aloha_from_bradley
Autocross Champion
- Location
- AZ
All cars are nothing but problems after an accident, depending on where the damage was.
I wrecked my first MK7 GTI w/ 1764 miles on the odometer going too fast on a highway exit on stock tires, careened into the curb. Full F+R suspension, control arms, axles, ball joints, subframe etc. you name it, it was replaced.
the car drove like a bag of dicks until I traded it in at the end of the lease. So glad I made that fateful mistake on a lease and not a car I actually owned.
adter the repair work was done the steering wheel felt like a fisher price toy and there was lots of wheel hop/torque steer on stock power WOT, even with upgraded tires. Had the drivers side ball joint replaced twice, some other work done all under warranty (despite the issues being fallout from my accident). Nothing ever fixed it.
I would never buy a rebuild.
My wife was T-boned, albeit at low speeds, at a 4 way double lane intersection. One car went and it was then my wife's turn, but the car next to the car that went first (which was on the outside lane) decided to go right after even though they didn't stop first. Of course this means she runs right into my wife at about 30 MPH.
The car needed a door, quarter panel, a bunch of permanent body work, I believe some suspension components. Never drove the same. For some reason the car didn't run right. Not sure how it correlated, but it was just never the same. Also, matching paint is a lot harder than most people would think. Especially if you have lots of flake or pearl options. Takes a real wizard to blend paint between panels, namely the plastics bits and bumpers.