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gti24guy

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This past week has been soo bad for me. First my friends got in an accident and the one died on impact, and my bestfriend died yesterday. I wasn't in the best condition to be driving, but left anyways to go see the family, which was like a second family to me. It had snowed last night and I figured it was cleared on the highways, which i was wrong. I hit a 6" snow drift around a corner. Despite i was only doing 20-25, the rear cut loose and i was done. I don't have full coverage so everythings on me. My dads an insurance adjuster and has been in the VW world forever because his dad worked for VW straight out of the heartland germany, and he said it's most likely repairable, even though we haven't pulled the skins off to see if there's any structural damage. I drove it home from the scene and the steering was fine. I can get my hands on a free set of small bumpers and a new fender. I'm going to have to order new flairs though. This could actually be a good thing because Ive been wanting to change up the look to smalls for awhile and putting back the textured look.
Hopefully the next post I'll have is of when its back together.
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Modified by gti24guy at 8:27 PM 2-15-2006
 
Re: Never thought Id make one of these posts... (gti24guy)

O man...I am very sorry to hear about your friends, i had a good friend die 2 days ago, but your car looks to be very fixable. Keep your head up man http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
 
Its alright man I got into a crash lastnight thank god it wasnt with the vw it was with my moms car cuz if it was with the vw we wouldnt of walked away , I hit a tree head on going about 20 mhp down hill . The car is junk .. atless we are all ok thats the only thing that matters !!!
 
Re: Never thought Id make one of these posts... (FrostVW)

Quote, originally posted by FrostVW »

Be strong, you need to be for the family.

Yeh man. You keep your head up and everything will be fine.
Sorry to hear about your friends.
 
Re: Never thought Id make one of these posts... (knappy)

for the rest of your trim get SEM plastic bumper paint stripper, stripped the paint of my door trim bumpers and skirts and it looked like new
 
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Re: Never thought Id make one of these posts... (knappy)

Thank you, everyone. I know some of you can relate like stapleface. For you others I appreciate your gratitude.
The vortex has been a big help with this all, its my escape.
 
Re: Never thought Id make one of these posts... (gti24guy)

that sucks!!! im sorry for your friends, life keeps on going i hope you recover from all this soon.
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Re: Never thought Id make one of these posts... (HomeSlice989)

Like i said in the post I've been wanting some change in the GTi. I've always been a very busy person and never had time. I think with all that has happened I'll have lots of down time, and more money in my pocket instead of the gas tank. I was dissappointed with a lot of the previous owners work, and I am going to fix them the right way.
 
Re: Never thought Id make one of these posts... (TheJettaGuy86)

Sorry to hear about your buddies.
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Maybe your dub got wrecked so you could focus on something else...working on the car is probably the best therapy ever.
Take it easy bro.
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Re: Never thought Id make one of these posts... (nastyhabit16v)

sucks dude but I've been through this before, keep the spirit and you'll be fine, keep your head up, walk straight and be proud http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
 
Re: Never thought Id make one of these posts... (dubsport87)

i am sorry to hear about your loss. my aunt and uncle were killed last thursday in kentucky.
i have a drivers side front fender for you. just pay the shipping and it is yours.
 
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