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How does all of this affect insurance? Have you all fitted V rated tyres to your VRs? Also, does fitting non-standard sizes to your 15" wheels not have insurance implications? I've been hearing that some insurers actually INCREASE the premium for fitting winter tyres - seems insane to me.

Does the VR sound different in a good or bad way with the 263's? I've still got a set of these in their box from the first GB but haven't fitted them yet. I don't really have the cash for that just now.

Thanks for the feedback. The V3's are certainly out of budget but perhaps the V1s would be within range. Any thoughts on bushes at all? Are the standard ones worth another look or is there another softer option than the poly's that's worth considering?

I've read through this entire thread now as I'm getting fed up with the poor ride quality of my car. When I got the car, it had Eibach lowering springs fitted but was otherwise standard. The original dampers were shot so about 5 years ago, I replaced with Bilstein dampers. This improved things somewhat. I then fitted poly bushes around the same time and regret this. While they definitely sharpen the car up, the ride quality is terrible. I think things have got progressively worse as the Eibach springs have worn out and not it's time to do something about it. As I'm becoming an old fart these days, ride quality is increasingly important. The roads around here are also terrible which doesn't help. Reading through this thread, there are lots of good things to say about various coilover setups but they all seem to be quite highly priced for what I'm after. Then there's the Koni TA and H&R route which gets praise but the ride quality is said to be stiffer than standard so I'm still a bit undecided. I've been thinking of reverting to a totally standard setup. I can live with the high ride height although I wouldn't mind dropping the rear down a bit if possible. Could this be done with earlier standard springs as mentioned a few posts ago? I assume my newish Bilstein dampers wouldn't work properly with the longer standard springs (they were ordered through Star Performance, presumably to match to the Eibachs). Any advice, much appreciated.

I'm no expert but your symptoms sound more like a bad earth or something if you've got slightly lit lights as well.

OK, thread revival time! After 3 years of perfect behaviour from my speedo, this problem has come back. It's probably got something to do with the fact my car has been off the road for over 6 months for a full respray (more on that when I get a few minor niggles with the job sorted out). Pretty certain it's some sort of problem with the speedo itself. The spoiler goes up and down as my "real" speed increases/decreases and my mileometer seems to be accurate, despite the speedo reading. The speedo doesn't "bounce", it seems to stick (see previous posts above for more details). And can still show a speed when the engine is switched off and the key removed. Looking at Henny's post above, it seems like getting the clocks out for a look sounds like a plan. How easy a job is this? Any pointers much appreciated.

http://scip.channel4.com/4car/news/news ... s_id=15637 From this, it seems to have originated from The Scotsman newspaper. I hope you are right though!

Yes, I think they'd really struggle to implement something like this. They'd face a massive backlash. It's worrying that they'd even consider it though IMO. I've got a few friends who live in Edinburgh City Centre with much older classic cars (Alfas etc) who would not welcome this if they did implement it.

Not sure if this has been brought up before: http://www.mycarcheck.com/news/2007/02/ ... scrapheap/ potentially very grim for most of us here :-(

Bit of an update here, 2.5 yrs on! I never did let them take the head off and continued to run the car as I couldn't really afford it at the time. Now showing 125k. Oil consumption remains much the same. I am about to fork out on a full, glass-out respray and wanted to get the car checked over before spending that kind of money on the car. I had Star repeat the compression test (as well as check underneath to ensure that the car is sound before the respray): This time I asked for the figures: #1 175PSI #2 185PSI #3 175PSI #4 190PSI #5 190PSI #6 190PSI To me, these are good figures no? I'm not sure so any feedback would be appreciated. As #2's value doesn't exactly stand out, it certainly re-inforces my view that the original results were distorted, possibly due to waiting for things to cool prior to removing the Schrick manifold in order to carry out the test? On a side note, the car goes into the body shop in June. It's currently Flash Red (well.... pink). Any other shade of red that suits the C but is less prone to fade?? Suggestions ;-)

No question, the Integra is the more track-focussed car but with regards to the VR being nose-heavy, I'm sure I read somewhere that the VR6 has almost identical front/rear weight distribution to the ITR?

Seems differnent people are getting quite different MPG figures. It could be down to driving style I guess. Did ALL VR6's come with a 70 litre tank?

I've had 500 miles out of a tank once. It was pretty tight though! It was during a return trip last summer to Beverley in 30degrees heat up the M1 (A1). Was doing a steady 70-80mph most of the way. I typically get more like 400 miles but with a few longer journeys thrown in, 450miles isn't uncommon. Hardly had less than 350 miles out of a tank. I've been criticised in another thread recently for my obviously light right foot! corozin, what are you driving these days after the demise of your old VR?

On the way in this morning, a truck coming the other way passes me... loud bang... I think what the f&^k. Then notice a large spidery mark on my windscreen. 30secs later and crrraraaaaccckkkk. Big windscreen crackage! I'm hoping this is covered by my insurance - will check when I get back home. I might have a £50 windscreen excess but need to check the policy. If it's not covered by the insurance, it might be time to bite the bullet and get the car resprayed. They'll be able to get a much better finish around the screen if it's not in when the car is resprayed I guess. Not yet sure if the car is safe to drive - any way of checking? I've heard that if you can feel the crack with your finger on only one side it's ok to drive or something??

Storm Warning, glad to hear you had a great time! So, how did the Corrado fair overall? Or are you sworn to secrecy ;-)