GTI Upgrade!

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Well sadly my cherished GTi has just been written off in a very minor accident, if you can even call it that. It involved me overtaking a car which did not check his mirror's or indicate, who then pulled out right in front of me. My front wheel made contact with his rear, it was a very light bump and caused minor cosmetic damage to the alloy wheel and creased the front wing. The car drives just fine, there is no structural or mechanical damage at all.

There is a growing trend with insurance companies now to write off vehicles with minor damage, perhaps in a bid to fix the car quickly and/or just sell it on and make a profit. It's very wasteful, looking at the salvage yards website, there are cars with a tiny scratched headlight being written off. Anyway, as I adore the car and have invested lots in maintenance, I bought the car back for just 30% of its value, still damaged and with a Category N status for life, plus the balance of the cars value which I can either put towards a new car, or use it to fix this one. Once I've received both, I will disclose the figures and decide what's best.

I have a gut feeling the car will have suffered further damage from transportation and from being moved in the yard, which they do with large forklifts from underneath. My friend will inspect the car once I receive it. I'm very upset this has happened to my all time favourite car which I am very sentimental about. Almost every car I have owned now has been damaged or written off by other people's ignorance and stupidity, it kind of puts me off owning a nice vehicle.