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Size is also an issue, I'm pushing it at an X-Type TBH! My mum has trouble parking the Polo as it is! St Osif???? SP? they're moving to, near Clacton-On-Sea.

My ma and pa are just about to retire, they've sold the house (to me :) ) and are moving darn south. Now they've got a little money to splurge with my dad asked me what car might be good to replace their 06 Reg Polo. The remit is; 1, Comfortable 2, Lot's of toys 3, Maybe a bit of prestige, but not crucial 4, Little bit of poke! (not quite C VR6 levels) 5, Not really expensive to run, but not bothered if the petrol bills a little higher 6, Max of £9,000 Now after quite a bit of thought, the car I've picked for them as a possiblilty is the Jaguar X-Type. Loads of toys, choice of V6 and can get a 3-4 yr old one for £8k-£9k!! Depreciation in the first few years is huge so a great 2nd hand buy. Plus you get full leather (Beige in this case) interiors! Mmmm. Any alternatives?

I was just seeing if anyone noticed!

If you've ever being in an old persons office (that smokes), then add old person smell to it, it was like that! It's the first detail I've worn gloves for!

Had a few peeps on here ask me about interior cleaning and what to use etc, so here's a write up for you! B) ---------------------------------------------------- After a bit of a break for Detailing due to moving house, we were back on the band wagon with a belter! A 13 year old Mercedes 180E that's being smoked in for most of it's life. Mike, the new owner, had just bought it and wanted to be able to drive it without the need for nicotine patches every time he got out! Our task was to completely clean the interior and get rid of the nasty yellowing that has stained pretty much every surface, from the dashboard, to the headlining. The outside was to have a basic wash and wax. This is the state the 180 arrived in, just take a peek at the interior! Eeek! We started off by cleaning the door/boot shuts and the wheel arches, thankfully no alloys to do this time! For the door/boot shuts we used the ever flexible Meguiars Super Degreaser and a couple of soft bristled brushes to agitate the muck off. This was followed up with a gentle rinse from the Jet Wash. The foaming head was used for this as the De-Greaser tends to stick better when all foamy, thus cleaning the surface for longer. The 3rd pic along is the result. The outside was then treated to a lovely soapy wash using the Gilmour Gun. For the solution we mixed up 3 plunges of Meguiars Hyper Wash (the gel type, not the new stuff) with warm water and stirred in with a fork! Here's Harry squirting his load over the Merc! (Ahem) After the mix was left to do it's work, we followed it up with another wash using Wash Mitts, 2 buckets and a few squirts of Meguiars APC in parts. We followed all this up by drying the car off with the usual spritz of Meguiars Last Touch and the lovely and soft Sonus Der Wunder Drying Towels. Now the outside was clean we decided we couldn't put off the interior any longer! The first thing we did was take out the front carpets, boot carpet, floor mats and air vents (from the dash) to make it easier for us to clean, and ultimately dry! This is when our friend George came into play! But before he could work his magic we sprayed Chemical Guys Fabric Clean onto the more stubborn stains and agitated them with a Meguiars Interior Brush. Following on from that we filled up George with carpet shampoo mix and started work! Here's Harry working on the boot carpet and a picture of the water George sucked up after the front carpets were done! As the front was taken out of the car we could dry those inside next to a radiator. As only one of us could use the wet/dry vac we also started working on the headlining and dashboard. For the headlining we used a mix of Meguiars APC or CG Fabric Clean with the Meg's Interior Brush, followed up with a clean damp cloth. For the dashboard we used Meg's APC and a Meguiars Slide Lock Brush, liberally coating it with foamy APC and wiping it off with a damp cloth. The door panels were done using the same method. As some parts of the interior were really yellow they required a little more time and a second application of APC. One dry, the dashboard was treated with the fantastic Einszett Cockpit Premium, which I have to say we're well impressed with. Imagine your typical interior spray but take out the silicone shiny effect and this is what you have! Another product that we used to great effect (which smells great too) that we'd like to introduce to the forum is Holts Odor Kill - Anti Tobacco (in Peach). It just sprays on and does the job, kind of like Febreeze but in a range of different smells. Here's some pics of the usual suspects mentioned above, as quite a few people will just scan through and never know whats used. After working on the interior alone for some hours, we finished off the exterior with a layer of Meguiars #20 Polymer Sealant, followed by Collonite 476S, both put on using applicator pads. The tyres were dressed with Meg's Hot Shine Tyre Spray and the black plastic and rubber with Meg's #38. The glass was cleaned using Meg's Glass Cleaner. Here's the pics and thanks for staying awake through all this! Phew! Job done and a very happy (and soon to be returning) customer!

Makes me want to go on a road trip now! :lol:

I would NEVER machine polish a car without claying it first. Like he said, bob over to http://www.detailingworld.co.uk

Orange peel isn't something you can get rid of with this. It's all down to the bodyshop that painted it. Could possibly reduce it a tad but only a very good bodyshop would be able to do it.

Offer extended. :)

I bet you planned it from day one! :wink: You at dub pres on sat? I still haven't seen the heap yet! :)

Gun Metal Grey/Anthracite Colour. The first big thing I did to her! Little did I know that it never stops! :)

So...... yeah I'm really enjoying my new suspension! :wink:

Being there since I bought it, think it was for a mobile aerial.

Exhaust Pic!

Wait til I spend 2 days cleaning it! The exhausts standard, it's just the tailpipe I had change as mine was going rusty. It's a Left Side Porsche 911 Tailpipe (Or right I can't remember!) All bushes were done front and back, Powerflex all round! :)

They are after the drop! EDIT: I've removed the image as it was too big and doing my head in! This is before. Remember VW raised the height on the VR's.

Tomorrow when its light! :)

Just come back from PSI after spending £1000! Only budgeted for £500 until I found out I needed bushes. Then I decided to go for Coilovers instead of fixed etc etc. So now I've got KW Coilovers with 40mm drop, Powerflex bushes all round, uprated loom and a few other little things. Drives really differently now and looks so much better thanks to the drop! Made sure I came the twisty way home! Please excuse the dirtiness! :)

No, I reckon its the general non-motoring public doesn't really know what a Corrado is, let alone spot one. Where as the Golf GTI has so much publicity and is still sold today (as in the model still exists). Most that have an interest in cars will probably spot the Corrado. Thats my theory anyway!

My C's currently in at PSI for a raft of upgrades for a week and I've got their courtesy car in the mean time. It's a Black MK3 Golf GTI 16v with grey leathers, it's quite nice, if it wasn't for the canoe like handling I wouldn't mind owning one. Anyway, back to the point; From driving around for a few days, I've noticed it gets quite a bit more attention than the Corrado does? Now I know they're nice and probably reasonably rare (16v)? but surely the Corrado's more of a 'ooo look a.....' car? Do you think its because more people are aware of Golf GTI's? I still get the occasional 'a VW what?' from some people, so I suppose its possible. Maybe the Corrado's more stealthy than I first thought! :wink:

That might buff out!

Pics just link to this page? :?

Then do it now! :)

I loved my GTI-6. 0-60 in 7.1 Top Speed of 146mph. It's the gearing that makes it great! 167bhp out of a 2.0 16v is pretty impressive! I'd have one again in a heartbeat and they're just as rare as the VR6.

Not much TBH Stan! I'd sell it ASAP before you can't sell it at all! :-P I'll take it off your hands if your really stuck! What you need though is someone to completely de-swirl it before selling to increase its value! If only there was someone that could do it! 8)