11-05-2012, 11:44 AM
Pompey306mark Wrote:I was wondering why this had so many recent comments. Did not get a chance to click here until today.
You needed thos 4pots I showed you a few months back. Then you would have stopped and had no worries.
First buy for new car bigger brakes......................
Sorry to see this happen though, I would get it back check it over. Take all the nice bits. If the engines ok (which it should be) sell it and make a bit of money from the interior and panels maybe.
You can get a nice 6 now for well under £900. Add your nice bits sell the parts you take off. I think it wont cost that much in the end.
But Mark I actually locked up. My brakes worked perfectly in arresting the motion of the wheels. I'm not knocking you or trying to be sarcy at all, cause part of me does want some porno 4-pots, but they just aren't a neccessity imo; my brakes are fapping strong, and more than enough to pull me in under continuous abuse in the dry. The issue I had at the end of the day was an unfolding situation in front of me which I couldn't react fast enough to, combined with a very cold set of uber-summer tyres...
Cause was TPFT the insurance company didn't give a shit about it. They enquired where it was currently, I said at home, they were like ok fine. I asked, they don't need to see it or anything...
Not that im fussed, I couldn't care less what they think of it, and It makes it a helluva lot easier to either fix or break for parts, without the rigmarol of transporting it about and the paperwork to buy it back. The obvious downside being i get no money back off it, but then it's that sortof thing that'll ra*e my insurance up next year...
You're right re the price of gti's. I need to weigh my options up 1st tbh, as I'm currently not sure stretching to another immediately is the best plan. I'm gonna have a good prod around it this weekend to see whats salvageable, and if its worth saving, and will go from there

I'm hoping it wont cost that much either!!!

'99 Ph3 Diablo Gti(Victor) Dead
Astor 'X' 4 GTi6-6 - SOLD!
'08 LY Renault Megane RS 230 F1 Team R26 - GONE
'56 BMW Z4 Coupe 3.0si Sport - SCHWIIIING!
Astor 'X' 4 GTi6-6 - SOLD!

'08 LY Renault Megane RS 230 F1 Team R26 - GONE
'56 BMW Z4 Coupe 3.0si Sport - SCHWIIIING!