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  1. Kevin Bacon
    Good find! Appears to be exactly the one VW use.
  2. Kevin Bacon
    Have you fitted a couple of HT leads on the wrong cylinders or something? Engine shaking is a bad misfire. A tooth out on the timing doesn't do that. I don't think I noticed that, otherwise you would have go my support! :)
  3. Kevin Bacon
    He obviously doesn't realise the Golf VR6 Highline has the same paint and wheels as a Corrado Storm. Rare indeed.
  4. Kevin Bacon
    Can't see the pics, assuming it's the release fork that's bent or cracked? Very common. Even worse if you use an uprated clutch. I had mine upgraded by Vince the last time my 02A came off, which basically entailed welding a plate on the other side. Makes it into a box section piece. Worked a treat.
  5. Kevin Bacon
    I had a First Aid kit and triangle.
  6. Kevin Bacon
    Late 20s to mid 30s is the best you can expect from any modern hot hatch, regardless of make and spec, when driven normally. All these horseschit 40mpg claims for a MK7 GTI are just that.
  7. Kevin Bacon
    Hmmmm, I really do doubt that. Standard MK5 GTIs average 33ish mpg with it's 500cc smaller engine and direct injection. That old Volvo lump (and it is old by modern standards) likes a drink. There are always tonnes of STs for sale where I live, mainly because of their big thirst. You don't buy a car like that for economy anyway! Nothing really wrong with STs but I've never been drawn to them for some reason.
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    HID's

    Kevin Bacon replied to Roger Chatfield's topic in Exterior

    Getting? :lol: Nah it's all good. Corrados need modernising. Just not sure about HIDs. Never been a fan of retrofitting them. The car makers get the levelling and light spread right, but maybe Kip's will be different / better!
  9. Kevin Bacon
    Superb, love it! I put my VR6 on a weighbridge many moons ago, out of curiousity, and it weighed a few more kilos than a MK5 GTI (1336kg). Full road trim, full tank, 17" wheels etc. They are heavy cars!
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    HID's

    Kevin Bacon replied to Roger Chatfield's topic in Exterior

    Very smart! Almost looks Golf Rallyeish. 10 years ago I would have got excited by something like this :D
  11. Kevin Bacon
    All VR6s / 24Vs do that
  12. Kevin Bacon
    I've yet to see any VAG forced induction engine that doesn't fill it's intake path with oil! It's just how they roll, lol. If you suspect the bores, why not try a compression test? Or better still, a leak down test if you have access to workshop air?
  13. Kevin Bacon
    Sounds like a massive air leak to me
  14. Kevin Bacon
    You keep saying that. Get about it already!
  15. Kevin Bacon
    "Black Full leather interior, Sports seats, Leather seats....." Are all car dealers thick as sh1t or something?
  16. Kevin Bacon
    Are they obsolete then?
  17. Kevin Bacon
    VW call it a "Dashpot".
  18. Kevin Bacon
    My tried and trusted anti rattle and sound deadening weapons are dealer loom tape, john lewis self adhesive felt (on a roll) and foam stuff from this place - http://www.efoam.co.uk/acoustic.html
  19. Kevin Bacon
    Just read the second bit about faffing around behind the garage. Seems quite normal to me also! Nothing out of the ordinary with these cars!
  20. Kevin Bacon
    Perfectly normal. You have "Car hypochondria" :D
  21. Kevin Bacon
    And a glass of shandy to go with ;)
  22. Kevin Bacon
    Yep, 4 rashers, 2 eggs, bread.....and chips!
  23. Kevin Bacon
    I tipped my hat to my friend who ate 12 sausages with his fry up at the weekend, but I bow down in unworthiness to that mega pasty!!!
  24. Kevin Bacon
    Good work!
  25. Kevin Bacon
    It was years ago when I didn't have a garage, so used to sand down wheels and spray them in the bath, plus assorted trims and door handles etc etc. Obviously not whilst I was taking a bath ;)
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