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If i recall correctly it clips at the back of the sunroof metal mech, above where a rear passenger would sit sort of area.

Back on track after a few months of weakness with no fun cars 😃 G60, it was on eBay and Car and Classic, higher miles - 149k - but well looked after. One of its owners was apparantely an aircraft engineer and everywhere I look I can see a job I would have done but it is already done. It came from Somerset and I am the first owner to take it away from within 10 miles of it's supplying dealer. It is mostly stock, all I can see so far is Bilstein yellow dampers on standard springs, powerflex rear bushes, a jabba charger rebuild (assume their standard one looking at the price) and a stainless 2 silencer cat back exhaust that has been made to look like the original. The seller was a great guy and we built up a good relationship during the buying process.... which was fortunate as when I went to transfer the remaining money over to him on the day my bank flagged it as fraud and the banking app wouldn't let me in. We waited around for a couple of hours for a "fraud officer" to be allocated to the case but the issue was unresolved (until the following Saturday morning). He let me take the car home on trust, as although I could see the money had left my account before the bank locked access to it, he had not had the money in his bank. This is something we know we should never do when selling cars and the risk was on him. He obviously knew the car was awesome and I would never have messed him about anyway so I am pleased he trusted me to let that happen. It was 3 hour drive home and my friend drove the car home as I was in my EV, it didn't miss a beat. And awesome it is indeed. I quickly looked at the sills when I collected it and was happy but when I got it home and crawled underneath it is even better: It is immaculate and original and easily the best one I have had condition wise (twilight one really needed the axle and frames refreshing due caked on rust, which I did do), this one hasn't been refurbished but is just clean and spot of lanoguard will preserve it. Even the rear tow area is rust free and clean. All my other ones needed wire brushing and sorting out to tidy up that bit. Body work is great, just one bit of rust to tend too in the corner of the rear screen. Like the blue hinge to the silver. Even the drivers door has not dropped and closes as perfectly as the passenger side. And my purple one had a tiny bit of up and own play in the steering wheel but this one is solid. Interior is black leather and original and doest not rattle too. Some pics, also some of the TT for those intersted. For couple of grand paid the TT is a hell of a lot of car for the money (recon dsg box 9k ago, £1500 of suspension and brake work done last year, chains well within in tolerance on the computer but even if I had to do them later down the line I wouldn't be too upset given the price I paid, serviced every year since new). I have stripped the arch lines etc and cleaned/inpsected + lanoguarded, no rust. I also replaced the rear shocks and springs as one had snapped and both shocks looked tired. Had the wheels refurbished back to silver. It's also got a custom exhaust on it that had been made to original specs but stainless. Pics:

Welcome OP. I'm "between" corrados, shall we say (sold one earlier this year, taking a break to try other stuff). EVs, the misinformation gets everywhere from some, including a 90s Corrado forum 😄 For the record I have 2 EVs as my dailys, both Tesla (oooohhhh Elon builds them all in his shed, how can you support such a person) and have taken one to the Scottish Hebrides, France and the other, with a smaller battery pack, I covered 600 miles in one day (due to a funeral) and it was no bother at all. Turns out I did need to stop for a wee on my journey. It only ever wants a 5-15 mins top up anyway on roadtrips. And it is dirt cheap and smoother and better driving than any modern diesel or small petrol car I have had in recent years. I can't say I have ever enjoyed the driving dynamics of a 2.0 TDI anyway, and let's be honest that is what most people are dailying.

Toby owns and is the admin for the site. Im a mod with a few others. We are only able to clear spam. Site direction: like the Corrado...except for a few interested individuals it is fading to obsolescence.

Perhaps I am getting old but that's what I like about the modern car. I didn't think i'd go EV but loved it so much I decided to get rid of the other family car. Seems pointless to pay for fuel if I can charge at home and fill it up for 4 quid (8 quid to be comparable as the range is half as much vs the ICE cars we had which were c80quid to fill up... i was spending 400-600 on fuel a month so i will see a saving there). Tesla seems really integrated and i've planned out using the sat nav how i'd do a trip to Italy and to my wife's Dad a few hundred miles away and it's easy peasy, just 2 x 15 min stops to my wife's dad in the Model 3 (Standard Range) and 1 stop for 10 mins in the Model Y (AWD Long Range). Tesla preconditions the battery to accept the fastest charge when out on the road and a supercharger is the destination/stop over. The model 3 is really just a local runabout, they have depreciated so much that it is equivlant in price to a ford focus at 3 years old (still 1 year manufacture warranty and 5 years on the battery and driveline!). The new owner has had the car for 3 days and put more tanks of fuel in it than I ever did! He loves it, I happy it went to good home. He is planning 10k per annum on it so for general Corrado owners he is a better owner than me to get it out and about. At the moment I am enjoying life and not desparate to get anything in the garage. I will clear parts and tools in the meantime.

