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F***ing Lorry Drivers (New Pics)
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:43 am
by Sershen
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
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:46 am
by dino
grrrr!! Gutted - hope its fixed soon!
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:02 pm
by Kelvniii
OMG OMG OMG!! hope its fixed soon!
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:32 pm
by Jeff GTi
not good mate
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:28 pm
by Jamo
Ouch - I feel your pain...
Some to**er did a similar job on my front wing/headlight/bumper!!
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:52 pm
by david burton
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.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:48 pm
by alexperkins
Its damaged....and its red now thats just unfair. How much would something like that cost to have fixed?
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:44 pm
by david burton
my missus had similar in her beetle but it dented both panels, and the front and rear arches were screwed. cost about £2500 to fix.
I'd guess £1500.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:45 pm
by alexperkins
wow thats alot! I just hope that the insurance details come through ok
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:49 pm
by david burton
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:40 pm
by abdnmoh
Damn man
Hope it gets sorted soon!!
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:38 pm
by Sershen
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 £1300 which includes a new Door!
Pics when I get it back!!!
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:42 am
by Sershen
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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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:16 pm
by chunkychimpanzee
I bet miss the GTI power big time now!!
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:06 pm
by DanDiesel
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!