Kevin Bacon

What he did was 100% spot on. It was just his words didn't always add up :)

They don't like modded cars, and neither do 90% of the other companies who pay to be on market comparison sites. I was with Hastings for a couple of years and had to switch to Greenlight to cover my mods. And don't get me started on the whole corrupt insurance system. Insurance, body shops, glass replacement, ambulance chasers..... they're all in bed with each other. It's just money for all rope to them. If it wasn't a legal requirement, I'm sure we'd take great pleasure in telling them to go F themselves.

Tinkering is a dying pastime. People these days have melt downs about needing new tyres and brake pads, like they expect cars should last forever or something.

If you fired a burger into space, would it ever go off? If you ejaculated in space, would the force of it fire you backwards? Could you ever fry and egg in space?

Yeah saw it the other night....and cringed when he said it doesn't matter where the intermediate pulley lines up.....but he had the arrow facing north in the end, which was good.

Yeah and it's going to end in disaster again. Nothing was learned from mess of 2008, and wages are still stagnant because of it. There is a big implosion coming. We're due a big war to clear out some of the over population, and I reckon Trump and that Koren odd ball f'ckwit are more than likely going to start it. All those acid throwing morons and other worthless rats of society can go on the front line and get killed off hopefully. Nature always finds a way to restore the balance.....and nature's way is to get the humans to turn on each other. As for electric cars.......the silly money we pay for petrol now will be replaced with silly money charged for electricity. Electric cars won't be the cheap motoring people think it will be.

I've got a VR6 fan controller at home somewhere. Gonna list it for £500 later.

50 is what they charge for an ice cream over there too :lol: Don't get into weather discussions with English people..... they think 30 is a heat wave and spend the rest of the year moaning about how grey and cold it is.....but never gets colder than 0 usually. That's not cold at all.

That Avatar.....always cracked me up when ever I saw it :lol: Sadly the good ol' days of the crazy "Angel Eyes" type threads, and the many japes and giggles we had, are long gone. I think everybody has gotten old and boring.....and all the old timers have moved on. I pop in occasionally to laugh about people selling snapped VR6 badges on ebay for £50 :lol: Walesy getting upset about people calling him Walsey, ChrisVR6Nos threatening to stab people, me wasting schitt loads of money and talking the hind legs off a donkey, President Jim trying to be all diplomatic, VR6 constantly taking the pee and modifying peoples usernames and avatars, Supercharged posting random weird pics.........thems were the days :lol: Maybe we need a "Where are they now?" thread and hopefully some of the chaps from the golden era will drop by!

I had that compensator valve replaced, and then it duly seized up again. What I used to do to get more life out of it, was periodically jack up, remove the counter spring, soak it in plus gas or something, and then whack the arm up with a hammer, pull it back down, rinse and repeat until it freed off. Worked for a while. If the car is a keeper, it's worth upgrading to the OBD2 Golf ABS system as it does away with that stoooooooopid valve.

Even if I had the skills to rebuild an engine, I'd still leave it to the pros. There would always be that nagging doubt in my mind that I hadn't done something quite right, or put a piston in back to front (yep, that is possible in the VR6!). And goes without saying, if you screw it up, there's zero recourse! You have to pay twice! Anyway, the old girl looks in great shape! Are they Golf wheels?

£1600 is VERY cheap for a full VR6 rebuild, if indeed that's what it was. Fingers crossed your new found oomph, frugality and reduced smoke remains that way for years to come!

Could definitely tell it was on KWs the way it was bouncing down the road! I winced every time he ragged it into the limiter, and then holding it in 2nd/3rd at 6K+ between corners.....ffs.....there's no need for that....not a mint original example like that....knobber! He always bangs on about 'stick shift' and 'rev matching' like he is some kind of driving god. I used to like him as he wasn't a typical American straight line hero, but I find him irritating now.

Hilarious thread :lol: Who would even sell a badge snapped into 3 pieces? :lol:

And then some! The VR does have a lovely sound, but these modern 4 pot turbos make it feel incredibly lethargic by comparison, and the R32 too. I'd always take performance over noise!

One day!

Cheers for the info. Ex lease probably not an option for me then as I don't like 5 door Golfs, and the 'standard issue' R blue is just a theft magnet. A 3 door in black with sunroof is probably non existent in this country!

How much was it up for? I reckon the 80s nostalgia in the boot was worth a few bob too lol!

And the MK4 Diesel. He'll be back!

Nice! So much better looking than the hideous monster that was the K1 Leon.

Having leased one, would you buy it given the chance? Just trying to gauge from ex-leasers/owners if they are long term fodder, or just a bit of short term fun.

Like it!

It's good that people like that help keep the prices up, but what a schitt advert. And the guy is lazy as f'ck. I wouldn't buy that from him if it was the last corrado on earth.

Brilliant :D

Stick to the VW part. Aftermarket ones either have the wrong plug or don't respond as quickly.