Andy Brookes

Blimey the old girl is back! I still wish I had never sold her. Hope you have fun and sort it all out. Got some more old pics about at home if you would like me to post them? Just found one at work.... Cheers Andy Brookes

Thought that may raise a little laugh somewhere! Here are pics of the C's last journey, had a little lump in my throat as it went.

You won't get much lower than that!!!! The shell is off to the crusher tomorrow......R.I.P. H5 AOB!

that was the first offer, not to bad for a first offer I thought. How many times did you go back before accepting?

Got an offer today from the insurance co, £3k and I can have the salvage for £480. Not to bad an offer but will go back and ask for some more as it would be difficult to replace a silver VR in as good a condition for £3k, what do you reakon??

http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic. ... &start=120 :(

was told by the assessor that viewed my C that the glasses guide said £1600 for a 93 c, but he never uses the guide price. He has a look at autotrader to see what the market price is. He asked me how much I thought mine was worth....I said I had had a look round and expected to pay £4 to £4.5k to replace it with a C in similar condition!! We shall see what the offer comes in at!

Still waiting for my offer, that seems very low mate........dont cave in yet!

waiting for the offer letter or phonecall. I'm not gonna rush them as I could do with the courtesy car for a while!

Just spoken to my insurances nominated garage and they have put a quote in of £3255 to fix the C. Thats got to be a write off. Will have to wait and see what the insurance company have to say now. I'm hoping to keep the remains and it can become a donor for all of you!

I didnt think to much to the slight stiffness of my neck on the night of the accident. But over two weeks later I'm sat here with a big headache up the back of my head with knotted muscles in the top of my neck. I think its gonna be a while before i'm back to normal. A few trips to the oseopath will be in order. I'm not one to take advantage of a situation, but it bloody hurts!

Sorry to hear the news of another. Mine was hit a couple of weeks ago. Still getting a bit of stiffness from the whiplash, hope yours is not to bad. If you havent already get your insurers to put you in contact with an independant solicitor to sort out a personal injury claim.

I'm scared that this might have an effect on rallies like the scally rally. We had such a great time last year with no trouble at all (apart from some banger racers who decided it was a good idea to have a banger race on Barcalona beach!!). We are doing it again this year, so really hopeful that we don't get effected by these rich kids!

I have always sprayed my coilovers with cavity wax, has stopped any corrosion of the threads.

Looking like an Audi A6 for a while, maybe something crazy for the weekends!

These things happen! Was thinking it was time to move on anyway. The old bones arent as young as they used to be for the low ride height!

Big thank you to besian for the bits I needed. Took the time to meet me in an easy place to find and all the parts were as expected. Top Lad.

Few more pics of the damage! Ouch!

Yeah havent posted for a while, too much work and no play! Beer sounds good. Jimbob will be back soon, so will arrange a shandy club!

Thanks for all the remarks, she is defo a write off, the boot is twisted and the sunroof is not sitting straight like it used to, so there must be a fair bit of twist in the chassis. I'm gonna get all the good bits off it sharpish, if the insurance company lets me have it, I will break it as I have a nice big drive and a fairly understanding wife! That will be three dead cars on the drive! Got a new Audi Avant for this years scally rally (http://www.teamrado.blogspot.com), this ones a turbo quattro but needs windows and a rear seat. Just back from picking up another avant that we bought off ebay for £52 for all the spares we need. Can't decide what I want next, another C, a TT, an A4, Grinall Scopian...I just don't know. Got you look at it as a oportunity to get something different or better!

The C took a beating last night.....from a Nissan Almera doing about 30mph sideways with all 4 wheels locked up. I'm sure its going to be a write off as the qtr panel is twisted. So not sure what to do at the moment, maybe another C or something different. Got a few bits on it that I want to rescue like exhaust, induction kit, coilovers, steering wheel etc etc, so think I will try and get old standard parts and see what I buy before selling any of the bits on. Boohoo, another C dies........ RIP

Like this you mean!

Today I mostly came back to my car with a nice big dent in it from some twat in waitrose carpark in Ringwood........arse wipes. Rear bumper is the shape of a banana and the rear panel has a subtle crease to it.....arrrrrrhgggghhh. Thinking about claiming on the insurance for once. Hope you have all had better days!

I just tried at the hedge end store, no luck, so if you have a spare Nick, i'm in!

Now fixed, it was the ignition module, now a few quid lighter in my wallet but VR now running. If anyone has the same symtoms here's what I found. I disconnected the 3 pin plug to the ignition module, brown pin is an earth, black pin is 12V feed when the ignition is on, red and black pin is a control voltage from the ecu, this showed 1.4ish V when the engine was cranked over. So all of that was good, but I wasnt getting a spark. New ignition module fixed it. I havent heard of one going before. Also of note is that the engine had been taking a while to start for a good year or so, with the new ignition module it start immediatly.