Help with insurance adjustor?

[turbodieseldyke]

You're referring to the Jetta frontend, right?

Sorry, yes. Not just the headlights.

 

[Abacus]

I dislike the whole Jetta front end. Looks like an amphibious craft. Which is fine if you're James Bond, but I'm not.

Jane Bond?

 

[turbodieseldyke]

Jane Bond?

No one's called me Jane since I got the mustache.

 

[pkhoury]

Sorry, yes. Not just the headlights.

Just checking for quality assurance purposes.

Yes, the Jetta front end is atrocious. Though I feel like the mk5 front end is even more "special."

 

[Nero Morg]

Funny, I'm the other way around, my buddy had a tdi golf for a while and I always make fun of him for having a hype car All in good humor though

 

[Rrusse11]

"HATE the mk4 Jetta headlamps."
I'll second that!

 

[Zak99b5]

Well, this took a turn….

Personally, I like the look of the golf overall better than the Jetta. But Jettas with Golf fronts look worse to me—too much ”round.” They need the squared off headlights. The Golf body is square-ish enough to pull off the round headlights.

This is coming from a person who thinks the MkI Jetta/Golf is the best looking of the models, with MkIIs a close second.

 

[csstevej]

"HATE the mk4 Jetta headlamps."
I'll second that!

I’ll third this……something about it I don’t trust…..

 

[irvingj]

Gee... you know how to make a guy feel bad... I also think the A1s were the best-looking (had two Rabbits, a '79 and an'82), but I really prefer, of the "modern" Jettas, the A4. Hate that chrome smile on the A5s, and the newer ones look too much like Toyotas! (So there!)

 

[BuckeyeMan71]

I hit a raccoon the size of a cocker spaniel it did $2500 in damage they totaled the car out. So I bought it back and got new bumper cover splash guard radiator support radiator ac condenser new cooling fans most all the parts came from rock auto and fixed it myself over a weekend for less than $600. The bumper cover I got off car-parts they shipped it to me via greyhound bus and I went and picked it up at the bus stop. Then cost me $135 to get ac charged back up. I bought car back for $345 total and got a $2100 check on my 03 wagen with 275+k on it now I’m pushing 300k

 

[Zak99b5]

Gee... you know how to make a guy feel bad... I also think the A1s were the best-looking (had two Rabbits, a '79 and an'82), but I really prefer, of the "modern" Jettas, the A4. Hate that chrome smile on the A5s, and the newer ones look too much like Toyotas! (So there!)

I agree—after MkIV (and B5), I’m not so interested in VWs. Didn’t mean to make anyone feel bad; just stating my opinion lol.

 

[turbodieseldyke]

Hate that chrome smile on the A5s,

I don't mind the smile, i just hate that it's brittle plastic and guaranteed to shatter during a 2mph parking bump. Bumpers used to take a bump without breaking. And headlights didn't need to be scrubbed with Colgate every 6 months. Progress.

 

[pkhoury]

And headlights didn't need to be scrubbed with Colgate every 6 months. Progress.

Of course, that's why you get glass lenses from ebay... and hope the Chinese sellers, who lie about their location (and say it's coming from North Dakota or Iowa, when it's coming from China), don't ship you lenses with a giant crack or in 19 different pieces...

 

[DuddyGuy]

Well... a little drive, an hour or so's work, 240 bucks, and I've got most of what I need to pass the brake and light inspection for the rebuilt title. There will be a few more trips involved to get things 100% but we had a productive day today.

 

[csstevej]

Nice to see you’ve saved your car from the scrap man……..

See if you can get glass lenses for those……you won’t be disappointed…..

 

[pkhoury]

Nice. I got to the junkyard about an hour too late. Gonna head back tomorrow so I can bring back home an ALH and 02J (they're having an engine and transmission sale).
And I might have to start a competing thread.... I hydroplanned the Golf. Mine will probably be a total. F**ked up my rear quarterpanel, when the front marker light area of my trailer kissed it as I did a 180.

And guess what got towed away (and a quick police report by the sheriff sergeant) from the SAME THING? A reflex silver mk4 wagon. Oh, the coincidence! I'll have to edit and upload videos.