD lorries do it when they could have waited.

some of them are just plain ignorant.

Post by **alexperkins** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:48 pm

Its damaged....and its red now thats just unfair. How much would something like that cost to have fixed?

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:44 pm

my missus had similar in her beetle but it dented both panels, and the front and rear arches were screwed. cost about Â£2500 to fix.

I'd guess Â£1500.

Post by **alexperkins** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:45 pm

wow thats alot! I just hope that the insurance details come through ok

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:49 pm

bear in mind that's an insurance quote.

If you can source a VW door from elsewhere, and get it sprayed, you could probably do it all for a grand.

abdnmoh · Post by **abdnmoh** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:40 pm

Damn man

Hope it gets sorted soon!!

Sershen · Post by **Sershen** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:38 pm

Its getting fixed next week...I'm taking it to a VW Body shop down the road from me, and whilst its there I'm gonna ask them to paint the dash inserts flash red to match the outside...

They're also giving me a Polo for a courtesy car! Wont be a GTI though

It will all be done on the insurance, but I will have to pay the excess untill its all settled then it will be refunded. But cos its a German insurance company things are bound to take longer

The body shop said if I was paying privately it would cost Â£1300 which includes a new Door!

Pics when I get it back!!!

Sershen · Post by **Sershen** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:42 am

Whilst the car's in the body shop I've got this to drive around in...

Its a 1.2 3 Cylinder 6 Valve with 55bhp!!!

Lucky me!

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chunkychimpanzee · Post by **chunkychimpanzee** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:16 pm

I bet miss the GTI power big time now!!

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:06 pm

sorry to hear about the smack mate! glad ur getting its fixed though!
but just think, ur driving round in a 1.2 for a while, just think how quick the gti will feel once u get it back!