Just had to get the other halfs crash sensors replaced on her VW beetle, expensive sensors buried in the front bumper support structure - at £550:jawdrop: , probably the most I've ever had to pay for a single repair on any vehicle I've ever been associated with (well apart from crash damage.......) So what's yours - go on cheer me up .................
£5,700 when I blew up the V8 engine in my old TVR Cerbera lol The engine came out and a little something was peeking out from behind the water/oil pump. What might it be...? Ahhhh yes. That's what it is. The crankshaft and conrods/big ends... :arghh: The cylinder head and valves looked particularly pretty. Can you spot what's missing? That's right - an entire piston that had disintegrated... It took a whole year to source a replacement engine, test/build it up, prep and fit it to the Cerb and then get it all set up. Total cost - £5,700. I got the car back not long after I'd started getting involved with NWB so a few of the longer-standing members got chance to see it on a few occasions before I sold it and it shuffled off to Belgium with its new owner... This was the last I saw of it, as the new owner drove it away [MEDIA] ....and this is the only other video clip I have of it. Someone (not me :whistle: ) giving it some beans. Listen for the pops and bangs on the overrun lol :roflmao::love: ????
I was quoted £766 for a service on my 1998 BMW R1100S, reluctantly I declined and have done all the servicing and replacing the rear master cylinder and brake hose for less than £300
At least you still had something ressembling a piston attached to your gudgeon pin/conrod. Mine was..... well.... evaporated. Gone. Mind you, the inside of the sump looked like a fairy had exploded in it. Soooo much glittery sparkles everywhere lol
Paying for a service?? Don't you usually just throttle on and aim the bike for a dry stonewall and then buy something else when it comes due for a service?
Only because it's German so it'd just plough right through the dry stonewall, invade the farmer's field on the other side and occupy his and his neighbours' farms.
Only a small one £450ish. Couldn't weld this back together. Or straighten these. All caused by this. Although VW recommend 80k or 6 years cambelt replacement and tensioner, they forget to mention that in the UK it's 4 years apparently we do more stop starting and the tensioner can't handle it and cracks up.:bang::bang::bang:
£150 for a new engine because the inlet valve wanted to see what the bottom of the cylinder looked like.
