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Well I think they're nice :lol:

That is stunning but i'm not sure about the white....

This is mine at the mo anyway....

Edit.... So nice I put it in three times and now can't work out how to delete them.

Edit - extras removed ;) - dinkus

I'd love a Cooper S but they won't let us have them ("Yeah sure youcan have £30 grands worth of 335 twin turbo buta mini Cooper S.... No way sunshine!"

We can only have the Coopers, and what do you mean about the Z4? :lol:

Deluk, ummm?!? Don't know what your on about mate!

KADVR6, Sounds good mate, when's the purple one coming back?

OK, as some of you may know (but most won't :lol: ) I work for BMW so get a good deal on driving their cars.

I.e. Z4 for 300 a month including services, tyres (importantly! as they have a habitof eating them), insurance etc or a Mini Cooper (cue Girls car jokes...) for about 230 a month.

Well my problem is that I have my cars as hobbies but with a new car they'res nothing to do so want to come back to the VW scene.

So...... do I let my girlfriend have my work car, sell her Nugget Valver and use the money to buy (part-buy) either a VR6 or a last of line Mk2 GTI?

Has anyone else gone from having new cars to old cars? Was it too much of a shock to the system?

Any advice welcome?

Thanks for taking the time to read my drivvel!!

Adam

Adam 26

In Chronological order....

1996 Peugeot 106 D (Blue) (1.5 Diesel.... ohh the power!)

1995 Cinquecento Sporting (Black) (the less said the better!)

1990 Golf 8v (Helios Blue) 3-dr (my first proper car)

2001 BMW 318 ti Compact (Silver)

2002 BMW 325 Coupe Sport (Topaz Blue)

1991 Golf 8v (Capri Green) (Recaro's, BBS, mint.... why oh why did I sell it!?)

1989 Peugeot 205 GTI (Graphite Grey) (Had to sell it as it would have killed me eventually!)

1991 Corrado 16v (Inca Blue) (Complete with dodgy respray)

2004 BMW Z4 2.2 SE (Sterling Grey)

2005 BMW 318ci M-Sport (Imola Red)

And now.....

2006 BMW Z4 2.0 M-sport (Montego Blue, 18" wheels mmmmm!)

and of course I spend every weekend sorting the girlfriends 1989 Nugget Yellow Valver!

Any chance anyone knows a part number? Think I remember someone saying that they come as a complete mechanism :?

Hi

My girlfriends C is a bit poorly, the electric window 'roller' (its made of white plastic) keeps popping off the scissor-type mechanism.

Is there a way of stopping it doing this as everytime it pops off I get moaned at and have to sort it.

Its seems as though the runner is just worn, would it be possible to put a nut and bolt through the roller/mechanism to hold it all together.

Also 'someone' in the cars past has taken the electric windows out and so they aren't held in correctly and the wires, I think aren't run correctly.

So does anyone have a picture for me? Door minus doorcard and plastic?

Thanks in advance

Adam

Electric window relay, thats behind there.

As in the title really! is it possible or are they 'sided'?

Thanks in advance

Adam

Hi

Hope someone can help, the girlfriends 1989 valver has suddenly forgotten to how to idle.

Wouldn't start first off (had to use a little bit of gas) then ran but idle is really low (around the 500 rpm mark)

As you can imagine the engine is bucking all over the place at that low RPM!

We went on a decent journey yesterday (around 50 miles) and it was flawless, started on the button each time. I actually commented on it! (Maybe i've jinxed it :oops: )

Any ideas whats caused it? And more importantly how to fix it?

Thanks in advance

Adam

Hopefully it will, think i've actually got a couple of those knocking about from when I had my Mk2. I'll try those and let you know how I get on.

Thanks

Adam

That would be great. Thanks for all the help!

Thanks for the quick reply!

Only seems to happen when the cars been on a decent run, the oil level is fine....uses a bit, not a lot though.

Where are the sensors located?

Thanks

Adam

Hi

My girlfriends valver has developed a habit of the oil pressure light flashing every so often, only happened a couple of times.

The engine is quite young at 78,000 miles so shouldn't have much wear so could this be down to a sender problem?

Do I just need to replace it? What does it look like?

Thanks in advance

Adam

Depends whats wrong with them really, if the sunroof panel is scratched its a pretty easy self-fix, parts are about £45.

Don't know about the sunroof though!

Adam

No, you'll need a TORX screwdriver, get a set of them for next to nothing from halfords etc

i'm in the Birmingham area and did the fix on my old C..... Happy to help!

It should have the rotary controls

Although i'm sure someone will tell me i'm wrong....

Ad

Cheers Karl, think i'll be on the scrounge for some of that! I'll give you a bell in the week.

Thanks for all the advice.... Keep it coming!

Adam

Hi

I've painted the wing on the Corrado now and was wondering how it should be finished off.

It was done with Aerosols (sp?) but its come out really well.... Really happy.

But now I need to fisnish it to a good shine so.....

I gather that Ihave to leave it a week or so to fully harden but what do I do after that?

i.e. what grit wet and dry should I use? Which cutting compounds? etc etc

Its a solid, non-metallic btw

Thanks in advance

Adam

Thanks for all the suggestions guys.... Just so hjappens there is a scirocco being broken down the road so i'll give that a go. If not a golf seat.

Thanks

Ad

Oh yeah the repair i'm doing is because the frame of the drivers side bolster has broken, just need time to get it apart so it can be welded.

Hi

Going to fix the drivers seat in my girlfriends corrado soon but the car needs to be driveable while i'm fixing it so.....

What other seats fit a corrado that we could use?

Golf? Passat? etc

Thanks

Ad

Superb, as said only the wing mirrors would need to change (be added!)

Oh mate, gutted for you!

They after something or are they just being little sods?

Good result on the rolling road though!

Adam