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So Piglet and I were tootling along to the National meet, making good progress to meet the convoy when suddenly a nasty engine noise intruded on our morning. She heads for the junction and makes it off the motorway only for the engine to go bang on the roundabout at the junction.
Kaboom.
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Turns out the Audi bit of the VW engine let go. Typical.
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In our haste to get the car off the road muggins here manages to do this to the bodywork on a potruding piece of armco. It seems to be able to be pushed out ok and require minimal filling.
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I wasn't bothered too much about the engine, but this was a pain. Piglet isn't worried, she knows it can be fixed.
So, to cut a long story short, we got recovered and pitched up to Cosford late in her Mk2 instead but still have a great time and go home with a GTi to our name.
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Cue the Sunday. Home by 1pm. By 3pm the car looks like this
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Piggers has decided that we will restore the car from the ground up and she intends to do a great deal of the work. Can't fault her.