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How did you guess :D Good that they have'nt questioned it, should be back on the road in no time then.

Christ it does'nt do things by halfs does it lol Yeah I believe the heater matrix failing could cause the steam, which seems to be a common fault. Plus the heater controls are notoriously fragile. After buying mine I realised that the temp. controls were not working, upon ringing VW for a quote on the part they informed me it was over £200 for the unit much to the surprise of the VW bloke :( Thankfully you'll get your replaced under warranty with a bit of luck. I have also heard of their being a weakness when changing the direction of air flow whilst on the top fan speed which can lead to seizing, some owners advise that you reduce the speed, change the direction, then increase speed again to cut the strain on the mechanism, not too helpful if you can't alter the fan speed. The joy of Corrado ownership :)

£3k bloody nora! I bought my rado from a bloke in Manchester who's often on this forum (he-man) and had it until May this yr. at which point I was unfortunate enough to have an accident, and due to the bonnet, wing and front panel costing £2.5k from Volkswagen to replace before fitting, spraying etc. the insurance company wrote it off :( Absolutely loved it, a feeling not shared by my girlfriend lol. Mainly due to the fact that it cost me quite a bit to keep running as I had a fair few issues incl. having to replace the rad around 4 months after buying it so I think an RAC check will be in order before getting my next one. Good about the service, I too am trying to shift my existing car which I had before getting my rado and have got no-where fast which is one of the reasons Volkscars looked appealing as I can part ex it.

Yeah John seemed sound on the phone when I spoke with him. Nice car btw think I looked at it on their site a while back but I'm pretty sure the price was higher than £7k, did you manage to get him to knock much off?

Christ that's good, I'm impressed.

Nice, don't see your car on their site unless it is the twilight violet one? Not sure their stock list is up-to-date anyway as the price of that green VR with electric cloth recaros is £500 up on what is listed. From your other posts on the forum about the ignition switch I guess they have not held up their end of the warranty bargain?

Is that the green VR with cream leather?

Astra 1.6 sport :oops: Had the Ice Grey Rado VR in my pic from last Dec until May at which point a 307 driver decided to stop on the exit of a roundabout which ended up in the front having a re-style and was subsequenty written off by the insurance company :( Tried to sell the astra whilst I had it but never managed it - so now trying to get rid before I buy my next Rado - miss the last one..... bit of a down grade to the astra lol.

Cheers Walesy, tried to search for them myself last night but could'nt find anything. I tried to sell it on the trader site and in my local paper but had little interest, and some paint problems on the o/s rear panel (I inherited due to dodgy work done on it by the trader I bought it from :( ) scared off those who saw it - might have a go at selling it at a bit more of a knocked down price, which will prob. still be more than I would get part ex.

Yeah that's them, was thinking of getting a car from them as they seem to be the only dealer I've found that are'nt too far away and deal in Corrados, and I need to part ex my current car (tried selling privately but with no joy). Any suggestions of other traders would be much appreciated. Reckon they are about £1k overpriced even though their cars seem to be minters so I guess it depends on how much they are prepared to be knocked down by.

Hi all, Has anyone had any work done on their Rado by a VW specialist in Kinver Nr. Stourbridge called Volks Cars. Also has anyone bought a car from them?

It is indeed chap, the other Rado I've spotted around Penarth is a Black VR. Walesy, tidy I'll give Davies a try also.

I take it you mean Davies Motor Co?

Only moved down from Shrewsbury about 2 mnths ago to live with the misses in Newport. Currently working at my Bosses home office in Cornerswell Rd. The only Rado I've spotted so far around there is a dark purple G60.... funny how you notice them more when you own one isn't it, where do you live now as I spotted a nugget yellow one Rado in Newport the other day? How expensive are we talking? Needs a tidying up, preferably before it starts to rust through and I have to folk out for new panels.

I'm looking for somewhere to get my Rado's body work sorted out and work in Penarth so it would be easy for me to get to AutoSpray, Did you get your car's paintwork sorted chap? If so how much did it come to?

Cheers for that, think I've only spotted one raddo in Newport since I got here but seen quite a few in Cardiff.

Got it from Just Lambda chap http://www.justlambda.co.uk/ They do both Bosch and NTK. The NTK ones are cheaper but I have a feeling that the Bosch will last longer as they are OE so prob. worth the extra.

Cheers, I'll go with that then.

Looking to get a replacement Bosch sensor for my rado vr and the best price I've found is £74.03 - is this a pretty good price?

Just had look - am I right in thinking it is impossible to get to the sensor from the top of the engine bay i.e. you need to jack the car up or put it on some ramps to get to it?

Cheers for that, think I'll have a go at doing it this weekend.

Cheers for the help guys. BTW where abouts is the Lambda sensor located? I know it is connected to the manifold but is it on the O/S or N/S?

Thanks guys, the responses are much appreciated. Looks like Dubusiness is the place to go then.

When you replace the sensor are there any codes set on the ECU that need to be cleared following fitment?

I've recently moved down to Newport Gwent and am looking for a decent garage to do work on/service my rado vr. I was wondering if anybody had used a garage called The Welsh Volkswagen Specialists based near Barry? Their site is http://www.carpages.co.uk/go.asp?sessio ... 04050@1125