Extensive hail damage

[nicandlance]

Im acually hoping they give me one thats on the way here. Then I wont have to worry about that

[nicandlance]

Just found out my Golf will be sold at Pickles Auctions (apparently all AAMI vehicles go there). They start auctioning off the cars from the 31st of March (my car is not listed there yet).
Wonder what it will go for?

[Dubya]

Thanks Dubya, Going down to AAMI today with all the paperwork for the car. Hoping to get the ball rolling as soon as possible because of the long wait I expect to be in for.
As far as I know, keeping the car was not an option. Perhaps there's just too many cars to deal with, so they're keen to get rid of them asap.

Not sure about silver.... I don't mind it but it's not a preferred colour. I did really like the white - but not sure if I will go for it again. Really wish Golfs came in a better range of colours!

I've had mostly white cars in the past myself.

Two years ago I had a white GT TDI on order which I canceled (it fell into the hands of a grateful member of this forum who was after what was a rare manual with 'roof and in white) before Mrs Dubya steered us into Der Silber Schnellzug (which in bright sunlight can sometimes be mistaken for white).

To her credit, apart from being a great drive (I did not expect her to allow me to purchase let alone insist I do so!), if we neglect the chamois, silver embarrasses us a lot less than any other colour of which I can think.

But white is nice, naturally . . . especially when it is gleaming . . .

Cheers

[SpeedBird]

Just found out my Golf will be sold at Pickles Auctions (apparently all AAMI vehicles go there). They start auctioning off the cars from the 31st of March (my car is not listed there yet).
Wonder what it will go for?

Follow it thru, everyone here is keen to know, then you know how much your written off car sold for, knowing that, you can work out the rough repair bill for it. That way the damage ' might ' exceeded the value of the 1 month old car.

[nicandlance]

Follow it thru, everyone here is keen to know, then you know how much your written off car sold for, knowing that, you can work out the rough repair bill for it. That way the damage ' might ' exceeded the value of the 1 month old car.

Just curious more than anything. Now it's been written off, it doesn't affect me either way.
New one on the way - they are supposed to call me next week sometime to discuss all the details. (Hopefully I might score one with something extra that I didn't have before!)

[trueman]

Tornado red looks better in real life than in photos. It always turns orange in photos.

I don't mind the TSI red, cause it's not meant to be the Tornado red

Except for the vwa brochure all the TR look orange in photos. However in the "flesh" they look great even with 17" denvers haha

[Corey_R]

Yeah - but in brochures they have 'special lighting' and photoshop colour correction etc! I mean, just look at the German brochure of the Golf R. The blue looks nothing like the real life rising blue (based on photos from motorshows, lol). Actually, I'd say that some of the shots from the German brochure look more like a painting than a photo!

[Dubya]

Yeah - but in brochures they have 'special lighting' and photoshop colour correction etc! I mean, just look at the German brochure of the Golf R. The blue looks nothing like the real life rising blue (based on photos from motorshows, lol).

"real life" in a photo? As opposed to "in the flesh" I suppose.

But how do know which photo is truer unless you've seen the colour in the flesh (aka "real life")?

[mr gee]

I like this so much, using it for my desktop wallpaper

[nicandlance]

Very nice.... wish the tsi came in the same red....

[Corey_R]

"real life" in a photo? As opposed to "in the flesh" I suppose.

But how do know which photo is truer unless you've seen the colour in the flesh (aka "real life")?

hehe - have you SEEN the Germany Golf R page and brochure?
I've taken this 'photo' from it:



And compare it to this....



Now I understand full well about differences in lighting conditions, colour calibration differences between cameras, print, and monitors etc, but I don't think there is much argument between which is the 'heavily photoshopped' marketing photo and which is the 'real life' photo between those two

[nicandlance]

Both nice

[G-rig]

Re: Extensive hail damage

Yeah. Nothing wrong with the 2nd one!

[trueman]

Im acually hoping they give me one thats on the way here. Then I wont have to worry about that

Maybe you will get one with a DSG ewwwwwwwwww!!!

[nicandlance]

Ha ha! Thanks but no thanks......
They have to replace it with one the same, or to my satisfaction....

(and as for hitting my car with a hammer...
No need for that. The hail did enough damage without my help!)

By the way Trueman, nice car you have lined up...... it will be worth the wait!