but a new'er car...

Earlier this year (beg July) my cherished and fairly well modified Octy met an horrid end, by a bloody drunk (and possibly drugged) women, jumping up and down on the roof/windscreen and rear spolier... i couldnt bring myself to share the news on here with you guys at the time....

But now i've had time to get a new'er Octy i thought it might be a good time to say fairwell to what was and hello to my new car

Am sure you boys n girls that do so much to their motors will understand how devasted i was when the insurer wrote it off... gutted to say the least... police useless, didnt even bother calling to my house when it happened, jsut drove past *sigh and i told them about footprints and they didnt seem interested about that either.....

anyway some pics...

Edited 10 November, 200817 yr by 150HP&counting

Ouch! Hope she hurt her foot!

Better luck with the new ride!

Lol hope she broke her leg more like... actually a witness said that she fell onto the spoiler and thats why she split it into two :(

i do have a lot more pics of the damage (Loss engineer put a repair price tag of £3700 on it )... oh last i heard, JBS had an enquiry from Germany about my car.... so i guess it was shipped abroad after being written off by NIG.

Least someones getting some benefit out of her!

Only picture i have of my new car.... now a TRUE vRS member

Only picked her up on Friday afternoon (black again lol)

FSH... mainly by Bickerton Skoda - sheffield

Full 12 months MOT

6 months Tax

3 Months free warranty (whatever that might be worth)

YN53 plate

only 55 000 miles... drives superb!

£3700 cash price from a garage called Pars Motors in Nottingham

Not brilliant pic.... and it was early in the morning on the moby lol

Edited 5 November, 200817 yr by 150HP&counting

oh bugger.... errmmm the other damage pics have gone now... oops been such awhile am not sure how this site all works now. I had to remove thos eto be able to add pic of the vRS...?

Some nice people about aren't there?

How does the new motor compare to the L&K?

The first thing i noticed about the vRS is just how planted it is in the corners... mind you the L&K was in desperate need of a suspension fix lol.

And tbh even though the L&K was remapped with the few other mods (still in sig) i cant tell that much of a difference (the vRS feels as quick!) other than in not hearing the DV quite so much, with not having the CAI.

Although i guess that could just purely be the fact i havent driven since July??

May i ask can you still see the pics in first post or not then??? I had to remove them or something as i was upto a limit set on here?

No, I can only see the pic you posted in number 4.

I suggest either setting up a photobucket account, or you can e-mail them to me and i'll gladly host them for you

Edited 3 August, 200916 yr by gillywibble

that would be great, i can still hardly believe it happened at times... i'll e-mail some over for you in the morning if thats ok

I suggest either setting up a photobucket account, or you can e-mail them to me and i'll gladly host them for you

I'll e-mail some over for you in the morning if thats ok

No problem at all

oh dear. Sorry to hear about your old car, thats terrible! I was wondering why you never came on here anymore. Anyway, glad your back in the Skoda fold and it looks an excellent choice of replacement. Will keep my eyes peeled for a black vrs around woolley wood bottom now then, if your still in that area. Cheers, Damian

DAMO: Yeah mate... it was an horrible experience, i just wish now, if i'd have known it were gunna get written off, i'd have revoved some of the bits n bobs (the good bits lol)... they only settled @ £2800 :( and that was after a starting offer of £2250

Am glad to be back with a motor, and especially so a vRS this time... handles so much better!!!

GILLYWIBBLE: i'll send some photo's over now if thats ok, went to work and forgot the usb stick oops!

welcome back... cracking price for your new car

At least the vandal didnt sue you for injuring herself vandalising your property.

Welcome back to Club Skoda Nice car too

Some nice people about.

Gutted about your old one mate :(

Least you have something to cheer you up though

Cheers Matt.... thats all i'm focussing on (my vRS)... although parts of you after something like this, makes you not want to try so hard in making a nice looking motor (in case something happens), and one of reasons i couldnt bring myself to talk about it when it actually happened in July.

Spending a few thousand on a car makes it more than just a means of A to B as am sure a lot of us can relate too!

I've now invested a couple hundred pounds in an IP CCTV camera too now, with digital recording to HDD obviously am hoping nothing like this will ever happen again *sigh

Edited 9 November, 200817 yr by 150HP&counting

So, are you changing username to 180HP&counting?

So, are you changing username to 180HP&counting?

hahaha maybe i should but then again... that name wouldnt last for long matey edging ever closer to that slippery slope yet again lol... just waiting for the free three month warranty to run out and then