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Nope ... but tried hard at the Tatton Park show! :nuts: I'll be doing a proper advert in the cars for sale section very soon, not at show prices!! Few little niggles to sort out first, it's been standing for 12 months and needs a bit of TLC. I'll be very sad to see it go. I haven't got any garage space any more and I couldn't watch it decay on the path. It'd be great if it could go to an enthusiast that will have as much fun as I have had!

Thought these were worth putting up ....

some more pics

As requested ... here's the restoration pics!

Ok. point taken. I'm not trying to take the peas or circumvent any rules, I honestly thought it wouldn't be worth posting in the cars for sale ... Don't laugh, but, I would like some of the £1000 I recently spent back ... I'll repost ... thanks for the heads-up. I've a few pics of the 924, we paid someone else to do it for us (around £2000). Full re-spray with all the parking dings & dents taken out. I think the sills needed welding ... It also had a radiator fan problem and rear wheel bearings needed doing. With hindsight, I think I would have rather done the work to the Corrado and sold the Porsche. The Corrado feels quicker and more stable on the road. The seats are more comfortable and it's a quieter car. Side by side, I think the corrado looks nicer too!

You could say that ... more like a "I don't expect anyone will want this car and I don't want to scrap her" thread ... :D

I bought my Corrado about five years ago for a little under 3K. Since then, I must have spent around twice that keeping it on the road. I've got a folder full of receipts and every MOT certificate. She's done 250,000 miles now. Off the top of my head: (Few years ago) Replacement VW green card engine 100,000 miles ago - by dubsport. 40mm Lowered sport suspension (GSF car parts) (More recently, within last 6-12 months) £500 on rear suspension stuff Exhaust, down-pipe back (From KwikFit, sorry, was desperate!) Last 1-2 months £500 on head gasket & recon'd head £500 on new clutch The interior is in good condition. I recently bought a passenger seat from a LHD to replace my drivers seat. My passenger seat rarely gets sat in, the rear seats have never been used - it's even got genuine Corrado floor mats from VW (the ones with the Corrado script on!) Good points: Taxed, MOT'd, still drives brilliantly. Paintwork is in good condition BUT see the bad points! Bad points: I've spent £500 having the head gasket done. She's drinking water - I have to top up the overflow bottle every 100 miles. :x Four or five rust spots on the bonet lip. Front bumper has a few battle scars - nothing massive! Few small spots where rust is starting to break through the paint - again, nothing massive! I'm selling her because I've bought a '04 Golf GT TDI. I'm driving 500+ miles a week and the corrado can't take it anymore. I can't afford to be doing it at 28-30 mpg either! So, she has to go. Before I put her on e-bay, I'd like her to go to an enthusiast - I reckon she'd be a great second Corrado for someone mechanically minded to play with! I reckon for less that £1000 you could get the water problem fixed and all the rust spots done - you'd have a very tidy looking corrado that would drive like a dream and be good for at least another 100,000 miles!!! I would do this myself, but i've recently done the same thing (fixed engine and a re-spray) to a Porsche 924S and I don't have the time, the money or the garage space any more! Okay, so now the crunch - how much do I want? I honestly don't know. Anyone like to make me an offer?? Sorry moderators, I was going to post this in cars for sale - but i don't know how much I want for her?? What's most important to me is that she goes to a good home!! :D

Nope, I don't work for them - but they really did impress me, credit when it's due n all that.

Just used these people to get some 2nd hand bits for my Corrado They were really friendly and I will use them again. http://www.dubparts.co.uk/home.htm DUBPARTS Unit 5 Polthooks Farm Ind Est Clay Lane Fishbourne West Sussex PO18 8AH TEL : 01243574205 Mobile: 07904 094981 Email: mailto:[email protected]

No, there are no mods to the engine (don't think irridium plugs count do they?) The head was recon'd by dubsport when they put the green card engine in (VW replacement!). So yeah, standard-ish? I would "like" to put a gas flow'd & ported head on (already had a qoute from the almighty vince for £900ish) And my exhaust needs doing too ... cat back i think. ... So if i was doing the head, I'd have to do a suitable exhaust too. Maybe one day ...

hello there, not long joined myself - everyone is very nice.

