drunkenmunkey

Hi gents, as above really. I'm looking at doing a few touch ups and was wondering if VW specified the colour of primer as I'm guessing it will a significant effect on the top coat shade? Thanks!

Hi mate, could you give a guide price for your 'charger? Thanks!

:notworthy: Amazing finish! Looks great!

For those of wavering sexuality who need to drive heavy "manly cars" to remind them that looking at that guys biceps is not OK...look away now :D For those with wives, kids etc and therefore, secure, here's my experience of driving one...... So, took a 1994 s2 out for a spin, it had a "Mountain" chip which puts it just north of 200bhp. It's an Isuzu engine and toyota running gear so ultra reliable, looks lovely in the flesh, but the wheels don't fill the arches enough for me, anyway, boring engine note but so quick and light, handling is, I'm sorry to say, in a different league to the C [but it's a different animal], it's an over used analogy but it really is like a go kart with perfectly weighted PAS. The boot is waaaay bigger than an Elise and not far off the C under the parcel shelf...and it has drop top [didn't try it, a tad cold :)]. Interior was much larger and more plush than an Elise and better built than a C, but you still get the faint whiff of Fiber Glass resin :) I know that a Corrado forum is the wrong place to say this but all in all, a brilliant car, quiet, cheap, reliable, rust free....may well buy one!

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After 2 years of driving a modern box I'm looking for another VR6 or 20vt conversion BUT.......I'm also tempted by an Elan, does anybody have experiences of these cars??? Thanks!

Sounds like the clutch release bearing, easy enough to do if you have jacks and a weekend.......as you depress the pedal the 'slack' is taken up in the bearing as it's 'squished' toward the pressure plate and so the noise goes away, it's not too serious, I'd just keep an eye on it......

Personally I don't object to them actually buying the cars, it's their money IMHO, what I object to is the marketing strategy that a 1.2l could ever be a sport! I have conversations with non-motor enthusiasts at work who proudly come and tell you that they've paid the extra £100s to have, what is essentially a sport sticker and some fog lights, on their [insert typical company car]. It just seems that people are being taken for a ride which is sickening, yet they let themselves believe all that bollox and gladly pay extra :? or they genuinely believe it which is just as bad. On the website I tried to and point out that it makes no sense and that they could potentially be paying more for essentially nothing but a name. I aim to make no point, just venting - in case I offend any sensitive souls.

Do I have to prove a point?

I had the misfortune to lose my VR6 in an accident with a drunken driver and ended up replacing it with a nice sensible Skoda Roomster, anyway, I went on the Skoda forum and they're all moony over the new Fabia 1.2 SPORT! :D It really gets on my tits, there are 11 pages of people talking about space, blah, mpg, blah,blah, blah, I mentioned that it is and never will be a 'sports car' it's as pointless as labelling a Lotus Elise MPV limited edition because it has wipe clean seats and airbags! I fear I may have offended some of the members with this remark :) - What the hell is going on? Have people lost the ability to use the analytical and reasoning buttons on their brains? My brief entrance to the world of the mundane modern car has lead me to hanker after the delights of Corrado ownership again but I worry that it may be too late and I must be culled like the other farm animals which apparently inhabit the modern car world. Waffle over... :)

That's the very beast! I love that Skoda has the balls to release something which people aren't sure if they like, rather than pandering to the mass market and building something average which won't put anyone off. As far as new cars go under £12K there's not a lot of individuality if you want more than just a runabout [cue a multitude of responses showing examples of me being wrong :) ]. There's nothing else new that I would have bought, much better to stick less cash into an investment car usually, but then I have a wife who watched me flail around on a bed for nearly 3 months because I was in pain and couldn't really walk so she was keen for airbags etc. Maybe the 1st Roomster VR6 in the future? Hereby starts the Roomster Revolution - Viva la Revolution!

No I decided that I couldn't replace my baby with another Corrado, it just made me sad to look at another, so after months of deciding between a scooby, a Celica GT4 or at a stretch a Porka 912 I went for a ...........Skoda Roomster :) . It came up at auction for silly money, a year old for under £6K, it had lost nearly £6K in 12months! It's a brilliant car, handles OK and I can get 3 bikes and all my climbing gear in the back, plus it looks unlike all of the 'new 'boxes'. This is my 1st new car and I have to admit that having a warranty ROCKS, although I've already had to have the heater controls replaced - must be me :roll: I'm tempted to keep them both but my wife would shoot me and she's fallen in love with the Roomster I do indeed just_say_meth, I hope it was good stuff they were saying :)

