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Excellent - thanks for the quick replies. :D So, this is OBD1, right? Cheers.

I know all Corrados are OBD1, but Schricks can be OBD1 or OBD2. Is there any way to tell whether the manifold is OBD1 or OBD2 just by looking at it? It's not fitted to a car, so I can't tell from that. Is it just the controller that's different or is the casting different? Thanks

That reads a bit harsh - don't mean to knock your topic - just my 2p worth!!

The Mini would win hands down. Cos... The Corrado driver would be worried about busting his 10 year old clutch The Golf driver would be an old fart and the mini driver would the kind of d!ck who gives a toss about this kind of crap. Compared to todays hot hatches, the straight line speed of the VR is nothing special. If you wanna go faster than everyone else, buy some Japanese turbocharged heap and get it chipped. Buy a C if you want some finesse to your ride.

Sold my C VR a few months ago, and bought a Boxster 2.7. Can't get the C thing out of my system though - now starting to look for another one as a second car! What's all that about then? Objectively, the Boxster is better in every way - faster, more reliable, better built, dicks on my standard C in the corners, better ride..... My C was a complete tw@t by comparison. It kept breaking, understeered like a barge in the wet, had fek all power below 3k rpm, and don't even get me started on the monkey's at the V-dub dealers! I dunno, somehow the C was just more endearing! Oh, and it's official, a VR6 sounds better than a Porker flat 6! BTW, I have a Shrick VR6 manifold sat in my garage - worth anything to anyone??!!

Of course - doh! I've never used the key to open the doors! Thanks!

This has started rattling inside my door over the last couple of weeks. It was disconnected and loose. Seems to connect to the central locking mechanism. THing is, everything in the door works OK with it disconnected, and there's a little bit of corrosion on the connector making me think it's probably been like this a while. Doesn't look aftermarket either? Any ideas? I've sold the car, and thought I'd just fix a couple of minor irritations for the new owner.... P.S. Pic is of the back bottom corner of the passenger door. Cheers

Yeah, highly recommend the liquid leather. Sorted out the slight marks on my black leather a treat. Ordering process is indeed a bit backward, but mine turned up pronto and was exactly what I'd asked for. The treatment makes the leather supple and smells nice too. Infinately better than autoglym!

Golf Tdi: top car for getting from A to B C VR: top car for going from A to A again just for the hell of it!!

Ha! Me and my mates make the journey down from Stafford to Coed y Brenin every now and then - in my VR I used burn most of a £55 tank over a weekend; went down in a mates TDi the other weekend, and the fuel gauge hardly moved! TDi pulls pretty strong too! Hope you've got a good 'un.

Haven't got a clue. Must be my magic computer skills. Looks pretty nasty!

Did the scuff master and liquid leather treatment this weekend. Before and after photos below, not that they really tell you anything thanks to my photography! :oops: I'm well pleased with the results though. My leather was pretty good to start with, just the following problems. - Bit of cracking as in the photos on the drivers left hand bolster. The dye impregnates the cracks, and seems to smooth them off as well - much less noticeable now. - Small area where the colour had started to wear thin on the drivers seat where it gets rubbed from getting in and out. This area looks like new now. Before I started, I thought the passenger seat was perfect, but I had to do that one as well because the drivers seat looks so spot on! Recommended.

Just added my Mum to my policy with Elephant - £100 reduction. Cheers guys! :D :D

I'll post the before and after shots when the goods turn up. Have a look here in a week or so! :lol:

Well, I've just ordered some of the liquid leather and scuff master. The scuff master is coloured (matched to precise model of car - er, black for me then) and is supposed to cover the small cracks in leather. The liquid leather is just a treatment to soften the leather. £25 all in.