A friend of mine just has his car written off

[Matt82]

i think this is really sad. he has a 97 mk3 golf gti and this car was mint. 80k miles, was a "rare" colour too. i had done a lot of work on that car myself, he had recently sorted a running problem and put a new exhaust on.

the car was lowered just the right amount, but other than that was totally OEM and in amazing condition

he had a "light" bump into the back of another car the other day and the assessor valued the repair to the golf at just under £2k. they said they tried to keep it down because the car was so mint.

now its gone. theyll make a pathetic offer for the replacement value, you wont be able to get a car that age/spec/condition for near the money

so one mint golf coming to a scrap yard near you soon... such a waste!

 

[Matt82]

oh he was one of those straight up guys that are totally above board

as for the salvage, ive suggested he try and get that back simply due to the money hes put into it and how nice the car is.

the assessor mentioned something about it being written off and not being allowed to be supplied back etc but he wasnt clear

as for the car, new bonnet, bumper, maybe slam panel, grille and headlight. rad is externally damaged, but still holds water and cools, but on what is effectively an old banger, that was enough to write it off

 

[Matt82]

Take the settlement, buy it back, get it fixed, put your big-girl pants on & stop crying.

And since when has anything not custom/modified on a car been referred to as OEM. What is wrong with 'stock' or even 'original'?

well anything not custom or modified is OEM. since when was everything OEM called stock or original?

 

[Matt82]

but by oem i mean everything on that car (bar springs and dampers) is vw. the bushes, the brakes, the fluids, the exhaust, its all vw stuff on there

original, to me, would be unmodified using standard bits, but this car is beyond that

the interior is unmarked, literally. the paint has a one or two scapes, but not a single parking ding (unless the traffic light incident is counted lol)

 

[Matt82]

i dont know who his insurer is, i can roughly remember which ones do and dont allow the salvage to be bought back

well find out though