I feel so down right now.

It was my first car, my drive was slightly blocked so had to get out at an angle.

When I came back, I thought I could make it it, gave it some and went into my neighbours wall.

The whole fronts gone in, radiators gone, and it's leaking coolant.

I scraped together to pay for the car and insurance and now I'm just embarresed and ashamed more than anything. Everyone keeps telling me it happens and we all make mistakes, but I dunno. Just feel like crap.

 dont worry mate mistakes happen but i know how hard it is to not feel like you do.  chin up and as iv started to tell myself Theres worse things that could happen.

hope you get it sorted without too much pain

Cheers mate, appreciate it.

I was kinda on the up, getting used to the car, confident driving it and now it's just gone through the floor.

Just thinking about the damage this is gonna cause me financially is just unbearable.

Gonna try and drop to my friends garage monday morning and see what he says.

I might have to do a big parts hunt now cause I dont think I can afford genuine parts.

 Not good mate, it must be really difficult to not feel how you do, even though its tiny in comparison, when i kerbed and alloy i felt rubbish, embarrased!

Dont worry about it too much mate, hope you can get it sorted soon!

Chaz.

sorry to hear that mate, like everyone says, there aint nothing more you can do then keep ya chin up,

if this makes you feel any better i have been without my car for almost a month now, hopefully get it back next week sometime, but i think i may of been screwed outta £500+ by my insurance company, damn terms and conditions, and ive lost a months worth of insurance too, happy days

 id get a parts list together and scoure local scrappies mate to keep costs down and you never know it may not be as bad as it seems,

 thats bad times!

i ripped the radiatior of the bottom of my car the other day! dont ask!lol cost me well over £200.

im going to my local scrappy 2mrw, ill have a look for some parts for you? where bout are you in the country mate?

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=mk4+golf+breaking&_sacat=See-All-Categories

heres some on ebay...

email the seller! hope it gets sorted, mite be an excuse to get and R32 front bumper? or suminc? look at it positivly?

When I had my 4mo, I picked some spare parts up from a guy who'd smashed the front end of his car.

Due to the fact he was a teenager, and didn't want to claim on insurance, his dad had bought a complete golf that had been written off due to the interior being nicked.

They were swapping the front ends over, then selling the parts left over from the car. Apparently, they told me they were even making a profit overall, due to the value of the parts left over!

Worth a thought, if you've got the space to park up a donor car!

you got any pics of tha damage tro car and wall?

Second hand parts ftmfw,new bumper,radiator.Anything else damaged?

Beanhead:

....gave it some.....

You gave it some entering your drive? meaning you sped up? How wide's your drive?

Lucky you never hurt yourself (or someone else) too. Do feel for you, you've learned the hard way though unfortunately. You'll get it sorted.

Sorry to hear.

Agree with some of the comments here about givving it some going up your drive.

I guess the slam panel will be gone too.

Yep, slam panels gone.

By giving it some, my drives pretty steep. I stalled in the morning going up it in second. This time I figured I would need to go a bit faster going up, except the angle turn was all wrong.

I am thankful no one was hurt and today I was meant to go on the motorway myself so something even worse could have happened.

I'm trying to see the positives in this, just hope I can get it repaired and fixed.

Beanhead:

Yep, slam panels gone.

By giving it some, my drives pretty steep. I stalled in the morning going up it in second. This time I figured I would need to go a bit faster going up, except the angle turn was all wrong.

I am thankful no one was hurt and today I was meant to go on the motorway myself so something even worse could have happened.

I'm trying to see the positives in this, just hope I can get it repaired and fixed.

First gear?  More torque in lower gears so its easy to get moving on large banks.

Dont worry mate, it happens to the best of us! Local stealers should have some stuff

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vw-golf-mk4-1-4-radiator-1-4-breaking_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a10Q7c66Q3a2Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem29ff71b37cQQitemZ180379300732QQptZUKQ5fCarsPartsQ5fVehiclesQ5fCarPartsQ5fSMQQsalenotsupported

Really sorry to hear that, Mate.  It's just a case of learning from the mistake.  (I reversed into a lamp post pretty quickly after I'd passed my test - it only cracked a tail light, but was a big wake-up call with the cost of parts).

