Andy Brookes's Satin Silver VR6, its last journey...boohoo

[A5 VRX 0]

Love the car mate but with Jim on the plate surround, dont think it looks crap but just not my cup of tea! Should get my Satin Silver G back from the sprayers this week, hope it looks nearly as good as that, want to see the all red rear lamps though as i was thinking about doing it also.

[Andy Brookes 0]

I promise it will work with the all red rears!!!

[A5 VRX 0]

Think it will definatly look better with those. Really like the front end especially with the black badge and washer jets, looks mean as owt! Sell it to me!!

[pkripper 0]

Nice, silver hides the age of the C so well.

[gaz the geezer 0]

lovin the silvernessy of it all andy, top motor 8)

[Kevin Bacon 5]

I really do like thos Oettingers! How are they holding up? Nick was saying they're starting to get a bit tatty?

 

Still a tidy looking car mate :-)

[Andy Brookes 0]

Otties are holding up well, but I havent used them through the last two winters, so they have not seen salt.

 

Got a couple of small curb rashes, I plan on stripping the Laquer off the outer rims at some point and keeping them hand polished. Easier the fix small curb rashes then, the penalty of having a slight stretch!

[biggerbigben 0]

Very nice Andy, I hope to see you at Stoner :D

[Bally 0]

always liked silver rados.. still wished I'd bought one....

[AND7 F 0]

Silver is definitely the way forward, Don't think I'd have any other colour now..

[A5 VRX 0]

The rims are spot on, do they do them in 4 stud at all? Next car definatly a silver VR!

[Andy Brookes 0]

thanks for all the positive comments chaps.

 

Otties are only avaliable in 5 stud.

[young dub 0]

Wheels suit it very well and the front end looks gorgeous.

 

What do you think of the Koni coils, do they go low enough and whats the ride like?

[Andy Brookes 0]

Wheels suit it very well and the front end looks gorgeous.

 

What do you think of the Koni coils, do they go low enough and whats the ride like?

 

Koni's are good, plenty of adjustment left for going lower.

[Andy Brookes 0]

Few more pics taken today after I had cleaned the C and did a clay bar and polish job on my wifes Beetle. Notice how samll the C looks next to the beetle!!!

 

Also spot the new scally ralley Audi 100 Avant Quattro in the background.

[Andy Brookes 0]

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

[Blue_Joe 0]

:(

[Yandards 0]

Dammit, there goes my second favourite silver C.

[vr6storm 0]

that must be gutting :(

[dukest 0]

that really sucks..

 

i'm sure it would be a technical write off, but i would definitely look into getting it repaired "economically" - ie. where the inside isn't necessarily as cosmetically well done as it would be in a proper repair.

 

an old car of mine was rear ended a few years ago and although it was a write off, you could barely see the damage and a bit of pulling and welding sorted the exterior appearance even though the inside was still obviously bodged..

 

depends on whether you get salvage/buy back from your insurance and if its safe to do it of course but it would be a real shame to lose a silver vr...

[Jim 1]

Sh*t Andy - thats really bad news.

 

On the plus side, the person went into the back of you so almost regardless of the circumstances, it'll end up in your favour. Really sucks though as thats another Corrado off the roads :(

[OSV 0]

Sorry to see that Andy, beautiful car :(

[KADVR6 0]

gutted for ya mate, but i would say its very poorly, not dead?????

[Mave 0]

Such bad news matey, at least you're alright though.

[chrishill 0]

ah mate that sucks, you must be gutted.

 

The damage actually looks worse than on my (also silver) VR when that was written off, I had the option for an economical repair but to be honest you know its never going to be 'right' if you get it fixed at way. Might be worth buying back and breaking, if you get the option and have the space