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But the ride improves with speed I find. Honest officer :D H&Rs coilovers with Eibachs = mental cornering. But "interesting" in the wet if you're not sensible!! Love it!!

Jeez, and I thought I was a nerd! :lol: Only joking mate! Thanks for clearing that up. They certainly sound like a clever little set up. As you say expensive though. Eibachs are available for round 220 quid for the set, quite a bit cheaper. Although I'm not sure if the Eibachs are still available for the C VR?? Apparently they stopped doing them, and then restarted?

How do they differ performance wise to the Eibachs mate? What is the benefit of the rose joints??

Del? Is that you?!! :wink: :) Hello mate! yes it's me!! Just curious as to how you guessed from this mail??!! :lol: :lol: How are you?

Tom you nutter! :lol:

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Cool, ok Jim. As soon as I get a chance I'll scan it and mail it across. Remind me if you haven't had it in a day ot two as I'll probably forget!

I think it will probably be best if I scan it in and post it up? You that be ok? Would I get into trouble with copyright??? The buying guide is part of a "cheap but good" sports car buying guide. It focusses on the Porsche 944, a TVR (forget which) and the Corrado VR6 (Satin silver).

There's only a small write up on the RS6 Plus though Jim, in the "Driven" section. Just in case you buy it only for the RS6 content! :oops:

Gotta say I think Merc have their approach spot on for performance cars - loads and loads of torque! I'm pretty sure that all their model range toppers are out torquing the equivalents from Audi and BMW.

:lol: But we still love 'em don't we! :D

But the main reason the Corrado "failed" in sales terms was it's high cost when new. Goes to show that somehow VW can't match the Japs et al for making a car cost effectively. It was expensive despite using a fair number of shared VW components and yet it turned out to be a pretty fragile product! But it's talents make up for it :D

My 2ps worth is you definitely get what you pay for with suspension, and in particular suspension kits. Fair enough, you might not have enough to blow on a more expensive kit but in the long run you'll ending up spending more because you'll be replacing it again. It's a lesson I've learnt with my Mk1 which I've owned since I was a student. The first kit I put on it was cheap and shite!! :lol:

Either they haven't or AMG wanna make their own?

Is that for a 4 wheel drive set up though?

The RS6 looks awesome too mate. If you see one in your mirror you'll get out of the way! Very wide and aggressive. Makes current BMWs (which IMO always used to have aggressive fronts) look like pussy cats! BTW, the CL65 in this months Evo has an engine capable of throwing out 885lb/ft of torque. Trouble is AMG have yet to make a gearbox able to cope, but they're working on one! So you'll have to make do with 738lb/ft and 612bhp for the time being :roll:

The new RS6 Plus is Avant only. SLR does sound lovely, but the RS6 is a bit more affordable :lol: A mate of mine is an Audi salesman. Took me out in an RS6 saloon. Obviously it's stupidly fast, but it's also incrediably civilised. One minute a sports car, next minute a refined cruiser. But for me the sound of the engine was the highlight. Wonderfully deep bassy V8 warble, then the wistle of the twin turbos, and then like a jet in the upper rev ranges. The acceleration is just beyond belief!! A licence loser. I WANT ONE :D

:lol: I've not told you the results of the tests though!! I've got that Corrado buying guide in Evo - want a copy? Fair enough on the Merc AMG front - but the RS6 Plus is even more bonkers, so might be closer matched? Either way have you heard an RS6?? Sound unbeliveable mate - even better than the AMG!!!

Delivered this morning by postie - a great issue! Lots of speed related articles like the "Fast Club 2004 - they test 9 bonkers cars on 0-100-0, high speed bowl, slalom and circuit laps. New 911 (997) write up too. Then there's the de-restricted Merc CL65 AMG, to check it's top speed! It's got 738lb ft of torque!!!!!! :shock: Bit more than a Schrick manifold on that then :lol: They also go along to a car meeting where there are some seriously modded motors (911T, SLs etc) doing 200+ at the Nardo race bowl. And the highlight, my fav car of the moment, Audi RS6 Plus, written up in the driven section. They get it up to 185mph before traffic slows them down!! 8) I want! :lol: Great read - I can't stop reading it!! :lol:

Yeah, RS for summer only. Alex, don't start :lol: :lol:

Carl's car was sold on and never seen again.....

I've fitted also fitted the aux instrument pod to my VR and by far the easiest way to do this is to buy the correct 2 pole sender. This will be a switch (for the oil pressure circuit and light) and sender (0-10 bar) in one unit. The sender I got was from The German Car Co, who I understand have now gone out of business :roll: However, worry not, you can get the dual pole sender from Merlin Motorsport. They were a bit more expensive than the GCC, but you've got no choice now! The sender is made by VDO, with part number V360 023. This number should still be current. I'm just trying to remember what the switched setting of the switch is - I think it's 0.5 bar, ie. it replaces the equivalent pressure sender on the top of the oil filter (one of two on there). This switch is v important, as it warns you if the oil pressure is too low!! Fitting the dual pole sender is easy enough - remove the OE sender, screw in new one, and attach the wire from the original to the pole on the sender for the switch :) Then all you need to do is run a wire from the second pole (for the gauge) through the engine bay into the car and onto it's terminal on the instrument pod. :D HTH? Merlin's number is 01249 782101. http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/

Goooorrgeous! :D

Once upon a time my wife used to think that about me too. Thanks to these VWs I don't think she's so sure now :lol:

You know the score Roddy my man!! :D