New ride (not for the feint hearted)

[beale187]

You did well to negotiate your claim too, Redbook, CarSales all good places to find comparable sales. Some assessors always come in low, others come in high just so they can close the file and move on.

Also if your Bora is +15yrs old they cant write it off in the sense that they don't notify RMS/VicRoads... So your free to take the cash and put it back on the road ��

[Lynchy]

Sorry to hear about the accident. Hopefully you are OK?

Regarding the brakes. If you have some safe space see if you can drive it and trigger the abs by jumping on the brakes. This can force the air out the of the pump and into the lines. Further bleeding can get it out of the lines. Iv had had some luck with this. Other times needs the pump triggered by vagcom etc the normal way. Just an idea if you are stuck

Accident has left me pretty roughed up, hopefully it clears up soon but we'll see.

I just ended up handing it to a different mechanic to try the vagcom way, and great success! Now I have proper Gti brake feeling and I am loving it. Thanks for the tip in the right direction. My usual guy was adamant that they clamp the ABS lines and there was 0% chance of air in there...

You did well to negotiate your claim too, Redbook, CarSales all good places to find comparable sales. Some assessors always come in low, others come in high just so they can close the file and move on.

Also if your Bora is +15yrs old they cant write it off in the sense that they don't notify RMS/VicRoads... So your free to take the cash and put it back on the road ��

Yep, I think I got the highest amount they would give up without a serious fight, which is still not enough in my opinion. Black, manual, boras without serious electrical gremlins are impossibly rare these days.
That's the exact plan too, got the cash in hand, repairs have been pretty cheap, and she's already back to a driveable state.


1.8T plans are basically stage 1, maybe 2 ECU, k04 with a bit of exhaust tweaking, usual intake stuff with probably upgraded intercooler. Throw on some R8 coils for stylez on top.
Then... depending on availability and time, maybe some forged internals and rebuilding before I get it in.
The ultimate goal being to beat the R36 in output, aaaaand hopefully spending less than it cost too.
If anyone has a lead for somebody with experience building a 1.8T I would love to hear it, right now I'm pretty sure the only things holding in the car are some fuel lines and the engine mounts.

[beale187]

Sounds juicy Lynchy, look forward to following your progress when you're up and about

Where abouts are you located? Someone will have a suggestion local to you re: building a 1.8T