Damage estimate from a little bump this morning!

[330J]

Hi all,

I am looking for a bit of help from anyone in the bodyshop business regarding a bump I've had this morning.

Basically I've clipped a car going past me resulting in the damage shown in the picture below.

Basically, the car is a Golf 4Motion only worth about £1700 max and I'd like to know whether it is a borderline write-off or not. The bumper wouldnt push back in and it looked like the fixing bracket was pulled away from where it is fixed to the body.

Thanks in advance.

[330J]

Thanks for the replies everyone, I feared as much!

Unfortunately I'm going to have to go through the Insurance as the other car needs a new wing and possibly two doors. His was on 03 Civic so he may be in the same boat as me.

[330J]

The buy back option had crossed my mind, what kind of value would they place on it?

2001 reg with 134k on the clock.

[330J]

Today's damage aside it is in exceptional condition so I'll look in to the buy back/not claiming option.

[330J]

Car picked up on Tuesday, still waiting for a call from the assesor - Is this a normal timeframe?

[330J]

Had no choice really as I couldn't drive it like that and wont have the time to work on it for a good 2-3 weeks. This plus the fact I have to do the school run etc meant I had to let them assess the damage.

The car was driveable but not roadworthy in the sense that I could use it. It possibly is an easy fix for someone with the time to source the parts and then strip and rebuild but that's not me at the moment.