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And that's another one Sold. Rob the new owner will enjoy it for more than me, plans to 10k per annum on it and take it to Europe. In fact I think he has done more driving with it in one day than I have done for my entire ownership. I had started talks with Rob before Christmas and sent him about 30mins of video talking through the car, but decided yesterday morning to let it go and after seeing a few Corrados without success he left his house almost straight away and came up with his Son and took it there and then. Great bloke and very easy sale. That was my last Corrado, awesome cars but I just fancy something more modern, useable in all weathers without concern for salt etc. Cayman 981 S I think, or a 911 (early 996 with aero kit would be great). Also bought a Tesla Model 3 and a Tesla Model Y at the weekend. All change! I gave Rob some parts but still have a stash of fog lights, indicators, headlights, headlight lenses, new scraper seals and lots of other bits to work my way through. Will be listing on ebay but obvs if anyone wants anything let me know. Would prefer lights are picked up in person.

I can add my experience, think Chris has a similar story, yes it was a pain the ar$e to bleed when emptied of fluid. I must done it 10 times with a sealy pressure bleeder following the bentley manual. What didn't help is I hadn't used the car for a long time and was perhaps looking for a pedal similar to my modern daily. I clamped the rear brake reg fully open each time I did the procedure too. I believe the ABS pump is the issue. I remember on the 6th or so attempt seeing a load of dirty fluid come out of a caliper, following previously clean fluid. A second pair of hands (or legs) is definitely needed, even when using the pressure bleeder.

Look forward to updates on this one Chris. I've only been into Corrados since 2018 so it's not something I remember but at 24k and a Turbo I guess it has an interesting history. Love the colour in the Sun.

That is a beauty! Merry Christmas to you as well :) Mines is clean but not a patch on yours. It is better than that auction car though for sure!

Yet, ironically, many of our own cars on this forum are cleaner underneath than that 5k garage example. Chris' certainly is cleaner all over! A few things surprised me from the advert: 1) they say you'll want to give it a check over before driving it, i.e the brakes and 2) whilst £1k was spent this year recommissioning they didn't put it through an MOT & 3) a matching set of (30 year old) tyres shows a caring, mechanically sympathetic owner (yes, it didn't ever get used). I'm sure it will end up in someone's collection and I suppose you're buying the odometer readout.

I just used what I had lying around - i have a box of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/374803688015?chn=ps&_ul=GB&var=643858318068&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=643858318068_374803688015&targetid=2361039923645&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9050372&poi=&campaignid=21697381820&mkgroupid=170109506289&rlsatarget=aud-1165757154899:pla-2361039923645&abcId=10027101&merchantid=424798499&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAsOq6BhDuARIsAGQ4-ziGG_oUq_HmswU1k1ZAP15wlS4ea_FkL25iNI0lEo0dFM0BeIlpAMkaAslzEALw_wcB

Good luck, it may work, but on my Corrado I had also refreshed the entire fuel system with pump, filter and refurbished injectors in an attempt to cure the hot start issue without success. The FPR solved so am unsure if it is was general weakness in the whole system or if it was just the FPR alone. For the cost of the part it is worth as the other parts i replaced were not cheap! I tested the fuel pressure before replacing stuff too.

I tried loads of things with mine and the FPR was the last resort. It gets expensive throwing lots of parts at it, definitely good to go to someone like Vince if this does solve to save money in the long run.

oh right the hot start issue is very much like mine then, this is a pretty easy fix. The fuel pressure regulator is controlling the fuel pressure so could also be your hesitation too. My FPR valve was allowing fuel to leak past it back to the tank so if i left the car for 15 mins when warm there was no fuel in the fuel rail and the pump had to deliver fuel back to restart, took many cranks. Since replacing my VR6 fires up with 1 crank/turn of the starter motor/fires immediately. It is located on the front right hand side of the engine with a small vac line attached. To replace you remove the clip holidng it in, give it a sharp pull, perhaps need mole grips as it is tight with age. Fuel will spill out so have a rag. Then slot the replacement in, install clip and reattach vac line. I did find that the vac input on the bosch sensor linked below was a smaller diameter than the one off the car so I put a small crimp clip on to secure it in place. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145607650219?chn=ps&_ul=GB&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1S-wO637KRceaKUYs1QIqBw40&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=145607650219&targetid=2361267413036&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1006493&poi=&campaignid=21690875685&mkgroupid=166734314545&rlsatarget=aud-1164958979220:pla-2361267413036&abcId=10027099&merchantid=118987990&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA3sq6BhD2ARIsAJ8MRwWp_HQTE-zWSb6-HEi2PKVV-K3OLNecTpqYRS8TAUOHPj2x46dF1OQaAoiKEALw_wcB

It is a pain to get to but for engine stuff it is worth it. Vince will get it right first time and if it turned out more major works was needed, such as timing chains, you're in the right place to have the job done correctly and his prices are reasonable.

