I fought the pole and the pole won.

[A4A4A4]

Well today coming home from school I had a little fight with a pole. I was coming around a tight turn a little too fast and my wheels started to slip, I tried to brake but it was complete ice and I had no traction whatsoever. My back left bumper hit the pole and well, the rest is history.





So anyways, anybody have any ideas what exactly will need to be fixed and what will it cost?

Thanks for the help and hope you guys had a lot better of a day than I did.

[Frey7190]

its too bad you hit the panel on the left side, otherwise it would have been easy... just a new bumper and 2x tail lights (one for the bumper the other the main tail light) But now thats gonna cost since you took out the metal panel... Good luck... Keep us posted

[vtracer20]

new rear bumper, rear corner light, and have a shop puch out that corner + bondo + paint.

[Phrost]

I'd say around $2,000 all said and done? If I was you, I'd just claim insurance and go to the best shop you can find.

If you have no insurance you can do the tail light yourself, remove the junk bumper (that is not repairable), and install the new bumper yourself... But that still $1,000+ of paint/body work.

[elwigglero]

You definitely want to put a claim in with the insurance company. That's going to be $2-3k easy worth of damage, so paying out of pocket prob just doesn't make sense.

Also, wheel into skid and gas...not brakes when skidding...hindsight's always 20/20 though.

Sorry buddy.

[Koby]

That's not too bad, at least it could have been much worse. With any dent in the sheet metal that deep, they actually need to hit it with the torch to shrink the metal since it stretched. I agree w/the $2-3 grand estimates.

[MKIII iz KING]

new rear bumper, rear corner light, and have a shop puch out that corner + bondo + paint.

did you really just say bondo

[Fade2Black]

You definitely want to put a claim in with the insurance company. That's going to be $2-3k easy worth of damage, so paying out of pocket prob just doesn't make sense.

Also, wheel into skid and gas...not brakes when skidding...hindsight's always 20/20 though.

Sorry buddy.

[Eurotrash8]

I just had my car "hit and run" in the summer and same type of damage.

I see your in Calgary too, Pm me for the bodshop info. My car literally looks better than new because there was no bondo used and whole new rear quarter.

[Koby]

did you really just say bondo

You realize this is how it's done, right? In fact, I'd rather bondo than... cutting the unibody??^^

[VAG_4ever]

sorry to hear..

braking with awd is not gonna pull you out.. you have to stay on the gas, as crazy as that sounds it will recover

[quattro.it]

Nice car for a 17yo.

[smartbabo]

Its a battle wound. Chicks dig battle wounds

[VAG_4ever]

^^he's got it right

[B7A4Sport]

Sounds like you didn't get rid of the drift bug before leaving the parking lot in your vid from earlier....

We all do bone-headed things to our cars now and again though; I am no better. My car currently has some scrape and crumple damage to the passenger side rear wheel well and quarter panel from clipping a support column in my office's parking garage will hastily pulling into a spot. What I thought would be a quick paint job and "punch out the dents" job has turned out to be a $4,000+ repair. I now have a choice of claiming it and seeing an increase to a $3000 annual premium, or paying out of pocket.....

That having been said, a x2 to the insurance claim idea; it will most likely be cheaper in the long-run, but either way you play it, it sucks. Sorry for the accident though man!

[A4A4A4]

Thanks for the help guys.

In hindsight I probably would've faired a lot better if I had stayed on the gas but unfortunately my initial reaction was to give it to the brakes.

But you live and you learn I guess, It's just to bad that this lesson is going to end up costing a couple grand.

[juggernaut201]

damn sorry bro hopefully those ti wheels are doin ok lol keep us posted on the repairs

[A4A4A4]

damn sorry bro hopefully those ti wheels are doin ok lol keep us posted on the repairs

Yup, ti wheels are just fine (thankfully).

[kharsnett]

did you really just say bondo

i thought the same thing

[mksap11]

So anyways, anybody have any ideas what exactly will need to be fixed and what will it cost?