Just in case anyone was still interested, it looks as though they're gonna fix it :D After months of gentle persuasion and haggling with my insurers [Elephant - absolute pap but they are cheap] they've decided that it's worth more than the £1.9K the 3rd party offered and are now looking at repairing it rather than fork out the £4K that I refused to go lower than. I'm hopeful that once repaired it should be better than ever as the chassis wasn't twisted after all it was just the outer wings which had popped off and it's being done by a VW garage 8) ...I just have a little problem...I've already bought a replacement :( so one of the two has got to go............anyone fancy a mint [except for heater control] VR6 with rebuilt engine 20K ago? :( As for injuries, it turned out I had a cracked pelvis and internal bleeding [well only clotting] of all of my internal soft muscle in the general vicinity of my unmentionables :) ..........although it fuggin hurt for a long time. It took 3 months before I could walk comfortably again and I've only just been able to get back on my downhill bike. Still, the courtcase is on the 14th April so maybe ££££££££££££££££ Have to agree about the morphine VAG-hag :)

Apologies if this has been covered before, but as above really, will it fit? Thanks

My insurance Company is saying that my car [see this thread http://www.the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewto ... 17&t=62387] has been written off before and are claiming that it may not have been repaired to an adequate standard, whereby invalidating my insurance and therefore, my personal injury claim to the to$$er who did this and left me unable to walk/sit for the next couple of months [turns out I have a cracked pelvis and LOTS of internal bruising]. As far as I'm aware the fact that it had a valid MOT is proof positive that the car is deemed safe but I am really clueless as how to progress, so if anyone in the know has any advice I'd be truly grateful. Many thanks

They've caught the little b#stard :) And it turned out he was insured!! He's been charged with leaving the scene, dangerous driving, actual bodily harm and they're trying to get him for drunk driving, apparently they got him 2 hours later when he said that he was so shocked after the accident that he'd gone for a drink and drunk approximately 16 units in that time :). I am in a situation I've never been in before now though, the value of the car will, I guess, be argued over at length by the insurance companies, is it worth taking copies of Autotrader, local ads, 'Practical Classics' listings to prove what it was worth or do they just base the estimate on Glasses?????? Any advice much appreciated

As above, it's not worth stressing about, it'll probably do another 20-30K without trouble, didn't mean to cause alarm just making a suggestion as to the source of the noise.

It's more like £70 now!!!! The chains is a job you do yourself if you're handy with a spanner otherwise it can get a bit pricey

Welcome to the forum matey, not jealous at all about 100RON petrol and Autobahns :( . If the noise is coming from the right hand side of the engine then it's the timing chain tensioners/chains, there are loads of threads about it if you do a search, I'm a DIY mechanic but not professional so could be wrong, but the tappets are hydraulc so they generally shouldn't 'tap' at anything other than cold start up and very briefly [5secs]. As for the service, new oil and filter and if the gearbox oil hasn't already been done 70K is about that time, check the air filter and belts and change if neccessary, plugs and if it's pulling well [no misfires] it shouldn't need dizzy cap or HT leads.

Definitely sounds like the mounts, gearbox mount if 'clunking' when releasing clutch forward, front mount if 'clunking' when pulling away in reverse. Rear should have good longevity but may be worth tightening all bolts up first if they're relatively new. Hope it helps mate

Hi Alexander I'm definitely in the 'wouldn't touch it with a barge pole' camp, for that much you'll get a good one with history if you wait long enough, especially at current prices. I'd be worried as to why there's no history, it suggests to me either - an owner who lost it, that suggests to me that the owner didn't care and therefore probably didn't look after it/ address problems. - or it's been clocked, in which case steer clear. If it helps, I bought mine for under £2K with a rebuilt engine and a box full of receipts, it wasn't standard and needed a few bushes etc replaced but it still had a Full History, which is vital IMHO. Don't do it

Thanks for all your kind responses, my wife and friend are fine which is the main thing, I've got to go back on Friday for a scan for a suspected hernia :? ?????? I've just had a call from the Officer in charge and they haven't caught him yet but the Officer reckoned he knew who he was from our descriptions so fingers crossed. Apparently he had locked the car and set the alarm.......the car had no windows left :D Genius! With a bit of luck if he has keys then he has at least some paperwork to link him to the car and we can claim directly from him. I'm glad that the car took the damage and not my loved ones..............but I did love that car :( , I'm tempted by a big 4x4 now, or an Impreza, although Peanuts' VR6 is looking tempting...........

Thanks to an uninsured drunk t#sser this is the result of my drive home on Saturday night. We were turning right at traffic lights on a green filter light across a dual carriageway where the outside lane had a stationary car waiting on red then BANG the aforementioned arse hits us at around 60mph after running the red light in the inside lane, is propelled of us through and over a traffic light and then comes to a load and messy stop wedged on a now 45 degree streetlight. After stumbling around for a few minutes and checking we [my wife & a mate] were OK went to see if they were OK at which point they had f#cked off! The police came & were brilliant and then off we went to A&E feeling bloody lucky that he didn't hit us from the side. Went back on Sunday to get it collected and took some last goodbye pictures it dosen't look that bad in the pics but the chassis was out by a good 4inches on the drivers side :shock: She still ran though!!!

Most cars tend to run best if used daily in my experience, this is also the general consensus among the motoring fraternity as far as I'm aware. If left electrics can be particularly prone to failure on Corrados, although they're prone to failure anyway :)

Yeah, noticed that to, but if you know what the part looks like you can work it out.......