But at the weekend I: Replaced spark plugs (irridium ones from http://www.sparkplugs.co.uk). Changed the oil & filter (GSF, Syntha Silver) Cleaned Green Air Filter Standard sort of "I've just serviced my car" feel at low revs, much more noticable difference over 4000 revs, almost like driving a new car! :wink: I was thinking ... they're possibly the best two sub £50 mods i've done to my C (posh air filter and posh plugs). Anyone got any other sub £50 good ones?

Shucks .... :oops: ... that's really kind of you mate. I'll get some piccies of the interior up soon. It's very clean except a rip in the driver bolster fabric (*Note, do not wear jeans with zip rear pockets. Mr Baker has a lot to answer for. :x ) That's another one of my list of things to fix (and yes, I will search the forum for answers!! I'm too busy reading other stuff)

Thanks for the nice comments everyone. The suspension kit was from GSF car parts ... I'm sure it was listed as 40mm drop? (by the way - the guys in GSF swinton are genuine VW fans ... I'm on 1st name terms with a few of them) If it looks lower than 40mm, it might explain a couple of things ... 1. The chaos i caused getting on the ferry to france (on way to le mans classic) ... entry ramp and every ramp after that. 2. The big scrape that happens EVERY time i go in and out of the NCP near work. 3. The "fun" I have getting dragged onto flatbeds when the C breaks down. 4. Speed bumps ... sigh

Thanks!

'tis done .. http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic. ... 548#423548

1.8 16v Tornado Red Lowered 40mm, Zimmerman drilled discs and pagid fast road all round. ... someone asked for pics so here they are! :) Taken 2005-04-24 *Note, any other car in the picture does not belong to me!

There was an immaculate grey VR6 parked in an NCP in manchester last week for about four days. I had to skulk past it every day as it was on the first floor. N reg (I think?), had a Blue Scot flag on the number plate. Very nice example.

if this isn't an appropriate post - please delete it (I apologise in advance too!) Read about torrents go to isohunt

only probs with mp3'ing them is that a lot of the bottom end goes. Next job ... a sub or is it passenger door handle or headlight loom or headlight .... and the list goes on

:D wil do .. won't be for a few days though. I'm off to Bristol (*Note. at 50p a mile ... must post in other thread) until Thursday.

I do about 600 miles a week in mine ... It's my everyday car. I get withdrawel symptoms if I don't use it. :roll:

I got a 10 Disc MP3 changer from the states - and haven't looked back since. Off the top of my head ... it's not like I've got a print-out anywhere or anything Disc 1 20 Million MP3’s Disc 2 The Beatles (10 albums) Disc 3 Green Day, Madonna, Lemon Jelly, Fatboy Slim, Nirvana Disc 4 Café Del Mar Vol 01, Leftfield, Madonna, Massive Attack, Portishead, The Seahorses Disc 5 GU014 - John Digweed, Hong Kong, Renaissance The Mix Collection (10th Anniversary Edition) Disc 6 GU018 Nick Warren, Amsterdam GU019 John Digweed, Los Angeles Disc 7 GU020 Darren Emerson, Singapore GU021 Deep Dish, Moscow Disc 8 GU022 Dave Seaman, Melbourne GU023 James Lavelle, Barcelona Disc 9 GU024 Nick Warren, Reykjavik GU026 James Lavelle, Romania Disc 10 GU027 Danny Howels, Miami GU028 Nick Warren, Shanghi

I bought my 1.8 16v about five years ago. It had 70,000 on it. It was an immaculate example in Tornado Red. I can't begin to think how much i've spent keeping it on the road (although I do have a folder). Here's just a few off the top of my head ... G60 BBS Aloys ... always liked them. About £1200 at a VW stealership in the Northwest .. "Fixing the low oil pressure warning light". Multiple visits ... "Oh yes sir, it's fixed now". About £2000 at DubSport ... Green card major unit replacement on the engine. About £1300 on new suspension all round (40mm lower), drilled brakes Last bill was for £700 to have gear selector cables replaced and have the belts done ... different stealership this time. It's now got 212,000 miles on the clock and looks almost as good as the day I bought it. My last car was a MkII GTi 8v - I took that to 270,000. Will the Corrado go that far?? (*Edit ... thx ... i was in a hurry) Just thought I'd share it with y'all.