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I’ll sign up for that, would be a crying shame to lose the forum after so long.

If only I could get approval from management to buy a second Corrado! Suggested it to my mate, he keeps hanging his nose over one.

I’ve never been a very prolific poster, my post count compared with membership time will vouch for that! However there’s hardly ever a day goes by that I don’t read the forum. What do we need to do to ensure we don’t go the way of Ed38?

The inner scrapers lift out easily, no probs there! Have a look on YouTube, there’s a clip of a guy taking the outer scrapers out that shows how to do it without damaging them.

Welcome back to Corrados, it was always going to happen at some stage!

I was looking a while ago, everyone currently out of stock and quoting September before they were expecting any in. I’m just running on the old leaking one a keeping an eye on coolant level for now.

Checked the chassis number against mine and assuming the numbers are sequential it’s a way earlier build. Mine’s dated May 18 1995 on the label in the boot and wasn’t registered until 1st Nov 1995, this one could have been built early 95, not that it makes any difference, it’s still only done a third of the miles! We used to see a blue P reg around Chesterfield when we first had the VR but that’s almost 19 years ago already, not seen that or any other P reg in a very long time.

15K sounds like a good price, I’d say that’s reasonable. I’ve long said we talk the price of our cars down for reasons I struggle to understand. They’re no more unreliable than similar cars of a similar vintage, they’re more rare than most, you’re more likely to see a 1988 to 1995 Ferrari on an average drive than another Corrado! There shouldn’t be a Corrado on the market in reasonable condition for less than 6 or 7K these days. Yes the Golf is always going to be more desirable as the GTI does have a certain draw due to being the original hot hatch but the Corrado is after all a Golf in a better dress! Mini rant over.......

You don’t need a template, stick a piece of gasket paper on using Pritt stick or similar and then using a small hammer, gently (very gently!) tap around the edges and it will cut out the shape you need. Might take s bit of practice but it’ll save you a fortune in pre-cut gaskets!

I broke the screen on mine while getting the trims out before it went in the paintshop, but that was preferable to the screen fitter wrecking one removing the glass!

Wish it was, I'd have bought one.......been on the lookout for one at what I'd consider the right price (or more importantly what SWMBO would consider the right price) for almost twenty years!

Wow, that's strong money, I bought mine for about half that a few years ago on eBay.de!

I ran my Schrick 268s and inlet manifold with OBD1 ECU and have since run the same cams with standard inlet manifold and OBD2 ECU without remapping either. You might not be getting the absolute best out of the cams but they should be fine to run on until you get the exhaust and a remap done.

Getting the cams done while it’s in bits is a no brainer, no point pulling it down again later. The exhaust is just a bolt on and can be done at any time when funds allow.

My first car was a Hillman Imp with a full race Greetham 998 engine in it, for some reason there was a concentration of Greetham Imps in Chesterfield when I was in my late teens.....a lot of years ago, great car in it's day! Spent more money on it than I care to remember (rather like the Corrado), it was pretty special by the time I sold it but had been pulled out of a snow drift when I bought it. Can't find any photos of my own but this was shortly after we went our separate ways. [ATTACH=CONFIG]97098[/ATTACH] The latest photo I have found it seems to be white although it was green all the time I had it, also like my Corrado. [ATTACH=CONFIG]97099[/ATTACH]

Next but one to me at Stanford Hall, definitely the same car, couldn't mistake the interior! [ATTACH=CONFIG]97095[/ATTACH]

Here you go Sam, the best photo I could find with the roof rack fitted. [ATTACH=CONFIG]97094[/ATTACH]

Blue VR6 pulling into the Horse & Groom at Scarcliffe tonight for the classic car meet, I'd have followed you in but I was driving the Freelander 2, hardly classic car material :scratch:

And if it’s anything like mine, it’s really easy to cross thread and almost impossible to fit right when refitting it. Of course when it’s not right it leaks fuel all over the floor when I fill up so I can tell straight away!

Good day out today, nice to meet a few old faces and also see that the Corrado continues to attract new followers. Didn’t get to speak to the owner of “the red restored VR6” as he was busy with others but wow, I remember looking at brand new cars in the dealer’s showrooms twenty five years ago that weren’t that good!!!

Nice to see another one out of hibernation! I have a Thule roofrack that I’ve no intention of using again going begging. I’m close to M1 J30 if it’s convenient for collection?

I googled it and found a guide to making one. It was a bit of a faff using the flat spring steel from a wiper blade and plenty of careful filing but it did do the job when I had to swap the plug from one of the lambda sensors on the TT.

Congratulations on your new car, I like your style with a 1,200+ mile test drive! Mate of mine bought an old 911 Targa from California a couple of years ago and is still scared to drive it beyond the end of the street! What plans do you have for it?

Sorry, missed your original post! I have a BMW R1200 GSA on an 09 plate with 58K miles on it. Passed my bike test in 1981 about four months before I passed my car test and currently paying about 120 for insurance! Love the bike and use it as much as possible for work, holidays, nipping to the shop for beer etc. The GS is great for doing the miles, think nothing to five or six hundred miles in a day, did a holiday to Greece on it a few years ago, looking forward to the next road trip.

Hasan, I bought two 8N0407181B from VW in 2012 for the wishbone rears, 17.20 +VAT each. Poly bushed the fronts. Cheers Tony