UPDATE:
Insurance totaled the GTI.. The adjuster didn't mess around with the valuation process.
Got seen by a doctor per most of ya'lls recommendation and I'm glad I did. I won't go into specifics regarding that(legal reasons).
Backstory: I'll say I'm gonna miss that car, bought it new in 17, had 49 miles, only had a few issues(covered under warranty((steering rack replacement($2000), drivers side headlight housing($1500) had to be replaced because of failed AFS) and out of warranty my water pump failed 500 miles ago at 63500($1700) which I don't consider terribly bad considering the issues I've had with other cars I've owned. The GTI always got compliments from random people(and the attention of Kia optimas/Honda civics trying to race me
), drove like a roller coaster, and generally took care of me(got through multiple crazy winters up north in the snow). My first car was a B5 Passat and getting the GTI took me back to my younger years made driving fun again! Both the VW's I had were manual but the next one I'm excited to think of entertaining the idea of a DSG! I think I'm most upset I didn't get to experience a tuned GTI and feel what it's like to have that extra slingshot of torque, but I digress.. It was a fun half a decade. I enjoy this forum and will be lurking for a while and post updates when I get into a GTI/R hopefully soon. Until then I'll be driving like a grandma in my spouses Tiguan waving at every Golf I see