[Vwdiesel] Smooshed Golf

[Dave Cook]

I forgot the funny part!  


Since it is Halloween, and I work with kids, I didn't want to wear a costume but also didn't want to be a fuddy duddy.  So I just took a red sharpie and drew a trickle of blood coming out of my mouth before I left for work.  I was just going to say I was a dead case manager or something.

So when I got out of the car, the lady who hit me saw the red and freaked out, thinking I was hurt!  So did the police officer when he arrived. Ha ha.  


But, yeah, nobody was hurt. So that is good.

I'll be interested to see the frame after the bumper is pulled off and inspect how the trailer hitch really held up, if the frame tore, bent or anything else because of it.  I imagine the bumper would look pretty similar with or without that hitch, as those shocks aren't intended to to much for any impact over like 5 mph.

 
Dave Cook


________________________________
 From: Matt Alkire <malkire at gmail.com>
To: Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com> 
Cc: tdi <VW-TDI at yahoogroups.com>; VW Diesel Group <vwdiesel at vwfans.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Smooshed Golf
 

That'll buff right out!

Honestly, I'm sorry that happened to you.  If someone hit my Golf and damaged it like that, I think I'd combust.  Good luck with the repairs!

-Matt


On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com> wrote:

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>Rear ended on my way to work this morning, pushing me into the car in front of me.  Awesome.
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>If you look closely, you can see that the license plate is bent around the hitch receiver.  It runs and drives OK though the left turn signal cluster is not working.  I imagine the wiring harness got pulled off or something. 
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>In the parking lot we all pulled into, I noted that the rear doors opened, but seemed a little tighter, and the gap around the bottom edge is a little smaller.
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>Also, the cup holder came out of the dash, and the left side of the radio popped out.  No other dash damage is noted.  My coffee mug pinwheeled, spraying coffee on the dash, inside of the windshield, and headliner before wedging itself, right side up, between the passenger seat and door pillar.  Weird. 
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>I'm going to take off work in a bit and go to a body shop or two to get estimates.  If it weren't for concerns about the frame (rear doors tight) I'd strongly consider just getting parts and fixing it myself.
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>I'll let ya'll know how it turns out.  It could be I have some parts for sale soon.  Or it could be I need some parts soon!
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>Dave Cook
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