wizzing up the M5 on Sat and the engine blew up. The recovery man said the crankshaft was turning (on the starter motor) but the camshaft wasn't (gloom) - however he was puzzled as the timing belt was present and correct, indeed it seemed to be OK, possibly the woodruff key had sheared. He was a little mystified. Basically a camshaft failure = end of car.
I decided on the spot, by the time I had the car transported the 50 miles home, messed with getting it to a garage for repair it was not going to be worth the effort. He towed the car to the services and scrapped what was a nice car in very good condition. He arranged for the car to be taken away to the grave yard. A bit upsetting but there we go.
Just a message, the car had done 86k miles, if you're there do the cambelt, tensioner, waterpump job. I got quoted £250.