Re: Pics of my accident

[Rich Deede <rdeed@UDel.Edu>]

How can your mechanic tell if a frame is bent from those pictures? He must
be damn good.




Rich Deede
University Of Delaware (Communications)
1988 Scirocco 2.0 16v
1987 Scirocco 16v - R.I.P.



On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Lauri Pettai wrote:

> Blah!?
> 
> I showed those pics to my mechanic He told that if the frame is ok then by
> just bending
> the things back to their original shape and removing minor scraps he'd take
> not more than 200$
> for repairing it! Maibe even 100$ if it's not very hard! My car was on hard
> crash this winter they changed
> lot of parts repaired bodykit and repainted all car for 1200$
> 
> Is the life really so expencive over there?
> 
> > Schweet...so your getting it fixed then?
> >
> > > NO, they didn't scrap it. They are sending me a check for $2900. It
> drives
> > > perfectly still. The frame was bent a bit which the camera obviously can
> > > not show, and the damage in the trunk is pretty bad which I didn't post
> > > pictures of.  The donut is stuck in it's storage space because the trunk
> > > bent in over it....if that made any sense. But anyway yeah the damage
> > > doesn't look all that bad, but start adding up the costs for the parts
> > > that are damaged and you'll start to realize how much damage was truly
> > > done.
> >>>>>
> > > > > http://www.netcolony.com/members/rich/index.html
> 
> Lauri!
> '84 Scirocco GTI Kamei X1 Bodykit (VIN025736)
> http://www.ttu.ee/~laurts/scirocco
> I finally added nothing new to my site!
> 
> 
> 
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