So my Father-in-Law, so impressed with my first Passat after stealing it to drive to London a few times (from Buckie in the North East of Scotland) decided to buy his own. He had it for a few years until about a month ago, when someone managed to hit it while the mother in law was in the bank. Not a huge amount of damage, but enough for the insurance company to write it off. They gave it a CAT C marker, for a relatively small dent in a rear door.
They offered him a reasonable settlement, and let him keep the car. I then offered him a pittance for it, although it was enough to take his total return to £1000 which was significantly more than the car was actually worth really. He asked for more, but realistically, the car wasn't worth more than I offered (the wife already made me offer more than I wanted to, lol). Anyway, a deal was done, and he delivered it to me yesterday.
So here it is:
It's an SE with the 130 BHP engine. The car will mainly be used to get abandoned by the local Airport when I travel for work, so the damage doesn't really bother me. Speaking of which, here it is.
Not too bad really. And I was just going to leave it. Then someone mentioned a video on youtube where some lassy pulls out a dent with a dildo. He suggested I try it with mine. Well, mine doesn't have a sucker on it, so I used a plunger instead. Unfortunately, it's not a very manly plunger, so only really took out the worst of it, but I'll maybe have a look for something with a bit more power. I did pour a kettle of hot water over the area first though, just to make it a bit more plyable. The results were decent enough.
And that's probably almost all I'll do. Except for changing the stereo for something with Bluetooth and USB.