I've just had several long-standing issues sorted out on my C4 at Braunton Garage in Devon, in preparation for a big move... to New Zealand ! I'm moving there early next year and decided I couldn't be parted from the old girl (the car, not the missus, but she's coming too [
] The roads in NZ are fabulous, and manual 993s are almost non-existent so I convinced myself it is a logical decision to ship the car, despite the not-inconsiderable cost. A friend took his Caterham there a few years ago and is helping me with the shipping and import process (not completely straightforward).
Nearer the move I'll post some details about how to ship a 993 to NZ (I am hoping to start a blog), but the point of this post was just to say how pleased I was with the work done by Ash and Chris at Braunton: http://www.sportscarrepair.co.uk/
I left the car with them for about 4 weeks having spent most of a Sat morning looking over it with Ash, and discussing the planned work. I ended up getting the following done:
- air-con (it packed up last year, leak in evaporator, £££ but necessary in NZ)
- minor oil leaks
- replace exhaust heat shields and bumper irons, repaint rear PU
- new heater blower motor (fluff removal didn't work)
- clutch slave cylinder (using after-market cyl - see separate post)
- new oil pressure sender (was giving erratic readings, thought to be the gauge by my normal indy, but turned out to be the sender)
- front pads & disks
- all plug leads (unexpected, ouch !)
Naturally this all cost a pretty penny, but I think a fair bit less than it would have done at many indys, helped by their reasonable hourly rate, good pre-planning and doing several jobs at once. Very happy with the work, and would recommend them.
The car is now 100% sorted bar a few paint blemishes, which I can look into getting done in NZ. Now I just have to sort out moving the house contents, renting the house, etc., etc !
] The roads in NZ are fabulous, and manual 993s are almost non-existent so I convinced myself it is a logical decision to ship the car, despite the not-inconsiderable cost. A friend took his Caterham there a few years ago and is helping me with the shipping and import process (not completely straightforward).Nearer the move I'll post some details about how to ship a 993 to NZ (I am hoping to start a blog), but the point of this post was just to say how pleased I was with the work done by Ash and Chris at Braunton: http://www.sportscarrepair.co.uk/
I left the car with them for about 4 weeks having spent most of a Sat morning looking over it with Ash, and discussing the planned work. I ended up getting the following done:
- air-con (it packed up last year, leak in evaporator, £££ but necessary in NZ)
- minor oil leaks
- replace exhaust heat shields and bumper irons, repaint rear PU
- new heater blower motor (fluff removal didn't work)
- clutch slave cylinder (using after-market cyl - see separate post)
- new oil pressure sender (was giving erratic readings, thought to be the gauge by my normal indy, but turned out to be the sender)
- front pads & disks
- all plug leads (unexpected, ouch !)
Naturally this all cost a pretty penny, but I think a fair bit less than it would have done at many indys, helped by their reasonable hourly rate, good pre-planning and doing several jobs at once. Very happy with the work, and would recommend them.
The car is now 100% sorted bar a few paint blemishes, which I can look into getting done in NZ. Now I just have to sort out moving the house contents, renting the house, etc., etc !