Definitely bring it to a qualified body shop first to get an estimate. These things have a way of rapidly adding up in cost. At least this way, you can calculate whether it's better to go through insurance or to eat the costs out of pocket.

I had a similar incident with our Q7 earlier this year. Initial estimates from the body shop ran about $3500. The insurance adjuster thought it was about $2000. Final bill from the body shop? $7700. My total OOP cost was just my deductible ($500), though I know that my insurance hikes will cost me another ~$2500 over the next 5 years.

[Louis J.]

You definitely want to put a claim in with the insurance company. That's going to be $2-3k easy worth of damage, so paying out of pocket prob just doesn't make sense.

Also, wheel into skid and gas...not brakes when skidding...hindsight's always 20/20 though.

Sorry buddy.

X2

Don't worry about it...it's called learning. If you like to push the limits and you don't have a lot of experience, you're bound to make a mistake sooner or later.

[Turn10]

Always take the time to upgrade to DTM or Otteinger or something...

[A4A4A4]

Always take the time to upgrade to DTM or Otteinger or something...

I think I'm going to go with the DTM if I can find it somewhere. It seems the cost difference between the DTM and the regular s-line it pretty insignificant so I might as well upgrade.

[CoreyRandmetz]

X2

Don't worry about it...it's called learning. If you like to push the limits and you don't have a lot of experience, you're bound to make a mistake sooner or later.

its better to make a simple mistake now than a large mistake later. not saying this is always the case but you got off quite easily seeing as everyone is ok and the car is fixable. btw nice car at 17, i had to wait until i was 18 for my 06 b7.

[fusionx]

looks like you put up a good fight though dude


poles
DTM bumper

my buddy scored an oettinger front bumper from his insurance when he got in an accident, id imagine you could score the DTM rear

[Phrost]

When people give their estimates from similar scenarios, you also have to ask if they paid through insurance or not. When shops know it's getting claimed, their rates go way up. If you pay out of pocket, they give you a break.

I still stand by my $2,000-3,000 tops range if you pay out of pocket and get a deal, but if you do claim insurance then don't be surprised if the total comes to $5,000+. But a claim is a claim, who cares what it adds up to for you.

I did something similar too once, and made a $5k-ish claim when I was about 19 I think. Insurance dropped me and signed me up under their more expensive branch, and yeah my premium went up a few hundred... but overall I saved myself money by not forking over $5-6k myself in one shot.

[Clown4]

damn man!!! shit happens much easier in winter... sigh...
look @ the bright side... you just finished an awesome mod...
"reflector delete"

hope you get ur baby fixed in no time!

[TCleezy]

That's rough man. If it makes you feel any better, I never had a wreck in 6 years of driving until a couple months after I got my a4 :( It was bumper and grill for about 2.5K. I was so mad at myself

[jdubbs119]

Thanks for the help guys.

I don't think I'll go through insurance, I'm only 17 and I'm sure this would skyrocket my premiums.

hit and runs don't boost your insurance

[A4A4A4]

Yea I don't think I could claim this as a hit and run, my dad's a lawyer and he would never condone insurance fraud especially because he would be involved. He won't even let me download music illegally.

[Dangler]

I think I'm going to go with the DTM if I can find it somewhere. It seems the cost difference between the DTM and the regular s-line it pretty insignificant so I might as well upgrade.

the lines are different....i you do the rear without the front, it won't flow, and look out of place. you can get away with a dtm front only...but dtm rear only....that will just look stupid.

[Sanjman]

looks like the pole bent you over and created a new hole... not much of a fight... all in seriousness that sucks hopefully you dont have any frame damage

[LampyB]

note that you shouldn't hit the brakes while sliding in quattro, but on ice even hitting the gas won't always work. i'm an experienced quattro guy and my run-in with a pole at like 3mph last weekend couldn't be avoided. i hit the gas as much as i could and there was no going forward. your best bet if you're going to hit a curb is to take it head on so you don't crack an axle or rim going sideways. in this case if you went straight at the curb i wouldn't even think about hitting the gas, you'll just hit it harder...