You should be able to get the bits you need cheaply from breakers & E-Bay. 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Volkswagon-Golf-Mk-4-Headlights_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a12Q7c66Q3a2Q7c39Q3a1Q7c72Q3a1683Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem3ca37023d9QQitemZ260440073177QQptZUKQ5fCarsPartsQ5fVehiclesQ5fCarPartsQ5fSMQQsalenotsupported

Maybe someone could help by picking these up and posting your way for a few £?

Wigster. 

 Bro it happens. Have a ganders.

This was within the first month, due to me not being used to extremely wet conditions, a deer, and a cross road.

But went down to the scrappy, picke dup parts, got them sprayed and fitted, not its good as new.

Hope you get it fixed quickly and easily. I nearly died without my car.

sorry to hear that mate, especially if it was your first car.... consider yourself lucky though that it wasn't anything serious, some people have their first accident and its their last...

UPDATE:

This happened Saturday night, my dad had a valuation saturday for £1250!!!

Luckily he has a friend who does accident repair for insurers at his local garage.

He stated roughly £300 for parts and £250 for labour, I couldn't believe that but infact he was right.

£256 + VAT and it came to just under £300.

Needed, new bumber, brackets, radiator, second radiator (cant remeber the exact name for it) and panel.

He has a young italian apprentice who did top notch panel beating on the bonnet and respray.

He also changed the bushed on the front as he said he wasn't happy with them (I had previous notes on services they looked worn), he didnt charge labour for 'em.

Only issues were, the driver side headlight which was infact OK except the brackets were broken to the panel, he fixed by plastic bonding. I mean there's nothing wrong, it will just need changing in the future when I can afford it.

The A/C unit was broken which he repaired but will need gassing up.

The bonnet has paint chipped underneath where he has panel beat it, which will start to rust if not treated.

And it's filthy, needs a proper clean.

He stated, had I not been been my dads seed (in those words), I would be looking at £1.5k and he would have looked to replace (and charge) for the whole lot, e.g. headlight, bonnet etc.

I'll up pics hopefully after a bit of a clean.

I'm just glad to get it back and done for the price he charged, he took it (leaking coolant and all sorts) on the tuesday evening, had it finished inc. painting thursday and picked up friday.

I'm just so relieved.

 Sorry to hear it mate, but at least you seem to have saved yourself a bit of money, i think a few bevvies for thy father and mechanic may be in order... keeps them sweet for the next time it goes in for any work done. Good look hope its looking good again mate!

 i cant belive he would charge 1.5k to pannel beat a bonnet and respray when you coukd have got a bonnet for £50 from scrappy and respray that?

i know id be gutted if some one beat my bonnet then resprayed it instead of geting one from a scrappy then charge me top wak for it

at the price you got i think its spot on

Cheers, he's actually a decent guy.

What he meant is, he does 99% of work thorugh insurers, so will charge top whack.

I was actually surprised when I came back Friday and the bonnet was the way it was, the lip of the bonnet was near vertical after the accident!

Nice to hear it has worked out quite cheap for you.

I know how it feels to be in that state of limbo when youre waiting to see how much its going to cost you.

It does happen to all of us, and if anyone reading this hasnt done somthing a little silly like this very well done as its hard not to.

Back in April I managed to back my 4mo into some guys black Skoda Octavia, the carpark had very poor lighting and admittedly I was in a bit of a rush to get home..2.2k that cost to sort out. And I only backed into him at about 4 mph. Insurers went to town I think.

Just be a little more careful when coming home in future eh?

 I managed to go into a large round about when it was soaking wet and the car hit an huge puddle, tail of car went had no chance to correct it then hit my rear wheel on a kerb wheel was literally horizontal out of the wheel arch managed to twist the car trust me i know exactually how you feel but when you get your next dub you will love it even more i certainly do

Brilliant it worked out for you mate. Not quite as dramatic but I dented my wheel arch quite badly yesterday and I feel terrible so I can only imagine what you felt like.

Anyways, care to upload any pictures to show the bloke's handywork?