Macca 1 Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Bloody hell!Glad to hear youre ok mate, and at least you got the mag feature before it happened, was a lovely car. Link to post Share on other sites
DundeeDub 0 Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 sorry to hear about the car, but glad to hear that you are ok, its a shame cos i think alot of people on this site looked up to you and your car, hope you stay with the vr's as your a credit to the club Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 here here i deffo look up to ur self blinged bits FAR better than i could ever do Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 you gonna show us the pics so we can assess the damage?also be a warning to others to be careful of the slippy roads we have at the mo. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Rich 3 Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 He has in the Members Car sectionhttp://www.vr6oc.com/forum_viewtopic.php?8.41730[ Edited Thu Dec 16 2004, 09:58PM ] Link to post Share on other sites
bigvw 0 Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Justin, just read about your shunt, I'm gutted for you as it was my idea what a quality VR should look like ( maybe except the 5 doors!!- only joking m8)Hope your ok though seriously, and I'm sure you'll find something else. All the best! Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 yeah, will prob be an un-economical repair...but you could fix it if you really wanted to. Link to post Share on other sites
dubloke 4 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 i'd say it needs reshelling tbh, and the insurance will not be going down that road unless the agreed value is quite high! went down this route with a beetle of mine that got shunted when some dodery old git pulled outta a junction in front of me! agreed value my arse! i hope they pay you what the car rightly deserves justin! and lets all start searching for its replacement, gutting i know(been there twice now), but a better excuse to do what you were aiming for will never present itself! Link to post Share on other sites
Geastb 0 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Gutted for you Binliner, but as its been said before, at least your ok, cars can be fixed/replaced! Link to post Share on other sites
Batfink 0 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Such a shame - looked a really nice car, but at least you walked away! Cars are easily replaced, we are not! Link to post Share on other sites
antera309 3 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Damn. I had something similar happen in my Subaru last week, put it into a corner, not particularly fast, the back end let go and it started to spin. I managed to get control of it, but it was one hell of a scary moment. This stuff can happen very easily at this time of year with the wet, greasy roads.I hope you come back with a new Golf project, even bigger and badder than the last one! Golf 4Motions are going for pretty good money these days and I reckon one of those would look great with the "binliner" treatment! Link to post Share on other sites
Bampson 0 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 This is just wrong !!!!!!! ... Sorry to hear mate ......... Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 i'd say it needs reshelling tbh' date=' and the insurance will not be going down that road unless the agreed value is quite high! went down this route with a beetle of mine that got shunted when some dodery old git pulled outta a junction in front of me! agreed value my arse! i hope they pay you what the car rightly deserves justin! and lets all start searching for its replacement, gutting i know(been there twice now), but a better excuse to do what you were aiming for will never present itself![/quote']no i don't think so.the front will be bolt off bolt on stuff...if you get second hand panels it wont even cost much. then you'd rpob need new chassis legs welding in, which will be the most expensive bit. the rear damage is fairly minor, prob looks worse than it is. Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 It has been written off, theyre coming to value it next week for my claim and for the salvage price Link to post Share on other sites
stu h 0 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 sorry to hear that mate - are you intending to get her back on the road? Link to post Share on other sites
MarkGolf 6 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This can't be true, dont seem real!an't believe it!!Glad your physically ok Justin!Can't believe it! Link to post Share on other sites
mickelson 0 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Binliner, I have not been on this forum very long mate and having read the last few pages have realised what this club is all about. I was chuffed to bits when i found out that i was a member of a forum that had the owner of 'that well smart car' in The Golf mag. Now i am gutted for ya, my comiserations mate!!!! x) Mick Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 godam thats a killer id sell u mine if i didnt love it so much iv just read that pete has pranged his to and i live near him!!!! bloody roads Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 is slippy in stoke apparantly, my girlfriend told me she had a big understeer moment in stoke the other day in her polo. glad she's been listening to me and didn't lift off violently.we've been pretty fortunate down here, up until today the roads were bone dry. Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 i love lift off oversteer makes u feel like a hero lol i only do it on big roundabouts though and yes andrew there r some LETHAL bits of road round stoke Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 i've only ever once had my vr6 properly sideways, and that was in stoke...one the same roundabout as the girlie had her 'moment' on. its the one where you come down from keele uni towards newcastle. was mega easy to catch tho with a quick application of throttle. one of lorna's friends was behind and said it looked mega spectacular. lol Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 that 1 undulates alot and coming up the hill its hard to floor it cuz there aint much traction until ur off the roundabout ps andrew let me know when ur up here again i want an ekta cd Link to post Share on other sites
vdubgirl 3 Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 Its just to shocking I can't put words to an answer on this thread. Just that I feel for you Justin you've put so much hard work in on that car over the last year or so. :? x) But like they say every cloud has a silver lining I'm sure the car will be easily replaced and I'm sure you'll get something equally as lovely back on the scene in no time at all :-) As I've said before if you need anything just give us a shout Link to post Share on other sites
sixpot 0 Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 Sorry to hear of your bad news Justin,hope you get back on the road ASAP. Link to post Share on other sites
anorak 0 Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 Justin - genuinely feel for you mate. Just read the posts.I know it's bad enough when you prang any car but yours was something special. (Probably not what you want to keep hearing now, sorry!)I've done it in what was my pride and joy at the time and I know how gutting it is but you'll get over it in time and be back putting cars like mine to shame in Show N Shines [ Edited Sun Dec 19 2004, 07:50PM ] Link to post Share on other sites
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