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Mine's working. It does need to get out more, though. :roll:

Silver=Faster Blimey! Does that not seem a bit harsh in the cold light of day, Chris?

Dont overtighten hoses onto new matrix pipes - they are made of plastic, I believe. My garage man said it caught them out as other matrices(?) for other cars have metal pipes.

Stormvr6 said Yup - I believe you, and I would go to him from what I've heard on here.

StormVR6 said No disrespect to Vince who seems a wunderbar guy to have access to, but I would also recommend this if I was in the business. dr_mat said: I should be OK, I only drive at 30mph all the time :wink: Seriously, though, thanks to the doktor for summarising all the info about this.

YOu can jack up each side in turn and use axle stands, but mine dont get the car up very high.

Andi said: Blimey. Do you not get a bit twitchy when you start her up and get on the road Andy? Why do some people keep on recommending new chains at 100k or even less? Does anyone actually know of incidences of chain failure on here? My C has done 100k but it is silent running and the previous owner did very long runs every summer to Spain/France and had all the services spot on schedule - including an oil service somewhere in France one year when he was on holiday. Consequently, I feel quite laid back about the chains.

Appreciate that more balanced view VR6. I think the fact that so many people started to get steam coming out of their ears when the subject of racing on the public highway came up speaks volumes about how uncomfortable they feel doing it. They know it is foolish, selfish and that most reasonable people are against it. Clearly, my own views are that serious racing on the public highway is unacceptable - I have personal experience and too much detail of the consequences. However, I cannot say I would have felt the same about it when I was 24 if I had owned a powerful car. I agree that we should live and let live but I cannot condone any "fun" activity which puts another innocent person's life and limb at stake, that is grossly selfish and antisocial whatever way it is viewed. Finally, where would we be if every time someone said something both provocative and car-related on the forum it was suggested to them that they would be better off the forum? Smacks of Germany in the 1930s. "Forum...a medium for the open discussion of subjects of public interest.."

silver=faster said I thought the forum was for anyone who owned or had an interest in the Corrado. Sorry if I am mistaken.

kevhaywire said That is a lecture in itself kev! Would have thought opinions on speeding/racing were more car-orientated than some of the stuff on here such as music, porny adverts/cartoons, etc?

biggerbighugo said Atif - When my C (1995 VR6) suddenly wouldn't go into 1st 2nd and reverse three years ago and gear lever felt flabby, AA man immediately spotted breaking plasticky part in engine compartment. He fixed temporarily with superglue and cable ties. I got part fitted at VW garage it is called a "carrier" and is part no. 1J0711256 £7.33 plus VAT. If you stick your head down in the engine compartment (passenger side) you can reach in and fiddle with linkage and maybe confirm if this is indeed the problem. Hope it is something simple like that before you go dismantling stuff inside car!

bristolbaron At last - a generation clash. I was beginning to think you were all far too gracious. Personally, I cannot relate to the above quote. None of my friends/contemporaries/work colleagues seem to do this. Are your old boys all "cool", or do we need to get a life? I have only ever on one occasion many years ago had a drink and driven, because I have always felt that you need all your faculties at 100% - even then you can possibly cause an accident it is such a high risk activity. (We can see that from the colossal insurance quotes described on this forum.) I do agree, however, that most people on the forum - many of them in their 20s - seem to be a decent bunch with good jobs, their heads screwed on and would probably not touch even one drink - much as I and my closest friends behaved in our 20's. It seems the Corrado attracts the more sensible young driver who appreciates the (mostly) technical excellence and style of the vehicle rather than its capability for roaring past other vehicles on the road. Apologies for any offence, I would not really come on the forum if I thought its contributors were selfish ignorant boors and boy racers. It's a tired old cliche, but I am sure we will all be in agreement that if the debate saves one person from serious injury, or worse, it will have been worth it.

The attractions of fast cars and driving don't always diminish with old age, and we greybeards can enjoy the luxury of having to pay only £214 fully comp. to drive a VR6 simply because as old gits we are endowed with more wisdom, prudence, cowardice, lack of bottle, desire for self-preservation - call it what you will - and are therefore, low-risk, even if some of our cars smell of wee. :wink: On the other side of the coin, all you guys in your early to mid-20s (I was one, too) have to pay horrendously high insurance premiums because of the fact that testosterone, inexperience, poorer judgement and a liking for alcoholic refreshments, cause a higher proportion of you in that age group to drive irresponsibly and are "high risk". Every so often on this forum, a tediously long thread will appear where guys are mumping on and on about being hit with high insurance quotes/premiums. Do they not know that insurance companies pay out sums of several millions of pounds every time some driver seriously maims someone such that they require a high standard of medical and domestic care for the rest of their lives, and that the odds are most in favour of a young man having caused the accident? Bookmakers, loss adjusters and insurance companies generally have a good grasp of the real world and set the odds accordingly. We can all help to make the country a safer, less-expensive one to motor in if we screw the nut and give ourselves a nudge each time we are thinking of making a rash manoeuvre - and I include myself here. Remember, through one moment of rashness, the person you kill or maim may well be the most wonderful, best loved father/mother/son or daughter in the town. How can we have that on our conscience?

