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Be totally outrageous dinkus :evil: Get a Rover 75, a flat cap, dye your hair grey, put on a Cliff Richard CD and go about muttering "I hate Jeremy Clarkson". :|

Can you be 100% certain the soldering has no dry joints?! :evil: :

Your project is mind-boggling PhatVR6. Wish I had your technical know how.

:( Truly sorry to hear about that Dinkus. :cry: Hope you will be fit soon and that you have really got away physically unscathed. Mentally youll recover. Put it down to experience gained. Hope to hear you back to your old self before long. 8) Best regards, Iain

dr mat said :lol: :lol: dr mat - Did the experience of owning the Corrado make you acquire this humour and attitude, or were you always like this? :roll: Please consider carefully before replying as the answer may influence my next transaction involving a motor vehicle. :)

Really black grime from damp winter roads often contains much salt - best hose it off asap. regards

Those who use foglights only to look cool should examine their self esteem and seek professional help :evil:

Used Slick50 for 18 years in all family's cars (engine and gearbox) with no engine wear probs. Not scientific proof that it works, I know, so interested to hear other valid opinions countering its use.

Glad you are back dinkus. You may be the one who can answer my query about copyright of video stills/use of them as avatars, etc in my off topic post "Jimi Hendrix.......". No one else knew or cared :wink: :wink: :roll:

Chubbz: Scotch mist - "A combination of thick mist and drizzle. Common in hilly districts....in the uplands of Devon-Cornwall...same phenomenon....known as mizzle......" Fog is visibility less than 1000 metres due to water droplets. "Dense" fog is vis less than 40 metres "Thick" fog 40-199 metres mist - 1000 metres or more with relative humidity of more than 95%.

Is this program getting better? Dont lose sleep if I miss it, but recent shows have been most enjoyable.

Chubbz said No - had that infernal thing removed. "One of worst things known to man, these" according to cheesed off AA man who could not fix it or get car started without setting it off. Car had to be taken 7 miles to garage to have alarm surgically removed - I've not regretted it so far! Had new immobiliser fitted at the time. Possibly 18 days or so in winter is max battery can do. (Batt. 2 years old only - from VW). Previous owner who had car from new had it run flat once on holiday in summer in Pyrenees and bought new battery there. Someone has said a fortnight max is what you can expect. Annoying that all my cheaper cars dont have problems inherent in Corrado which cost £25k when new 10 years ago. The joy of Corrado ownership, as we all know.

Aw nutz!!! Flat battery again even with boot light bulb out. Therefore, C failed has to start 18 days after last run. Mind you, it did start easily with cheapo portable charger in a few minutes which it did not before. Also, it has been down to -5C a couple of weeks ago and garage is not always heated.

quote we have more of the other weather nasties to contend with! quote Puggit has a charmed life - not a scratch on it.

drmat - cheeky as ever, :wink: said That's a nice bit of fog you got there... It's grim up north, innit! Fog as thick as that is rare where I live and many parts of Scotland - it's far more common in England. That's why I had the camera out! Agree, we have more of the other weather nasties to contend with!

Pic below taken a couple of days ago in fog here. Correct use of foglights only in visibility like this, i.e., less than 100 metres visibility IMHO :evil: http://www.forensicmet.co.uk

NB - Brown Waxoyl is for inside panels not exposed to abrasion by road grit and water. They do a black underseal-type for the bottom of the car, which is not so easily flushed off. Some old-school twerps Waxoyl their cars every year. I used to be one of them. We'll all probably have premature deaths due to the toxins in the stuff. Boy, is it messy! http://www.forensicmet.co.uk

A VW dealership did engine cylinder leak test and had head skimmed for my son's VR6. He had bills for between £600 and £1000 (he is too embarassed to talk about it and let me know true figure). Car deteriorated again a few weeks later and he had to trade it in as he needed a good runner for commuting. Got £2000 against Lupo GTI but lost a lot of money through not going to VWCorrado specialist in first place. The busy working person who really needs a car does not have time to look for the best solution and will often jump at the chance of getting the car "fixed" by anyone brash enough to say they can do it - including some dealers. A lot of dealership "technicians" do not seem to have Corrado know-how. Has been said many times by better men than me on this forum. http://www.forensicmet.co.uk

I ended up buying the book from Virgin after hours of wasted effort between me and my son.

Glad you are OK. That is the main thing. There are countless more cars available for us to replace the one we bend. I have written plenty of legal reports for accidents related to weather/road conditions, mainly in Scotland and England north of Lancs and Yorks. Look at my website on http://www.forensicmet.co.uk and if any forum members/relations/friends are advised by their solicitor that a report would be worthwhile I may be able to do one for, say, a 15% discount. Remember, though, that my duty is to the court and your accident, etc. will genuinely have had to have been wholly or partly caused by adverse conditions, e.g. the driver must not have been under the influence of fermented substances, etc!

Mine behaves similarly on 1995 VR6! Alarm has been removed at my request as it kept being a nuisance and had a faulty module. I just have an immobiliser and lockable garage. Auto electrician says replace circuit board in lights - checked price - about £45! No thank you. Checked board - no apparent dry joints. Door switches look clean and sound. Any ideas, guys?

Appears an interesting and unusual company to work for dinkus. 8)

Many thanks for that Matt buz. Grateful for your interest. I have tentatively planned to visit the area next year, coupled with an overnight stop in the Dales. For those of you interested in steam engines (i.e trainspotters :oops: :oops: ) we used to live in Queenswood Drive near the Leeds/Knaresborough(?) line and I once saw the Flying Scotsman (loco - not train) from our window. The nearby grassland and woods were often set ablaze by passing steam engines - not a thing many (or any?) of you will have witnessed alongside today's railways.

That's not very nice vr6storm! I wouldnt support Rangers anyway. Apparently I can be very irritating, though!!

I think I saw a test somewhere which indicated that the aerosol spray stuff gave an improvement (measured instrumentally). I'm always afraid some of these things loosen up crusty old gunge that can cause a blockage somewhere. This belief, though, is only from reading things. I have not really heard of anyone actually being able to pinpoint blame on the products.