big daddy
Well-known member
- Joined
- Nov 2, 1999
- Location
- Butler, Pa. USA
this past thursday marked the end of a 16 month friendship with my red golf gl. while on the morning interstate commute i was cut off by another driver. i was forced into the center median and upon trying to bring it under control the car shot across 2 lanes and into a high dirt embankment. the last thing i recall was seeing the airbags as i was doing what felt like cartwheels. i'm not sure just how many rolls the car did. it came to rest on its' wheels and as i sat stunned i determined that all my parts were still where mother nature had originally placed them. i was able to get out of the vehicle under my own steam but was really upset when i looked at the car. the car was loaded onto a flatbed and taken to the local dealer. his comment was that "you didn't miss damaging a single panel" on the car. the insurance adjuster confirmed this the next day when he said it was a total loss. considering the magnitutde of the wreck, it is a real testimonial to the safety that vw has engineered into this little package. the search for another has begun. it's got to be a golf and it's got to be a tdi.
ps the guy that cut me off never stopped.
pss any thoughts on purchasing the vehicle back from the insurance co. for parts? car had 46k of well- maintained use(just replaced the timing belt 3 weeks ago).
ps the guy that cut me off never stopped.
pss any thoughts on purchasing the vehicle back from the insurance co. for parts? car had 46k of well- maintained use(just replaced the timing belt 3 weeks ago).