Not everyone is young and foolish enough to want to race on the public highway. This week I am in the middle of being cross-examined in the Supreme Court. The case involves a head on crash, possibly on black ice. No racing was involved, but one 18-your old girl from our town was killed and her pal, now in a wheelchair, is extensively paralysed. Both families and friends are devastated and will be for the rest of their lives. Sorry for the lecture - it's great to be young and have overpowered cars, but work hard to be a person with prudence and balanced judgement. If you like life-threatening excitement, go mountaineering or join the military, don't race on the public highway please!!

JT said: Absolutely true - you can start off getting up to 80mph to pass something in front of you on the motorway, and before you know it you are doing 95, then 100mph to pass the next 3 or 4 vehicles so that you can reach a large gap well ahead where you are on your own! I didnt declare the Samco hoses as they do not enhance the performance and are not likely to be stolen - perhaps, technically, I should have? Good luck with your car - it looks great for the money.

Good idea this - I regularly go to Stirling/Callander/Tyndrum/Glencoe, but usually stay up there for a day or two. I would be keen to go another time with more notice, but prefer to avoid Loch Lomondside. Unfortunately (?) Friday nights the night my wife and I drink wine with our meal and I have just been cross examined in court all afternoon so will have to give tonite a miss. Like the idea for "central Scotland" folks, though. Maybe next time Andy and others?

I trust you weren't sitting at the pc of a Sunday morning with your dangly bits out Louie Lungbubble :shock:

After driving for 35 years I can tell you that the car that fits the bill for everything one might want has yet to be built. In 1972, I remember we had a short list comprising Triumph GT6, Land Rover (cost £1200 then), Opel Manta (£1389), and Toyota Corolla Coupe which got a great review in "Motor" - a first for Japanese cars. At the time, we had just bought a house (£4750) and had acquired a Reliant van to keep other costs down. We did a 1000 mile camping tour of the Highlands in it with no regrets, tho' the vehicle is mostly a joke now. Since I retired 3 years ago, I have flitted from "sensible" notions of VW/Seat/Skoda with PS130 1.9TDI engine, Honda Jazz and Honda Civic, to less sensible desires for VR6 Corrado (succumbed to that temptation), VR6 Golf, PS150 Golf 4 TDI and Golf 5 2.0 TDI GT. You have to seriously consider your priorities in life when buying a car, but human beings are emotional creatures and the heart will often rule the head. It is a sign of true freedom in a great country that many of us can consider the choice of model for our next car to be the next great dilemma in our lives. Enjoy and be grateful. Here endeth the lesson. :wink:

I always have the feeling the Corrado is so swift you feel it wants to get a closer look at the countryside - via the hedgerow! Consequently, out on the open road you have to drive with your wits about you - it is always going a lot faster than you think. Exilerating, but not for the careless show-off.

Acquiring the correct Goodridge hoses for my Storm VR6 was not straightforward - there are different hose ends available for this model. My local garage man refused to fit the first set I was sent on the grounds of safety. Tread warily.

Further to our jinxed neighbours story. The couple in question both worked in the hotel trade, meeting at the Coylumbridge Hotel, Aviemore in the mid-1960s. Around that time, some local guy bought a Corvette Stingray that had belonged to Cliff Richard. Maggie was given a hair-raising spin in the car. Shortly afterwards, whilst bombing down (or up?) the then new Cairngorm ski road, the car left the road, crashing and burning in a concrete culvert and killing the driver and passenger. Creepy or what.

H8RRA, do you promise to stay south of Berwick? Sh!t seems to happen when certain people are around. Years ago we had neighbours move in across the road from us. They had just come up from Flixborough, where an apocalyptic petrochemical disaster had happened, killing many workers and firemen. Their little boy was blown from one room into another by the explosion and ended up in his toy box. Amazingly he was unhurt. While they stayed across the road from us, the boy who had croup (a severe type of cough) was being given Friar's Balsam to inhale. The bowl of scalding hot liquid was nudged and spilt onto his legs. I think that was the time they had to rush to Glasgow's hospital for sick children and broke down in the depths of the Clyde Tunnel. Another time while they were visiting us here, my wife went an errand with Jean-Pierre, the father, who was driving. They ended up going down a no-entry road in error and collided head on with someone. Fortunately at low speed and with little damage to his £195 VW 412. (They intended to go to France in it. It broke down terminally somewhere in England [as I had feared it would] and they had to fork out for another banger before continuing their journey.) Jean-Pierre had been a paratrooper in the campaign in Algeria - no doubt he took danger and injury in his stride. Lovely people and still surviving, last I heard. They now run a guest house near Caen in France and the children have attained adulthood. We do not know whether to live dangerously and go and stay a couple of nights with them!

I once got a car back from Vauxhell :evil: garage with rocker cover bolts all sitting loose, "technician" having forgotten to tighten them up. Engine bay was a bit oily, to say the least. Give 'em hell Scarlett.

Yesterday saw a black G60 in our town (Linlithgow). I think a female was driving, or perhaps it was a laydeee. :) I did not wave as I was inconspicuous in a Pugit 205!

My wife got one in Reading about 40 years ago, since then we have never had another. :onfire: :roll: