BillyBremner

And now everything Im sayingseems to be a question - Isnt that called Uptalk? Dont you hate it when people speak like that? God, I cant wait for my replacement Rad Support to arrive......... Wish I could upload some pics for you.......... Do I really have to reply to myself another 3 times?

Does this count as my second post? I cant seem to upload any pics of the car but Im not sure if thats because Im new or theres a limit on the filesize?

WOOOOO! I am The Fantom!!! Well, not really but kind of - its my gmail nom-de-plume. Anyway, Ive spent the whole of my driving life with VWs. My first car was an 800cc Mk1 Polo back in 1987. ECH89T. Light blue, Polo hatch. Went everywhere in it. But then came the Beetles. Oh the Beetles. And how my life changed forever. Welding, engines out, this is where life really started. SGK838L. Red, 1300 Beetle - that I found out to my horror used to be light blue - like the Polo. A respray. 1990. The year of the Beetle Revival. Then there was an Apple Green 1303. I cant remember the reg. It was better than the red one, but life was getting hard. Cue Polo no2 - a mark 2 Polo 'mini-estate' in Burgundy - remember them? Great car. Bought it off my mates mum for £450. Ran like a dream. Loved it. Then some jerk in a Mitsubishi Shogun with a private plate goes and runs in the back of it whilst I was stopped at the lights. Stopped at the flamin lights!! Idiot. Thankfully my insurance let me buy it back and gave me £800 for it so I was happy again. As my dad advised me to I left the damage alone - because the boot still opened and shut despiute the distortion in the metal. He said the seal was good and the repair wasnt worth it. He was right. So I drove it and drove it and drove it some more. Until, the arrival of my daughter, and the move to the Golf Mk3 estate. Yes. Yes. and Yes again. Amazing. I had everything I had ever wanted in that car. Truly the best car I have ever ownned. So good that I kept it fo 9 years and then later went out and bought another - exactly the same - even the same colour. But the first one, R927LFV was a 1.9TDi with 2 owners and full VW history. I gave £800 for it and ran it for 9 years. It only ever wanted consumables. It returned 100 miles for £10. It moved house for me 3 times. It did everything that was ever asked of it with a smile on its face. I took it everywhere and put 120,000 miles on top of the 120,000 it came with. When the end finally came, I sold the engine to a guy with a T4 for £500. The total cost of purchase worked out at £33.33 PER YEAR. I wouldnt have parted with it but the rusty body was causing my wife much embarassment. And by then, Id already got (and still have) the 2nd TDi, another MK3, but this one the GL model with 110k Miles fully serviced, sunroof, air con and very comfy seats. Again, this car returns 100 miles for £10 of diesel. My MOT inspector is stunned. I gave £500 for it 4 years ago. I would drive it to China tomorrow and I wouldnt even think twice about it. And then theres the T4 that I stumbled across and just had to buy. My T4. My beautiful, lovely, gorgeous old T4 Caravelle GL, 2.5 Petrol Auto. My king size bed on wheels. The luxury that I allow myself. The smile it brings to my face and to my heart. And now this. The Corrado. ValeRian - as named by my daughter (shes a Gary Numan fan - but its clever as the overall theme is BLACK and the V and R are in there ;). Black with black leather. VR6, 1995, 199k, 2 owners, full history. Why? Because I just couldnt help it. Work has already started. But you dont want to know about that do you...? Did I ever tell you about this Dragon Green Golf Mk3 estate Ive got? The power that AHU TDi can bang into those wheels....? ;)