Dear SteveQ and Spartacus, many thanks indeed for your quick responses, I really appreciate them and your advice. I've emailed A S Pickering, a specialist roof repairer and they say it needs a complete roof replacement, but I'm not giving up yet, I don't wanna waste 5 grand on it if just the window can be replaced. I spoke with the insurance company yesterday and I'm really annoyed because when you enter your reg for a quote it comes up Audi A3 Cabriolet. But there was nothing to sat windscreens aren't covered on convertibles! It's in the small print and you only see this once you have committed to buying the insurance! So I'm gonna pursue this as well, maybe with the insurance ombudsman...probably not worth it but gives me something to do. Cheers for your help guys. Pete