Some of you may remember that I bought a little white Polo as a stopgap while I was rebuilding the back axle of my 190e ; it was a nice little car with only 19K on the clock and had belonged to an elderly gentleman from new with history proving use of approx 1000 miles each year .
It was a great little car and it did me well for the few months of the summer I needed it , once I got my 190e back on the road , I gave the Polo to my unemployed nephew who has no money and had recently passed his test .
Long story short , the daft lad antagonised someone else on Facebook , who then put in all the windows on the Polo , police attended and have lifted and charged this boy who did the damage .
My nephew is gutted about the car , which is now up the drive under a tarpaulin , was talking about claiming on insurance but I pointed out might be written off as a 1997 Polo , even with , now , 25K on the clock and near mint condition , won't be worth much on the books . Also with this being his first car , he has a £650 insurance excess which he can't possibly afford to pay ; I already gave him the car for nothing , so I'm not giving him any more .
My only thought was , that notwithstanding this being an act of vandalism , criminal damage , and that all the windows were smashed , there was no other damage , so it would be a claim for glass damage only , so would the windscreen excess of £100 or whatever perhaps be all he would need to cough for ?
If it was only that then he might get it fixed .
I hate the thought of it being scrapped , and will advertise it on the VWOC as Im sure someone would want it otherwise , since its such a genuine , low mileage and unmolested car , apart from the broken windows .
It was a great little car and it did me well for the few months of the summer I needed it , once I got my 190e back on the road , I gave the Polo to my unemployed nephew who has no money and had recently passed his test .
Long story short , the daft lad antagonised someone else on Facebook , who then put in all the windows on the Polo , police attended and have lifted and charged this boy who did the damage .
My nephew is gutted about the car , which is now up the drive under a tarpaulin , was talking about claiming on insurance but I pointed out might be written off as a 1997 Polo , even with , now , 25K on the clock and near mint condition , won't be worth much on the books . Also with this being his first car , he has a £650 insurance excess which he can't possibly afford to pay ; I already gave him the car for nothing , so I'm not giving him any more .
My only thought was , that notwithstanding this being an act of vandalism , criminal damage , and that all the windows were smashed , there was no other damage , so it would be a claim for glass damage only , so would the windscreen excess of £100 or whatever perhaps be all he would need to cough for ?
If it was only that then he might get it fixed .
I hate the thought of it being scrapped , and will advertise it on the VWOC as Im sure someone would want it otherwise , since its such a genuine , low mileage and unmolested car , apart from the broken windows .
