Crashed VXR - Whose?

[S600VXR]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2005-VAUXHALL-MONARO-VXR-44-...

[Well_Fans]

bargain for someone that can wait for the parts. if it goes above 14k its getting a bit pointless as the parts aint cheap - good 2-3k worth of repairs there in parts/paint etc I reckon. Can't be too many 54 plate 6.0 VXR's out there either.

[caspy@wortec]

The unlucky owner was not a forum member.

[raggyman]

Wow, 433 miles and smashed up... Would have thought the insurance company would have fixed it.. damage doesn't look too bad..

[caspy@wortec]

VXR bits cost a few quid, asessor suggested the damage was greater than suggested in advert.

[S600VXR]

raggyman said:

Wow, 433 miles and smashed up... Would have thought the insurance company would have fixed it.. damage doesn't look too bad..

433 miles since last service, its actually done 44k from memory!

[slackalice]

Do you reckon someone spotted this one first and did not let on?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[raggyman]

S600VXR said:

raggyman said:

Wow, 433 miles and smashed up... Would have thought the insurance company would have fixed it.. damage doesn't look too bad..

433 miles since last service, its actually done 44k from memory!

Yeah, but from the ad, the bloke only did 433 since he bought it second hand and smashed it up...
Think the record is 57 miles but not too sure..

[L2VXR]

This ones in my local salvage yard

www.rdsalvage.co.uk/page66.htm

[Irish_Stu]

Almost painful to look at...

[Well_Fans]

both front on damage - think maybe the standard vxr brakes arent up to the level needed by some of the folk driving them?

[raggyman]

Bit more work lurking there I think too... back wheels don't quiet look right to be, the clearance between the wheels and the arch seems to be quiet a bit..

Very very sad..

[mike vt1]

probably been stackered around yard so suspension not settled down

[C8PPO]

Well_Fans said:

both front on damage - think maybe the standard vxr brakes arent up to the level needed by some of the folk driving them?

^^ What he said

[hsv_rulz]

Well_Fans said:

both front on damage - think maybe the standard vxr brakes arent up to the level needed by some of the folk driving them?

More like, numptys driving a powerful car well beyond their abilities.

[C8PPO]

Hmm, I've had a couple of emergency stops in mine and if you really stand on the pedal, the ABS cuts in and then the pedal just sinks. It's not a reassuring feeling and it definitely doesn't stop as quickly as you'd hope. Reported it to Green's previously, they tested it and said it weas fine and that was how the brakes were.

[S600VXR]

C8PPO said:

Hmm, I've had a couple of emergency stops in mine and if you really stand on the pedal, the ABS cuts in and then the pedal just sinks. It's not a reassuring feeling and it definitely doesn't stop as quickly as you'd hope. Reported it to Green's previously, they tested it and said it weas fine and that was how the brakes were.

I try not to stop to suddenly in mine as the AP set up is awsome! more worried about someone going in the back of me than being able to stop in time TBH.

[raggyman]

Yeah, that is always the worry for me too...

[slackalice]

So for those of you that have the AP set up, do you find that the ABS cuts in quicker with all that extra stopping power?

[S600VXR]

Not really as you learn not to jump on the brakes. You only find that after driving something else then when you hit them like you had been you find your 30ft short of where you wanted to be!