Oh if it were only that simple. Trust me that is what I am saying. There is a hole where debris on the road very clearly would be able to hit it. There is not much evidence of damage under the front of the car but something only has to hit the engine to make the engine fail. This has been going for almost 5 months. That scenario does explain it all but it not as easy as ABC. I don't want to bash the company too explicitly before I completely drop the claim, which will happen passively once the car is sold.

 

It sucks to hear that you've been going through this for five months. I think the person at the dealership should be intelligent enough to link all of it together and tell the insurance company thats whats going on. But then again insurance is basically legal extortion and they'll do what ever they can to not pay a claim and stick it to the custom.

 

Only if the hole is blown in. If it was blown out, then a mechanical failure occured. Can you tell which way the hole is going in or out?

 

It is large enough that it is difficult to tell. We were able to pull 2 rods and pistons out through it. I honestly think that it should be paid and I think that if it were a purely mechanical failure, it would look very different but I have yet to be able to convince the insurance company of that. At this point, it is better for me to just move on. I will lose a lot on this car, somebody take advantage of it. I would love to see it become an 800 hp TT car, but honestly nothing would make me happier than to see it move under its own power. I am not trying to take advantage of anyone with this car or this price and I will help the new owner along the way but I can only afford to lose so much. Thanks for all of the thoughts and ideas.

 

his post was made before the new forum rules were made



Good luck with the sale! It would be perfect for someone who wanted to turbo it!

 

Man! I need this car......TT Lambo.......perfect!

Chris

 

Calling your name, buy it!

 

That's a very solid point. Good luck with the sale.

 

As Russ already stated, the new rules were implemented after my post. Thanks for the heads up though, I just read them and I'll make sure to abide by them.

 

Thanks for looking out pal.

 

Napo was grandfathered in...by a hair..lol

 

Yep, yep... That's how I roll!

 

Can you jack up the car and take a pic of the hole in the block that way maybe someone here can give you more info as to the failure.

 

I will try to but, as I have said, I have pretty much given up hope of any help from my insurance. I really don't want to sue them over this and they apparently don't understand reason. I am happy to discuss the engine failure as much as anyone wants here but that may need to move to the Lamborghini section. My first priority at this point is selling it.
-Ed

 

So this is a former rental car?
If so, how many of the 23k were done as rental?