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Blimey - getting a 'nob' off a man in uniform? that's got to be the most emphatic chufty ever! ahem.

I'm not sure if this is a proper chufty, cos nothing was said to me, but on the drive back from Stanford Hall (sadly alone- no other rados were heading south at the same time or (low) speed as me) I saw a Mk5 R32 in my rear view mirror from about 200 yards back. He pulled up along side so we were wheel to wheel and he gave me a nod and a thumbs up. Then he dropped a gear and was off, whilst my teeth were rattling from my hard suspension on the poor surface. Even though I was far from the best Corrado on the day, it was great to get the recognition from a 'newer vw' owner. :clap: In addition to that, both on the drive up and drive back there were lots of kids in back seats staring and pointing at my car, probably wondering what it was.

Maybe it's cos I'm nursing the man flu at the moment, but I was genuinely welling up reading that story. I know what it is like to be thinking about selling the car, not driving it for a while, and then getting it back and remembering how much you enjoy it. Glad to hear you are going to keep her :) Mark

mine were 50 quid a corner from spit n polish I originally had them laquered but this started to blister so they are just bare metal now.

DSC00713.JPG[/attachment:1ac62oc2] It's mad - I too own a cheeky white VR6 and have shiny rims. I hate keeping mine clean though :)

Boring, :sleeping: The game has improved so much. Its brilliant with a few mates and a few beers. I haven't tried any of the new versions, but I'd love to see how fast I could get fat monkey around the first ghost valley track from the SNES version these days. Does the new game have the classic SNES tracks?

Hey, I just saw your car in this month's PVW as well. Keeping it stock from the outside I see. Very tidy

Fantastic! I wish I had half your imagination and a tenth of your fabrication skill!

Nice! I've just got one of those nano video things. So do the wires run under the trim to the back of your stereo using the autochanger input thingy? Cheers, Mark

I agree, the lines do look better on a dark Corrado. However, whenever I go past a shop window in my white car, it looks terrific - especially when I've got round to polishing my rims. :clap:

Indeed I'm not - 2 years in Wideopen, 29 years in Monkseaton, 3 years in Surrey. Was back there at Easter watching the Toon beat Fulham. The accent has mellowed a bit since I've moved down south, but I'm still a Geordie :)

Ah yes, good old Seaton Sluice. Wonderful on a sunny day. I hope you popped round to Crescent Cafe in Deleval to get the young 'un an ice cream.

Some pics would be great. I've got a week off work soon and I fancied getting all the coolant out of my carpets and underlay stuff. Now the wetaher is improving I thought this could be a nice job to do prior to Stanford Hall. Cheers, Mark

I get many more waves Rado to Rado than I do Golf to Golf. I'm genuinely excited when I see another rado on the road - golfs are ten a penny. I saw a really mean looking LHD G60 in Slough a few weeks back, but I was in my Golf and I couldn't keep up with him for the closer look I wanted to get.

Has anyone seen this photo before? Sorry if it is elsewhere on the thread. Apart from looking a bit like the really old honda civic, I think this looks a lot better. I guess this is image trickery to make it look more coupe like?

Superb - that's exactly what I'd like to have. The guys above said it would only cost a few notes for those to be made up - if you don't mind me asking, is it that inexpensive to do based on your experience? Also, where do we get forum stickers from? Is it still Phil Kett? Or Dinkus? Cheers, Mark

Welcome to the forum Maciek

I'm sure I'm not the only person who drives another car / van in addition to their 'rado. However, what really annoys me is when I have a Corrado sitting behind me in traffic or something, I want to give a thumbs up and I realise I'm in the wrong car. I remember back in the 80s there was a craze for people putting stickers on their car saying "my other car is a porsche" etc. Usually it was on some dodgy old shed and therefore an "hilarious" joke and social commentary :cuckoo: . However, I'd really like a sticker like this to say I DO actually own a 'rado! Does anything like this exist? Does anyone else think this would be a good idea to get made? If so, maybe we can see about sorting some out. Mark

I can almost hear the bom chicky wah wah 70's "art" film music playing when I read this ! :salute:

I really like it, and cant wait to see interior shots. Keep us posted :)

Yes after seeing OSV's deep BBS RS with the black centres I'd thought about doing the same with some ASA AR1s or something (basically a licensed BBS RSGT for considerably fewer notes). However, I have a feeling that in the next few years we'll all be going back to more traditional plain wheels, so I think I'll stick to my shiny silver. I still want some other wheels, but polished as after the speedlines turned out so well I enjoy spending many an hour rim buffing. Oh come on! I mean wheel rim buffing.....

Yes, especially since all the new German cars are looking great in white - especially the A5 - I regularly get Chufties. On a sunny day, it's great, plus mine has air con, which makes it even cooler! Where in the North East are you? I'm popping up there at Easter and was thinking about dropping my car at Kish Executive cars for a retrim in sunset red Nappa leather. Mark

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Yeah I agree it looks great - well cared for and lovely colour. :)

Whilst I can't help as I am in the same predicament as you, I totally agree. I've recently bought a Mk4 V6 4mo, which is a terrific car, and with the extra torque, brilliant for getting out of trouble and overtaking on the motorway. I bought it because my rado had spent 2 months off the road at the phirm, was unreliable for work having let me down severla times, and being noisy etc. I just got the rado back the other day, worried it might not be as quick, but it is, in a different way - over 4k revs, but the big diference is how it handles. Holy cow the corrado is so beautiful at cornering. It's only when I went back to its I realised what i'd been missing. Around winding roads and sharp bends it really shows its class, and my gmax kit with powerflex bushes all round means its incredibly tight. A mate of mine was saying i was stupid having 2 cars when one is a 4mo and therefore pretty decent, and the corrado noisy and old, especially as i have no space for the rado and am looking for storage too, but I simply cant get rid of it. I think it's important we remind ourselves just how good the rado is, even with the problems and the costs. But basically I'd rather have the rado, than the 2500 id get for it. My long term plan is to have a bigger house with a driveway, and until then I'll have to cope with the hassle, unless someone around the Weybridge area in Surrey can offer me space! Mark