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Dunno, I think it'd be alright on an A-frame, but I don't have a tow bar. I only have a fixed straight bar. I've emailed a guy on ebay - but they seem to have stupid prices and payment schemes to comply with ebay regs - e.g buy 30 £5 'buy it now' vouchers and then pay the difference later. I'm off on holiday next friday so need to sort it this weekend, otherwise it'll probably go. What a ball-ache.

Has anyone used a vehicle delivery company, or hired a transit van type car transporter? I've seen a mk1 Polo in Oxford but it's got no T&T and I'd need to get it back to Leeds. I've got a steel towing bar, but afaik you can't tow on motorways. Can you tow on A-roads? and would that sort of distance be too far if I towed it using the C? :scratch:

If shes pullable on the basis of you owning a 30k car, shes not a decent bird. You clearly skipped over the word 'relatively', as in, not entirely 100% shallow. You are very nieve if you think women aren't attracted to posh cars. /\ The only women attracted to 'posh' cars tend to be the ones you expect you to then buy them a 'posh' car, so you're going to need more than £15k. I had an automatic mini 1000 when I met my g/f, car didn't come into it.

Your cozin will pi$$ his pants when that lands on his mat, don't do it G-dog, your SLC might start acting all goofy and buckwild if you put trash like that on it. Man you act shady talking about cricket on the Corrado forum, you sure you aint a Piney? - Edit - Just noticed the sensible people posted before me, yeah it's shit. I was just pullin your chain 'cos I'm a W A N K E R. I'd get an induction kit, or otherwise uprated the chassis with better suspension or maybe a strutbrace if you like corners. I'm gunna blow outta here. By the way your SLC is faster than my car, so you can go tug one off on that. :lol:

Dude don't get so bent out of shape calling everyone W A N K E R S. The forum guys might make a big stink and blow you out of here. Hows that for american Slang homeboy? Seriously though, I wouldn't get a resistor chip without upgrading your brakes - that'd be totally whack

I'd get me one of these bad boys :twisted: Yeehah! :lol:

Damn you got me, I'd better head back to the bmx-forum - and watch out for 'w@nk wipered' corrado's on my way!... vroom - splat "oh Timmy that corrado's parked on your head" :lol:

Timmy needs this. :wink:

It fizzle mo shizzles it down now and again Sir Walesy, today is 310 and there are naked laydees everywhere :norty:. Rain-X is mint though - I like hammering down the motorway in a pi$$ storm with no wipers on.

Whoa, someone's a bit narky, I think you should be denounced from moderational status for the afternoon - must be the stress of it all! :lol: I'm still on standard wipers, no real complaints tbh. I like to think that I'm special as you've all gone lupo. £80 is a fair whack in my pocket though so I just slap on the rain-X now and again. :afro:

:shock: Fookin hell that could've been bad!! If I was you'd I'd keep using it and get your £'s worth out of it - as you say you missus might bump it so you'd be even more pee'd off if you'd just spent shed loads of cash on it. Walesy> :agrue: Fix it up once you've got a fair bit of use out of it.

:lol: Belated birthday wishes mate. 8) cake btw

:scratch: If it seems to be near the diff it could be the output shaft oil seal thats gone, the oil will fill the CV boot and wash the grease out of the bearings (you can't tell unless you pop the boot off). Its only a guess, but this happened on my bro's golf resulting in similar symptoms. :scratch: Good luck. Gav

Completely agree, it's a progression for the Nova-boys, Nova - Corsa - Astra - Calibra. They never manage to shake off the urge to fit lexus lights, bodykits, 18 inch+ wheels and neons. Still it'll eventually make the tidy OEM+ ones more valuable, as so many 17 year olds (with mum as main driver on insurance!) will be chavving them up and then writing them off. Here's the Calibra forum: http://www.clubcalibra.com/ urgh I feel a bit dirty now :lol:

The cars already mentioned do have a strong following in their circles, your simply unaware as you spend you time on here 'the CORRADO forum'. I'm sure there's a forum just as big for all things Calibra. :wink:

/\/\/\ What Kev said, dunno much about the Brera though. The Astra coupe being an evolution of the Calibra which IMO was quite similar at the time.

Never seen it before, but I agree with him /\/\/\/\/\ The fogs are poo too, they're them universal strobey type ones just slapped in the original hole.

I'd just cut them out of a scrapped C, use a nibbler to get a nice tidy cut - Frost sells 'em. I wouldn't try arches off any other cars unless you do front arches to match.

This is more like the model of mk1 cab you get for £3k (not taking faults into account) Sportline GTI (said to only be 500 red and 500 black ones made), recaro cloth interior, C/l, Electric hood etc etc. That one at the top is much lower spec. Rivage was the best one in the range and they fetch about £4-5k in good nick. Anyway prices of cabrio's flucutate depending on season so if it's worth £1350 in our ever so sunny british summer, then it'll be worth about £1000 come winter. To get £3k you'd have to fly it to the sun! :lol:

Yeah it seems good to me, it's been on 6 months and still ok. They supply a german brand -called 'Eis'. I've chatted bout this before and someone suggested to remove the front bumper if doing it on a VR, should make it much easier due to restricted clearance in the engine bay. Replace the factory hose clips with worm drive ones too.

Has it got a low fuel warning?? UK C's should have at least come with a jerry can - it's got me 3 times now! :oops: :lol:

For that you'd be looking at a nice Sportline or a Rivage that needed a bit of a tidy. Compare it to this one: Shiney £2000, take the bumpers off and flog 'em. Thats £500 back, then sell me the wheels..............thats another £20 back :lol:

They didn't do a mark 2 cabriolet, just used same mk1 shape up to '92 then went to mk3 shape. Its doesn't look too bad for the money, good that it has a new hood and low mileage. Small bumper models fetch less than clipper kitted ones - although it could look well with a bit of the old skool treatment. Is it a GTI or carb? There's always plenty on ebay, check the price against them for an idea. I really like mk1 cabrio's but for some reason think they look better with the roof up?!

I've done mine before, wasn't too hard, but I've got a 16v so there's plenty of room to get in at it. My rad was from euro car parts, and came in at just over £50 - don't go too cheap on your parts as they'll only disintigrate in a year or so.

Are you getting them to do the work then? Your main cost will be labour so it depends how familiar they are with a corrado really. The brake bias valve will probably free off, might be cheaper to replace the calliper than let them strip and rebuild it as it'll keep labour costs down. I'd replace both the rear shockers, unless they're quite new. The play might come out of the bearings if they tighten the hub nuts up slightly - it's a bodge but could get you a ticket and then replace them in your own time. If they do replace the bearings it might be worth doing all 4, unless you do the final front one yourself after its MOT'd. Ask for the fooked calliper back if they do replace it, have a go at rebuilding it (unless you know how to already) and then you can do the other rear one to as new condition with minimum head scratching. Good luck with it, Gav