Thanks Cressa, yes that is me, I have had all of these issues at some point. Though my hot starting issue only presented when the car was left for 15 mins, it would restart fine before that point when warm. I don't think this it is Sallyanne's issue, for me it was replacing the fuel pressure regulator (FPR) that solved it. Re the misfire and intermittent stalling, I wasn't able to get to the bottom of it with changing sensors and coil packs. The car went to Vince at Stealth for chains and a head refurb and came back fixed from that problem. It still had the warm start issue but I solved that later on with the FPR.

Many Corrado owners go to Stealth Racing (travelling from around the country). They are based in Southam in Worcestershire so they are not too far from Bristol https://stealthracing.co.uk/wordpress/ https://www.facebook.com/@StealthRacingUK/?locale=en_GB Best to ring around 1:30pm and ask for Vince.

Available for sale again minus the front seats for £2500 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17Q4ibERRf/

My brothers Tesla 3 performance. Quick but dull. Great daily though.

297K wow. Yes definitely write more about your Corrado. Have you had to do any rust repairs etc at that sort mileage? I suppose it never stops to even get a chance to rust! Have you done the mk2 fixed column? I'm interested in exploring that to remove the up and down play and the fixed columns seem more serviceable with bearings. Assume I can keep my existing key?

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New clutch master and slave fitted + a proper Hunter alignment over the last few days. The car is rejuvenated and useable again: tracks spot on and the clutch issues I had with juddering have gone away. The pedal was also not returning and sometimes the clutch was not fully disengaging. The place I took it to was local, recommneded by a local fellow Corrado owner, I'm really happy with the outcome, they are engineers rather than fitters. The workshop had a mix of old and new 911s, TVR, Fiat X1, Triumph or some sort, GTV6 80s Alfa, Citreon ZM and a Vauxhall Senator. The clutch master I supplied was a LHD version as RHD is obsolete, he made it all work and even refitted it after bleeding it up as the pedal sat too high and engineered a solution to make it sit at the right height. I'm sure many fitters would have just left the pedal and inch too high or worse still refused to work on the car. I asked them to give the car an inspection as I've done quite a bit of work with the axle and it got a clean bill of health. There was a note that the subframe has had a weld repair due to seized bolt in the past, which I knew about and have a replacement already refurbished to go on. It would have made sense to do this time around due to the alignment but I still need to purchase uprated ARBs and Vibra Technic engine mounts... a purchase that will have to happen after Christmas now.

Link to keep in your favourites https://www.autobahnautoworx.com/products/vw-corrado-complete-hood-cable-setup Sold out at the moment, but did have stock 1 week ago. Alternatively as others have said - bike cable and some trumpets from Phenix Engineering https://www.phenixengineering.com/products/corrado-hood-cable-horns However those trumpets are similar to, say these bike cable knarps and could probably use in their place: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283640477366?_skw=cable+knarp&epid=4037617857&itmmeta=01J9HGQ1ENQEDVBXTVGJ2HZV7N&hash=item420a4a36b6%3Ag%3A3KkAAOSwPxpg-ysp&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwHoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKlVeqraj%2FM4XE2h5tJjNLmwFK7pspqCbS9SmImn5syttQGav5pRfst0v2x73Z4N44q2uvdvrELTgU2%2BVWkuLhnjbSMqQL0Erp2WDxoQhOYRa2IAvkq%2FwDBhtCx6G30XMiLf%2FhVznpFuMJ%2F7fI9XIM6zW2Fupor3ExE15Nf8NtE3f3hz2Kx%2BSZNUG3P6O4frRWhYcuE%2Fd4g%2FLDNPci4%2BviTzEpvPKMcT1O0E6O4fCHBm6w%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7CX3LDMZA&fbclid=IwY2xjawGGOn5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQvpzy855Lg0Y47BywR3hvohUGPtZFEwN6zr4Hgvf0NpTd3H_O7zon9uzw_aem_LQ2JHxiIfgnVplC43OeVRg

Fair play for keeping it all this time. mk3 abf 16v is what they should have put in place of the 2.0 16v 9a unit. Sounds great, keep us updated.