Walesy

This thread is over a year old :eek:

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Yeah it's gotta be worth £4k-£5k to the right person.

Stunning looking avant mate, they're fantastic cars and a good replacement - but i'm sure you'll miss your rado ! :(

Yeah I think it was 93 that they started using the silver ones, which would make it only late 92 and 93 that got 3 slats with red ones so they'll be few and far between :(

I think all 3 slat grills came with the silver badges mate, if not all of them then the vast majority as the red-silver change was around the time of the early/late change - so its not surprising you're having difficulty finding one! :eek:

The CTN box from Mk3 TDI's are a direct fit and come fairly cheaply - they also have much better ratios.

Cheers for that mate!

Exactly, it sorta makes the idea of cramming everything into a Corrado less appealing when you consider the options! :lol:

Yeah my neighbours got a Joker, they're better as they have the head room as well - but I fancy a more modern drive and you can pick up decent 1.9TDI T4 panel vans or caravelles for decent prices these days - although T25's are also dropping in value the campers are still pretty pricey for what they are.

Moved to the general section btw - as this is on the topic of cars :awesome:

It's not a question of 'is it possible to use a Corrado as a family car' though - I've owned Corrados for years and enjoyed every minute of it but there comes a point where your priorities change. Yes, it is possible to use a Corrado as a family vehicle, but the question is, do you actually want to sacrifice space/comfort/safety etc etc just so that you can keep the car - in my case it was a simple 'no'. I'll get another one for my wife to use when she goes back to work but until then i'm much happier in my A4 Avant :) As for the comments on spending thousands on gadgetry etc I couldn't agree more, i'm certainly not one for filling my house full of plastic tat and making sure I have all the latest fads but whether you like it or not, having a kid means that you'll need to buy a lot of this stuff even if it's only used rarely - we like to go out for full days here and there (especially now we have a nipper) so being able to have what we need with us at all times is important, more important than keeping a Corrado to me anyway. I'm also looking into getting a T4 and whacking a fridge/cooker unit and sofa in it, yes it's not necessary but when we're at the beach or the woods all day and my missus needs to breast feed or the nipper needs changing etc etc it'd be fecking useful! - Again, like I said in my first post, it depends very much on your lifestyle.

Firstly, congratulations mate! :dance: I became a dad last week, for the first time. My wife and I also didn't know whether to keep our Corrado as we have gone down to one car between us, but we decided in the end that the most 'sensible' thing to do was to go rado-less for the time being and buy ourselves a nice one in a year or two as a second car. I think ultimately it depends on your lifestyle, as we're very much an 'outdoor' couple and we also have a dog, having a Corrado as our only car was a ridiculous idea. Having had our son now for a week, we've laughed on a couple of occasions at how impractical it would have been if we'd have kept it - even our A4 estate seems small when it's packed full of prams/changing bags/car seat/dog etc etc so I can only imagine how annoying and restrictive using a rado as our main car would have been. Obviously you can get car seats for Corrados, so if keeping your rado is a big priority then it's possible to use one as a 'family' vehicle, but personally i'm really glad I decided not to. I do miss have a Corrado but in the scheme of things it's really not *that* important and they're not in such short supply that there won't be a good few decent ones around in a couple of years to get yourself back into them if you want. Unless you can afford to keep it as a second car that's used as and when is practical, i'd strongly suggest that you swap it for something a bit more roomy :sad:

Its looking like I'm going to have to replace the turbo on my 1996 Audi A4 TDI :( Has anyone got any suggestions as to where the best (cheapest!) place to get one from is? I need to get away with spending as little as possible! Any help would be very much appreciated! Cheers :(

The wheels aren't standard mate, it would have had Estorils originally - looks really nice though! :)

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Not my cuppa tea but they look better than the ones that were selling on ebay for years, it's cool that they use the original fixing holes as well They're on the swg site if anyone wants a look at the CF etc - http://www.swgmotorsport.com/asps/ShowD ... asp?id=222

If you've got the original owners handbook it should also have a sticker on the first page with the code on.

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Awesome :eek:

How is this rado not a great example of proper engineering though? :shrug: Without sounding too - In my books it's the perfect example of how to 'modify' a car correctly, everything works as it should and by all accounts it drives like a new car, as the new owner said - no corners were cut and it's been done properly down to the last detail. It's not just a straight forward engine conversion and lick of paint type job, it's all been done to create a perfect 'package' not just to look bling or go as fast as possible and achieve the highest BHP figure - and I think that's why it's held with such high regard. Whether the colour/wheels/seats etc are to our own personal taste is neither here nor there, but surly no-one can deny that it's a job well done. I've not seen another rado done in such a complete and well thought out way - and that's not taking away from others hard work as there's obviously a lot of other awesome rados around but for me this particular one ticks a lot of boxes (even though i'm not a fan of the colour :lol: ) Anyway, enjoy the car VickN - it sounds like you already are 8)

3. You're not in the least bit interested in the 'scene' and you realise that the amount of people that actually recognise the car in the real world is minuscule, you don't have the skills/funds/time to build such a car and would like a Corrado with all the mod cons that this car provides. I can see why it's held on a pedastool, it's a modded Corrado with factory build quality and that's a rare thing, it's also selling at bargain prices when it appears for sale. As for whos bought it and what they've done/do to it, I couldn't care less as it wasn't me :grin:

And there's also this thread - viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15949

Try bumping this one - viewtopic.php?f=11&t=52700&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=nuggets :grin: